Sustainability Week: Let’s Talk Trash! – Blacksburg’s Waste Minimization Efforts and Opportunities
Venue: YMCA at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Do you know what the Town of Blacksburg and other area organizations are doing to minimize waste and help protect our local environment? If not, join us and find out!

Discover the many ways the Town and other vital community organizations are working together to protect and improve our community through various waste minimization programs and projects. This event is educational as well as interactive with an open dialogue presentation and a tour of the Y Center. Learn about local waste minimization efforts such as:

• The Town of Blacksburg’s current curbside and apartment residential recycling program and plans for the future.

• The Town of Blacksburg’s internal efforts to reduce waste.

• Waste minimization efforts and successes at the Y Center.

• The Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority’s programs and achievements to reduce waste in Blacksburg and throughout Montgomery County.

• Composting benefits and opportunities in the community.

The event will be held within the Jean Cairns Arts & Crafts Studio within the Y Center.

For more information, visit: http://www.recycle.vt.edu/sustain/

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