Composting & Vermicompost - Heather Farms Community Center

October 5, 2010
7:00 pm	to	8:30 pm

Composting & Vermicompost
Date / Time
2010-10-05 / 7-8:30 p.m.
Location
Heather Farms Community Center
Description
301 North San Carlos Drive, Walnut Creek
Space Available
30 spaces / 30 available
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Composting & Vermicompost - Heather Farms Community Center

August 10, 2010
7:00 pm	to	8:30 pm

Composting & Vermicompost
Date / Time
2010-08-10 / 7-8:30 p.m.
Location
Heather Farms Community Center
Description
Walnut Creek
Space Available
30 spaces / 30 available
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GreenFest 2010 - Walnut Creek

August 14, 2010
10:00 am	to	3:00 pm
10:00 am	to	3:00 pm

Benefiting the “Helping Hands” nonprofit – providing scholarships and donations to local charities.

Join us as we put a FACE to the GREEN businesses in our communities and learn more about being sustainable, saving money and saving energy.

EVENT: GreenFEST 2010
DATE: August 14, 2010 from 10am-4pm
LOCATION: 1870 Olympic Boulevard, Walnut Creek, near Marie Callender’s Genova Deli and CVS Pharmacy at Contra Costa Association of Realtors® SILVER LEED RATED Building.

Composting & Vermicompost - Contra Costa Times Garden

July 16, 2010
9:00 am	to	11:30 am

Composting & Vermicompost
Date / Time
2010-07-16 / 10-11:30 a.m.
Location
Contra Costa Times Garden
Description
Walnut Creek
Space Available
30 spaces / 30 available
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Composting & Vermicompost - Heather Farms Community Center

July 7, 2010
9:00 am	to	10:30 am

Composting & Vermicompost
Date / Time
2010-07-07 / 9-10:30 a.m.
Location
Heather Farms Community Center
Description
Walnut Creek
Space Available (925) 947-1678
30 spaces / 30 available
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Composting & Vermicompost - Lindsay Wildlife Museum

June 19, 2010
1:00 pm	to	2:30 pm

Composting & Vermicompost
Date / Time
2010-06-19 / 1-2:30 p.m.
Location
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Description
1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek
Space Available
30 spaces / 30 available
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Composting & Vermicompost - Lindsay Wildlife Museum

March 27, 2010
2:00 pm	to	3:30 pm

Composting & Vermicompost
Date / Time
2010-03-27 / 2:30-4 p.m.
Location
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Description
1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek
Space Available
30 spaces / 30 available
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Green Job: DIY Battery Reconditioning

If you could think of a cool job that you could do in your spare time in your garage that would help the environment would you want to know about it? Have you ever thought about where all the used rechargeable batteries go when you think they are not useful anymore?

Unfortunately, most batteries rechargeable or not go into our trash cans and then into our landfills where they eventually leak acid into the soil. This obviously is not a good thing especially as we own so many electronic gadgets that require rechargeable batteries such as computers, Ipods cameras, phones, gardening and power tools just to name a few.

So what is the number 1 reason we throw our batteries in the trash?

“BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.”

Here are a few options to consider:

1) If you want to make one small change today, find  2 shoe boxes and label them “Used Batteries” for all your disposable batteries and “used rechargeable batteries”

2) Check with your city to see if they have a drop off location for used disposable batteries. Walnut Creek, California is an example of what options are available for convenient drop off in their city.

3) Find a local business that specializes in battery reconditioning or rechargeable batteries.

4) Start your own battery reconditioning business it’s a lot easier than you think. The benefits include:

• Not a significant investment to get started.
• A battery reconditioning service can be started in a small space such as a corner of your garage.
• Can be a great side business, an extra stream of income, or a great summer job for a high school or college student.

If you want an outline of what it takes to start a battery reconditioning business I found a cool link for you to review.

How to Set-up a Battery Reconditioning Business

Green Recycling - Recycle your old batteries in Walnut Creek

July 9, 2009

9:00 pm

Local retailers are now providing battery recycling for single-use household batteries. Those merchants in Walnut Creek who now accept batteries are: Long’s Drugs stores at 1123 S. California Blvd., 1914 Tice Valley Blvd., and 738 Bancroft Rd., and Rite Aid Drugs at 1526 Palos Verde Mall. For more information, contact Lois Courchaine at the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority atlois@wastediversion.org