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Dear Eco-Cycle volunteer,
 We’re ready for May flowers after all these spring snow showers. Are you ready to spring into environmental action?
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Eco-Cycle Times Arrival Update |
The Spring/Summer Eco-Cycle Times newsletter is a great source of Zero Waste information. Check out this issue for our big news on single-stream recycling, including when it's expected to arrive to a recycling bin near you. Also, read about the new materials accepted at the CHaRM — bike tires and tubes!
Newsletters will be delivered to Block Leaders in mid to late May. If you can’t wait for our latest issue, you can read it online or swing by the CHaRM or the Boulder, Longmont or Broomfield drop-off centers to pick up a copy today.
Need a clarification of your delivery route? Going to be out of town? Can you pick up your bundles? Please let us know.
Join us for our bundling party to help prepare newsletters for your fellow volunteers! Sign up here.
Enjoy getting out and about in Boulder County? We’re looking for volunteers to help spread Zero Waste news in our Boulder County mountain towns by delivering Eco-Cycle Times newsletters to businesses and community centers in these areas.
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It's Coming! Single-Stream Recycling
at Your Curb |
Single-stream recycling makes using the recycling bin easier than before! It will allow for both recycling streams — mixed paper/cardboard and commingled containers — to be combined into ONE bin.
Eco-Cycle operates the Boulder County Recycling Center (BCRC), the facility that processes your recyclables, and we are working with the county to upgrade the sorting equipment for when both streams are mixed together. We’ll still need you to sort your garbage from your recyclables, but you’ll find that mixing the recyclables together into one bin instead of two will be much more convenient.
We'll keep you posted with further program details and start dates for each city (applying to collection services whose materials go to the BCRC). So stay tuned! In the meantime, check out the latest edition of the Eco-Cycle Times to learn more about single-stream recycling and how it is a vital step toward meeting our goal of building a Zero Waste community.
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Zero Waste Events: Volunteer Opportunities |
Our event season is in full swing and we can’t do it all without you! Check your calendars and sign up for one (or all) of our many community events listed below. They’re a great way to help educate folks and have fun at the same time.
Zero Waste Superior Days
May 19th, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Original Town - West Coal Creek Drive
(south of Super Target)
 Come see Superior Days in action — a full Zero Waste event. We've worked with the event organizers to make sure everything sold will be recyclable or compostable. You won't find any trash cans at this old fashioned hometown event! Don’t miss the vintage baseball game, pie eating contests, games and much more. Let Genevieve know if you can help staff the Zero Waste Stations from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and
12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Boulder Creek Festival
May 24th - 26th, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Along the Boulder Creek
 This Memorial Day weekend, keep cool under our Eco-Cycle tent at the Boulder Creek Festival. Volunteers help share info., giveaways and generally have lots of fun. Please let Caroline know if you are able to help out.
Boulder’s Zero Waste Farmers’ Market
Every Saturday, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
13th St. between Arapahoe Ave. and Canyon Blvd.
 We are back for our fourth season at the Boulder Farmers’ Market, the nation’s first ongoing Zero Waste event. We need your help to show visitors how to use the recycling and compost bins in our Zero Waste Stations and to answer their questions. Shifts are flexible depending on your schedule. Volunteer for one Saturday or, even better, contact Caroline to set up a regular schedule to volunteer at the market throughout the summer.
Longmont’s Zero Waste Farmers’ Market
Every Saturday 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Boulder County Fairgrounds
Hover Rd. and Boston Ave.
 The Longmont Farmers’ Market is now Zero Waste! With a grant from the Boulder County Resource Conservation Division, Eco-Cycle is providing Zero Waste Stations to the Longmont Farmers’ Market. We need volunteers from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Saturdays from May through the end of October to help explain what is recyclable and what is compostable. If you’re an early morning market shopper, we’d love to have you help as early as 8 a.m. Contact Kary to volunteer.
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Grow Your Garden and Conserve Water with
Eco-Cycle's Microbe Brew |
 Eco-Cycle's Microbe Brew soil amendment is back for a fourth season! When applied, Microbe Brew conserves water and provides nutrients for the depleted local soils in our plants, lawns and gardens. City of Boulder residents are eligible for a 50% discount on Microbe Brew generously offered by the Boulder Water Conservation Office. Simply show a recent water bill or a Boulder I.D. Non-Boulder residents can use the Microbe Brew coupon in the latest issue of the Eco-Cycle Times.To learn more about Microbe Brew and to see some of our plant trial successes, visit www.ecocycle.org/compost.
Microbe Brew is available through September at the following locations:
*Boulder Farmers' Market:
Every Saturday from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
13th St. between Arapahoe Ave. and Canyon Blvd.
*The Eco-Cycle/City of Boulder Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM):
Wednesdays ONLY, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
5030 "Old" Pearl St.
| Upcoming Eco-Leader Volunteer Training | May 14th, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
CHaRM (Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials)
 Whether you’re a brand new Eco-Leader volunteer or a veteran volunteer looking for a refresher, join us for the next Eco-Leader training. You’ll learn all about Eco-Cycle’s history, our Zero Waste vision and how you can make it all happen. Please let Caroline know if you can make it.
| Congratulations to the Winners of Our Zero Waste Community & Business Awards |
 Thanks for celebrating Earth Day with us at our Zero Waste Community & Business Awards Luncheon. We had the honor of recognizing the many volunteers, schools, local governments, community event planners and businesses that have been working with us to build a Zero Waste community.
Couldn’t make it? Check out the winners and support the businesses doing great work toward Zero Waste!
| Eco-Leader Highlight: Meet Lisa Bailey |
With so many of you fantastic volunteers out there, we at Eco-Cycle love to share your stories. This month, we’re highlighting Lafayette’s winner of the Zero Waste Eco-Leader award, Lisa Bailey.
 Lisa Bailey was a primary leader in Lafayette Recycles, the citizens group that helped bring curbside recycling to all residents in her hometown of Lafayette. She organized neighbors to advocate for increased recycling service and led a citizen-run community meeting with more than 100 attendees. Lisa has been a volunteer Block Leader in her neighborhood since 1996, the first year Eco-Cycle started working in Lafayette. Energized by the success of the Lafayette Recycles campaign, Lisa decided to increase her leadership in her neighborhood by becoming a Region Leader, coordinating and orienting the volunteer Block Leaders in her area. She’s now recruiting more volunteers to join the Eco-Leader team in her region. Thank you Lisa!
Thank you to all volunteers for everything you’re doing to make Zero Waste a reality in Boulder and Broomfield Counties!
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May 2008
