- Hold a city or neighborhood wide garage sale or hold
a city hall warehouse sale.
- Coordinate
a large item pick-up for homes and businesses.
- Put
an article in a city newsletter, water bill or other communication to
residents promoting reuse as a way to prevent waste and giving specific
reuse suggestions.
- Develop
a drop off for reusable items at a central point and let citizens swap
materials they no longer need for those they do. Select a specific type
of material for exchange such as “sports equipment” or “electronics”.
- Develop
an on-line exchange of reusable materials.
- Use
the Kansas City Metropolitan Reuse Guide for referral to reuse businesses
and nonprofit organizations.
For the more long term
- Add
a reuse component to an existing solid waste collection program. (Surplus
Exchange can provide guidance to develop such a program.)
Let us know what activities YOU conduct to show the benefits of reuse.
Contact Leann Ritter: [email protected]
or (816) 472-0444 fax (816) 472-8105.
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