If you’re looking to eliminate waste from your daily routine, join I Love A Clean San Diego for our free Zero Wasteat Home workshop on Saturday, January 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the Otay Mesa-Nestor Library! During this workshop, we’ll cover:
Zero waste practices to adopt in the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and home common areas
Sustainable product swaps
Recommendations for local zero waste businesses
Attendees will have the opportunity to make and take home DIY zero waste cleaning and personal care products, and we will have our Swap and Shop booth open anyone who wants to browse through secondhand clothes, books, toys and other trinkets.
Attendees will be entered into a drawing to win a $25 Visa gift card, distributed at the end of the workshop.
Registration is required. Thank you to the City of San Diego Environmental Services Department for sponsoring this event. We can’t wait to see you at the Otay Mesa-Nestor Library on January 20!
Learn to reduce your food waste and help divert organic waste from our local landfills! Join I Love A Clean San Diego for our free Save Your Scraps workshop at the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens on Saturday, August 26 at 10 a.m. During this workshop, we’ll cover:
Tips to reduce waste when grocery shopping, cooking, and storing food
Different styles of composting
Why it’s so important to keep organic waste out of the landfill
How to properly dispose of food waste through the curbside organic recycling program
Attendees will have the opportunity to make and take home a vermicomposting bin during the workshop – all supplies will be provided to start easily composting at home!
Registration is required. Thank you to the City of Vista for sponsoring this event!
The City of San Diego’s new curbside organics waste recycling program is here! Join us on Wednesday, March 15 at 5 p.m. for our free workshop at the Golden Hill Recreation Center to learn about mandatory organics waste recycling for City of San Diego residents and how to do it at home.
The one-hour workshop will include:
How to properly dispose of food waste
What types of waste can go in the organics waste recycling bin
Why it’s so important to divert organic waste from our landfills
Participants will receive FREE compost from the Miramar Greenery and informational resources in a follow up email!
Registration is required. Can’t make it? Keep an eye out for our additional organics waste recycling events in the upcoming months! Thank you to the City of San Diego Environmental Services Department for sponsoring this event.
Today’s blog comes from Grace, one of our Education Specialists! If you want to create less waste in 2016 get started today with one of our tried and true zero waste crafts! If you like what you find here, be sure to come to our next free workshop this Saturday, February 20th to learn first-hand from our educators like Grace!
The average person in San Diego County makes 1,825 pounds of trash in just one year – that’s 5 pounds a day! This abundance of trash can have a variety of consequences, including filling up our landfills and harming animals if this trash makes its way into our environment. In an effort to inspire San Diegans to kick-start a zero waste lifestyle, I Love A Clean San Diego has incorporated the following DIY repurposing projects into our Sustainable Living Series workshops. Repurposing projects not only save items from the landfill, but also reduce the amount of new resources that need to be purchased by upcycling the resources we already have.
Toy trucks, shoes, tea cups, you name it! Any common item can be transformed into a succulent planter with a little creativity.
Planting succulents in repurposed containers: This project utilizes drought resistant succulents that are perfect for our dry Southern California climate. Your succulent “pot” can be anything from an antique tea cup to a shoe.
Supplies:
Repurposed container
Drill (optional)
Charcoal (optional)
Rocks
Succulents
Soil
Who knew a gravy boat could be transformed into such a beautiful planter?
Instructions:
Select your repurposed container.
Some drainage in the container is preferred. If possible drill a hole in the bottom of the container. A diamond drill bit may be needed depending on the material OR cover the bottom of the container with a thin layer of charcoal to absorb excess water.
Add a layer of river rocks at the bottom of the container.
Fill container ¾ with soil.
Arrange succulents to your liking.
For indoor arrangements, widely space plants in the same container for maximum exposure to sunlight.
Once complete, give your succulents a soak with a spray bottle.
Finished pieces from our Zero Waste Home Workshop.
Repurposing glass bottles: This project takes your empty glass bottles from one party and upcycles them into decorations for your next! Any sized bottle can be transformed into a vase or centerpiece.
Supplies:
Glass beverage bottles
Goo Gone
Paint or Spray Paint
Twine
Instructions:
Remove labels and clean residual glue from bottles with Goo Gone.
Swirl the inside of the bottle with paint OR Spray paint the outside of the bottle.
Wrap selected areas of the bottle in twine.
Variations can include using newspaper, old book pages, metallic markers, tissue paper and ribbon.
Try your hand at a DIY project at our next Zero Waste workshop! Register for our Zero Waste Shopping workshop on February 20th at Ocean Knoll Farm.
Today’s blog comes from Grace, one of our Education Specialists! If you want to create less waste in 2016 get started today with one of our tried and true zero waste crafts! If you like what you find here, be sure to come to our 
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