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March 20, 2021

Recycling Event

Getting started

New item: PPPs

Pesky #6!

Volunteers first

Young volunteer

Family team

First recyclers

Everyone sorts

What number?

Oh joy!

Volunteer helping

PPEs

Plastic flatware

Plastic film

Model recycler

Amazing system!

First load

Styrofoam fun

Smart!

Heating up

Serious recyclers

Sorting

Food containers

Filling up!

Ingenious!

Overwhelming

Second load

Fit it in!

Recycling is fun

Recycling is relaxing

Plastically invisible

Xmas lights

Big no-no

Just hanging

Our storage space

Our storage space

Our storage space

Please!

Fall 2020

Sorting Parties

Getting started

Ellen & Laura M

Molly

Marilyn & Rubbermaid

Rebecca

Marilyn classifies

Looks like a duel

The team

A job well done!

It can be fun

If only they'd let us run the world

Chobani - Grrr!

The start

Getting our exercise!

Learning the ropes

Bucolic, isn't it?

Keeping track!

Packing is an art

Trays to Rubbermaid

8 boxes & Nikki

Classifying

Almost done

We have a man in our team!

Styrofoam fun

Chobani claims to be good for you

252 Chobani containers

REcording

Winding down

Counting

It's an art

Hard-working women

What is this?

13 boxes & 3 women

September 26 & 30, 2020

Cleanups & Brand Audits

Our meeting point

The team

Who said yucky?

Ready to classify

Foodservice items & bags

Plastic bottles & metal

The one we work for

950 butts!

The team

The site

Happy volunteers!

Data collection

Recording the data

Well done!

September 19, 2020

Recycling Event @ the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke

Recycle here

What we collect I

What we collect II

What we collect III

What we collect IV

What we collect V

Volunteering is fun!

Styro

Ripping up styro

Signing up

Early bird recycles best

Donate!

Our gracious hosts

September 5 & 12, 2020

Sorting Parties

Most of the volunteers at work

Lids, bread clips, contacts, scoops

Food-storage containers - a plague

Condiment cups

Straws, lids & cups to take to Subaru

Straws, lids & cups to take to Subaru

Matchy-matchy

Motts applesauce containers - awful for

#7 - "Other" plastic is notoriously unre

Arizona Sweet Tea

Caps & lids for Gimme 5

Prescription bottles are #5 - PP Plastic

Wrapping up after 3 hours

Looks heavy but it's all #5 plastic!

The fruit of our labor, on its way to be

Getting started

Cory-ography!

#5 & #6 plastics

Some of the gang

Sorting

Sometimes we need to look really hard fo

The team!

Despite all our work, we still have this

August 22, 2020

Recycling Event

Recycle today!

The first shift

Recycling in the rain

The rain will not stop us

Chip bags & such

Filling up

Rip'em up!

Styrofoam love. Not really.

One of many carloads!

Ta da!

August 8, 2020

Sorting Party

Driving plastics

Group photo

Our gracious host

Walker & Maya

Trash

What happens at a sorting party

July 11, 2020

Recycling Event @ the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke

Ready to go!

We all make mistakes

Recycle!

First recyclers

Nicole, the super volunteer!

Happy to see your bags!

It's not easy being green...

Hustle & bustle

Rip it up!

Pill bottles are #5

Plastic film & #5 plastics are our top items

Chilling & ripping

Adding up

Panorama

One of our garages at the end of the event

March 7, 2020

Recycling Event @ the Women's March

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Sustainable Roanoke at the Women's March