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Rethink Waste!

Reduce waste by bringing items that you need fixed to a Repair Cafe event instead of throwing it in the trash. Please click here for more details and to see the schedule for 2023.

Interested in learning about food waste?

The Environmental Center is having a FREE event: The Whys and Hows of Food Waste Reduction and Composting! Tuesday, May 9th 5:00-6:30pm, May24th 5:00-6:30pm at The Environmental Center in Bend. 

There will also be an event specifically for businesses May 17th 8:30-9:39am in Redmond.  

Learn why food waste matters, how to reduce food waste, strategies for composting, and pros and cons of various at home compost bins.
Open to adults and youth, composting beginners and pros! Attendees will be entered into a drawing for an at home composting system.

For more information or to sign up for an event click here.

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