TVCR to Give Away 500 Free Backyard Compost Bins & Food Waste Education Are you ready to make a small shift towards a more sustainable lifestyle? Do you want to save a lot of money on your annual trash bill? Tired of having wet, stinky, heavy trash bags that leaks and makes your garbage…
DetailsBags to Benches: TVCR Launches Plastic Film Recycling Initiative We all use way too many disposable plastic bags in our daily life, even if we diligently bring our own grocery bags and limit online shopping. Teton Valley Community Recycling has recently discovered a way to take that plastic waste and turn it into something…
DetailsNew Library MakerSpace Opens to Public The Driggs branch of the Valley of the Tetons Library has doubled in size with the new addition being a dedicated MakerSpace available for the community to explore, learn, repair, and create with a variety of different media. For the…
DetailsRethink your buying habits to reduce the waste you generate. 2021 is a great time to break the wasteful habits of impulse buying – both online and in-person. Remember, many returned items actually end up in the landfill. Before you buy Evaluate if you need it. Is it a need or a want? Consider the…
DetailsOur 2020 Online Fundraising Auction was a big success thanks to the great items donated by local business, the community members who bid on items, and our annual Business Sponsors who support us all year long. The Auction took place during the week leading up to “America Recycles Day”. Community engagement was high and we…
DetailsHow to Upcycle Furniture: A Guide for Beginners Originally posted on Porch.com Guest post by Evan Dunn In today’s throwaway world, it’s more important than ever to reuse the things we already have in circulation. The process of upcycling involves taking something old or already used, and repurposing and revamping it into something even better.…
DetailsWe are lucky that our County’s traditional recycling collection has stayed strong through the early months of coronavirus thanks to hardworking staff at the County Transfer Station and RAD Curbside. Many other communities shut down their recycling. Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) did ask community members to hang on to their “hard to recycle” TerraCycle…
DetailsTeton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) is doing a special recycling collection for the month of July through our TerraCycle program. With summer in full swing and people grilling, picnicking, floating, and playing outside, lots of us are consuming packaged chips and snacks. TVCR will collect and recycle all savory snacks and chips bags through the…
DetailsOur world has been upended in the past few months and we’ve seen many changes both for the better and for worse. Moving into the coming months as our economy reopens, TVCR hopes that you will continue to embrace new sustainable practices that you may have picked up recently such as bread baking, home cooking,…
DetailsThoughts on Creating a Sustainable World Post-Pandemic By Emily Selleck, TVCR Board Secretary May 19, 2020 Webinar sponsored by Waste 360 (Watch the full webinar HERE) I hate plastics. And, frankly, I’m not fond of recycling. However, when I make myself think holistically about the supply chain of materials and how it fits into…
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