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Jan212022

We’re Hiring a New ED in 2022! Is it You?

TVCR TeamBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingJanuary 21, 2022

Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) is looking for our next organizational leader. Partner with our Board of Directors and contribute to promoting a sustainable community and a cleaner Teton Valley. Our mission is to promote ethical waste reduction solutions that are financially and environmentally sound for our community. We work in Teton County Idaho to…

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Dec62021

Pierre’s Pedal Project Year End Update

Pierre' Pedal Project, RepairBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingDecember 6, 2021

Pierre’s Pedal Project (PPP) was established based on the recognition that there are way too many bikes discarded at the transfer station that with a little love, can be brought back to life or their parts used to save other bikes and that there are children in the Teton Valley who otherwise cannot access a…

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Dec62021

TVCR’s Annual Gift Wrap Reuse Station

Reduce, ReuseBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingDecember 6, 2021

  Free Gift Wrap Station at Geo Center   Shopping season is officially underway in Teton Valley as locals and visitors alike search for holiday presents, food to feed extended family, and winter sports gear. All this shopping adds up to increased waste. Did you know that Americans create 25 percent more waste between Thanksgiving…

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Nov282021

 “Test Don’t Toss” Holiday Light Program

E-waste, RepairBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingNovember 28, 2021

Teton Valley Community Recycling has once again joined forces with Creative Energies Solar to offer the community free use of a cool tool to easily fix your non-functional holiday light strings. There are 4 public locations you can bring your lights to including the GeoTourism Center (at our Recycling Education Center), the Valley of the…

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Oct212021

Bench vote

RAD, RecyclingBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingOctober 21, 2021

Vote for your favorite locations for the new Trex community benches donated by RAD Curbside to each of the communities they serve (Alta, Driggs, Tetonia, Victor) CLICK HERE TO VOTE More benches will be coming as we earn them by collecting a minimum of 500 pounds of stretchy recyclable plastic. Collect your clean, stretchy #2…

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Sep292021

A Letter of Farewell from Andrea

Compost, GrantsBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingSeptember 29, 2021

Dear Friends of TVCR, As you may know, my position with TVCR as the Food Waste Reduction & Compost Program Manager is a grant based position that TVCR applied for in 2020. In February of 2021, the program officially launched, and off we went! What a great year it has been! I enjoyed every single…

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Sep292021

Winter Composting in Teton Valley

CompostBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingSeptember 29, 2021

Composting Success During Teton Valley Winters It’s a question we get often, “How do I compost in the winter?” And a fair question, to be sure! While our little bacterial foragers may slow down in the cold, dark months, it’s not to say that they cease to exist all together. You can still compost, keeping…

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Sep232021

Textbook Rescue Success Story

Donors, ReuseBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingSeptember 23, 2021

Earlier this month, TVCR supporter and zero waste enthusiasts, Laura and Randy Curtis shared this wonderful story of a chance encounter leading to the rescue of hundreds of Teton School District textbooks being rescued from the landfill and sent to school districts in need through Better World Books. September 1, 2021 from Laura Curtis, Friends…

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Sep162021

A Zero Waste Donor & Volunteer Appreciation Happy Hour

Donors, Food Waste, ReduceBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingSeptember 16, 2021

What a fun gathering we had in August to celebrate TVCR volunteers and donors! Keeping in line with TVCR’s mission to reduce waste in Teton Valley, we managed to pull off an almost zero waste event – except for the accidentally broken wine glass (oops! not recyclable). Not bad for a two-hour event for 40…

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Sep82021

Andrea’s Amazing “What’s Left” Crackers

Food WasteBy Teton Valley Community RecyclingSeptember 8, 2021

Zero Waste Cooking – Homemade Crackers from Juicer Waste & Citrus/Watermelon Rind Marmalade TVCR has been so fortunate to have a professional chef run our Food Waste Reduction and Composting program this summer. Not only has she gotten 300 new families started with composting in Teton Valley, but she also has been experimenting with reducing…

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