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#OrilliaOntario - Need something fixed? #Orillia #RepairCafé returning in April
Event taking place April 5 at St. James' Anglican Church
Mar 14, 2025
"Local residents are invited to bring their broken or torn possessions to St. James’ Church on Saturday, April 5 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), where 'fixers' will be on hand to make repairs and turn their 'trash' into 'treasure' at the eighth Orillia Repair Café, which takes place twice a year.
"The event is supported by local volunteers and Sustainable Orillia, St. James’ Anglican Church and Lake Country Time Trade.
"Light refreshments will be provided as well as child-friendly activities. A new feature this year will be '#BookSwaps,' one for adults and one for children. The café has a friendly and fun ambience and combines an enjoyable family activity with a rewarding outcome.
"Annalise Stenekes has led the project since its inception and has gathered a dedicated and talented team of fixers who will attempt to repair a variety of items, including bicycles, lamps, home appliances, sewing machines, jewelry and audio/visual and computer equipment. Small furniture items will be repaired, clothing and footwear mended and toys given new life.
"Last year, 230 kilograms of items were given a new lease on life, diverting potential waste from the #landfill and saving an estimated $1,000.
"'#Repairing and #reusing broken items, as opposed to disposing of them and purchasing new ones, is a practical and meaningful contribution we can make for our environment,' says local resident Wendy Kirk. 'The Repair Café is also a feel-good place — at times the joy is tangible when someone’s prized item is restored to its former usefulness.'
"Repair Café events are happening around the world, saving money, reducing landfill waste, cutting CO2 emissions, promoting learning and fostering community connections."
Source:
https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/need-something-fixed-orillia-repair-cafe-returning-in-april-10371696
#RepairCafesOntario #RepairCafes #BuildingCommunity #SolarPunkSunday #FixIt
OrilliaMatters.com · Need something fixed? Orillia Repair Café returning in AprilEvent taking place April 5 at St. James' Anglican Church
They're very keen on warning signs on the capped off landfill. #woodville #landfill
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and that we want to reduce the amount of #TextileWaste that ends up in #landfill.
…And if an item can’t be repaired, over 3 in 5 of our #SecondHand clothing purchases have displaced the need to buy new ones!
The rise of resale websites like #Vinted and #Depop have been an eye opener into just how much #clothing we all own. You can now search for a specific item by size, colour and brand so easily that buying second hand is becoming easier than ever.
Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year
How microplastics affects soil and food health
"We found every kilogram of compost contains between 1,500 and 16,000 microplastic particles. In weight, this equates to between 7 and 760 milligrams of microplastics per kilogram of compost. "
"In Australia, about 26% of compost produced at organic waste processing facilities is used in agriculture. So, we estimate that between 2.7 and 206 tonnes of microplastics is being transported to Australian agricultural land from compost each year."
"The absence of clear guidelines leaves composting facilities, waste processors, and end users vulnerable to unintended plastic pollution."
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https://theconversation.com/tonnes-of-microplastics-infiltrate-australias-agricultural-soils-each-year-study-shows-250624
#plastic #pollution #microplastics #waste #agriculture #soil #food #compost #landfill #regulation
the forever #landfill #waste #fraud #lies #abuse of our very waters.. ffs.. soil . . that #synthetic #cancer of it all ~ vs. #organic #compost #recycled etc. " #sustainability ffs #hemp #cellulose etc. vs.
#chemical abandon (s
#chemical abandon (s
India vows to conquer the Delhi waste mountains visible miles away https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/05/india-vows-conquer-delhi-waste-mountains-visible-miles/
The Telegraph · India vows to conquer the Delhi waste mountains visible from miles away
The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?
Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help
The Guardian · The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?
Bog standard? Study seeks most effective toilet training methods https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/04/most-effective-toilet-training-methods-study #UCL(UniversityCollegeLondon) #Parentsandparenting #Children'shealth #Environment #Education #Worldnews #Children #Landfill #Society #UKnews #Waste
The Guardian · Bog standard? Study seeks most effective toilet training methods
Montreal-area mayors outraged as Quebec tables bill to expand hazardous landfill
Quebec’s natural resources minister said Thursday she had tabled a bill to transfer the contested piece of land to the government, and lease it long-term to Stablex.
#politics #environment #landfill #Montreal #Quebec #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11052688/quebec-mayors-montreal-hazardous-landfill/
Montreal-area mayors outraged as Quebec tables bill to expand hazardous landfill
Quebec’s natural resources minister said Thursday she had tabled a bill to transfer the contested piece of land to the government, and lease it long-term to Stablex.
#politics #environment #landfill #Montreal #Quebec #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11052688/quebec-mayors-montreal-hazardous-landfill/
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#NewZealand: #RightToRepair Amendment Bill a critical 'first step' for consumers
20 February 2025
"New Zealand has been 'lagging behind' the rest of the world in offering repairs for products, an advocate says.
"Kiwis are now a step closer to the guaranteed right to repair the products they own with the Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill passing its first reading in Parliament on Wednesday.
"If successful, the legislation would compel manufacturers to ensure repair facilities and spare parts for their products are made available in New Zealand.
"#GreenParty co-leader #MaramaDavidson who has sponsored the bill said it combined climate action with cost of living relief.
"'The Right to Repair is about empowering consumers to repair what they own, protecting them from recurring costs and in turn preventing more and more waste going to #landfill and polluting our #environment.'
"She believed it would favour consumers over big corporates 'who build #obsolescence into their products so people have to keep coming back to replace their things and spend more of their money'.
"It would benefit households as well as businesses including farmers who would be able to fix the appliances and the tools they needed to do their jobs.
"Auckland University Professor and member of the Right to Repair Coalition Alex Simms calls it a 'first step'.
"It was a worldwide movement and New Zealand was "lagging behind', she told Morning Report.
"Simms said one drawback of the existing bill was that the Commerce Commission would not have the power to compel manufacturers to comply because it is an amendment to the Consumer Guarantees Act.
"One suggestion that arose during the debate in Parliament was that it should become part of the #FairTradingAct so that #ComCom would have enforcement powers.
"Also, currently if a consumer takes an item such as a phone to an unauthorised repairer a warranty becomes void - that would no longer apply if the bill became law, Professor Simms said.
"'That will really help people get stuff fixed a lot cheaper."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542440/right-to-repair-amendment-bill-a-critical-first-step-for-consumers-advocate
#PlannedObsolescence #SolarPunkSunday #Repair #Reuse
RNZ · Right to Repair Amendment Bill a critical 'first step' for consumers - advocate
Fleetwood #Landfill stench 'causing #NoseBleeds, vomiting and breathing problems', MP says https://buff.ly/3X5dnm6
#BigBadger1 had a lot to say on this. "Airborne chemicals, not smells, cause nose bleeds.
It's like saying #Starmer makes my ears bleed: obviously he doesn't" 
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A landfill in Kenya
Screenshot from Anthropocene The Human Epoch (2018)
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VRSD received an emergency use permit to accept debris from the recent Mountain Fire. Because Toland Road does not accept hazardous waste, debris is first cleared of toxic materials and then "burrito wrapped" to avoid any possible groundwater contamination. This policy worked well after the 2017 Thomas fire, and will continue to protect groundwater supplies after this and future fires. (2/2)
Grateful to the board of the Ventura Regional Sanitation District for naming me to another 1-year term as its chair. The district provides wastewater treatment services (for which Thousand Oaks is a customer) and operates solid-waste facilities including the Toland Road landfill between Santa Paula and Fillmore. Toland Road is the only public landfill in Ventura County.
VRSD will see some management turnover in the coming year with the pending retirement of several key staff members, including general manager Chris Theisen. The recruiting process is already under way. (1/2)
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Oh yeah. #JuniperRidgeLandfill is NOT a solution!
Time is running out to find new solutions to manage #biosolids in Maine
A new report shows that capacity at a state-owned #landfill will run out in 2028.
PORTLAND, Maine — "There are growing concerns about the state's ability to handle waste and the impact it could have on wastewater treatment facilities in just a few years. Tons of wastewater #sludge, or #biosolids, are shipped to a state-owned landfill every day. That sludge is laced with #PFAS.
"State regulators say if investments aren't made to manage it, the landfill could be at capacity by 2028. The Portland Water District's East End plant takes in 25,000 pounds of solid waste daily.
"'What comes in has to go out, so when we have interruptions in the ability to manage biosolids, that is a huge challenge,' Scott Firmin, director of Portland Wastewater Services with the Portland Water District, explained.
"The utility has nearly 100,000 customers in the Greater Portland area and ships the byproduct of that waste, known as sludge or biosolids, to the #JuniperRidgeLandfill near #OldTownMaine.
"Last summer, it was left scrambling after #Casella Waste Systems said it could not safely accept municipal #sludge at #JuniperRidge after shipments of construction debris needed to stabilize the site were banned.
"'Ninety percent of the biosolids generated in Maine go to that landfill,' Firmin said."
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech/science/environment/pfas/time-is-running-out-to-find-new-solutions-to-manage-biosolids-in-maine-waste-pfas/97-0e674c1a-6c51-40a6-b297-5438e2cda549
#WaterIsLIfe #CompostingToilets #JuniperRidge #EnvironmentalDestruction #PenobscotRiver #PenobscotNation #EnvironmentalRacism #ProtectTheSacred
www.newscentermaine.comBefore you continue to YouTube
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This is the kind of BULLSHIT that the #PenobscotNation have been dealing with for years! WTF!
#Maine opens door for #landfill expansion despite community objections
By: Emma Davis - October 3, 2024
"The #JuniperRidgeLandfill is a step closer to an expansion that would allow for roughly 11 more years of use, despite continued objections from local residents and advocates concerned about the landfill’s impact on air and water quality in the region.
"In a decision released Wednesday, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection Melanie Loyzim determined there is a substantial public benefit from a proposal to increase the capacity of the facility in #OldTown and Alton, which means the #Casella subsidiary that operates it can now submit an application for a license to expand the facility.
"The decision has not stymied opposition. The #ConservationLawFoundation, an environmental advocacy organization, is prepared to challenge the determination, according to director of communities and toxics Alexandra St. Pierre.
"'This decision recklessly gambles with public health and the environment,' St. Pierre wrote in a statement following the decision. 'It dismisses the serious concerns raised by the Penobscot Nation and other nearby residents about the harmful effects this expansion will have on their health and community. We refuse to allow this dangerous expansion to proceed unchecked.'
"Juniper Ridge Landfill is owned by the state but managed by the Bureau of General Services, which contracts with #NEWSMELandfill Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of the waste management company #CasellaWasteManagement.
"Opened in 1993 and last expanded in 2017, the landfill currently disposes of just over half of landfill waste in Maine and is expected to exhaust its current capacity by 2028. BGS has proposed expanding the landfill by 61 acres, which at the current fill rate of about 1 million cubic yards of waste per year, would allow for roughly 11 more years of use.
"The #MaineDEP concluded that Casella’s proposed expansion is needed to meet Maine’s short- and long-term waste capacity needs and is consistent with the state’s waste reduction plans. From 2018 to 2022, Maine’s landfill waste increased by 24%. Waste generation continues to increase at approximately 5.6% per year.
"Further, the DEP determined that the expansion doesn’t conflict with #EnvironmentalJustice [BULLSHIT] — a new factor that had to be considered under a state law passed in 2021 — that is, as long as Casella meets a few conditions.
Environmental justice was among the concerns raised by environmental groups, local residents and the Penobscot Nation during public comment.
"The public argued there was insufficient treatment of landfill leachate — water that collects chemicals after passing through the waste — specifically for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAS, which runs into the #PenobscotRiver.
"The Penobscot Nations’s reservation at Indian Island is located FIVE MILES from the landfill and also includes the Penobscot River, along which Juniper Ridge is located."
Read more:
https://mainemorningstar.com/2024/10/03/maine-opens-door-for-landfill-expansion-despite-community-objections/
#WaterIsLife #PFAS #PenobscotRiver #Biosolids #WabanakiConfederacy #EnvironmentalDestruction #EnvironmentalRacism
Maine Morning Star · Maine opens door for landfill expansion despite community objections • Maine Morning StarThe Juniper Ridge Landfill in Maine is a step closer to an expansion that would allow for roughly 11 more years of use, despite continued objections from local residents and advocates.