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Fairfax Take Back Day

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Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Fairfax Pavilion Parking Lot, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, CA

All Fairfax Residents! Do a little spring cleaning, and come to Fairfax Take Back Day for a one stop shop for recycling and safe disposal of these items:

→ Prescription Drugs and Medications- collected by the Fairfax Police

Household medications are the number one cause of childhood poisonings. And, they pollute our waterways when they are flushed. The DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back program safely disposes your medicines.

→ Electronics Waste- collected by Conservation Corps North Bay

Examples: computers, microwaves, iPods, printers, cell phones, TVs, remotes.  Please no batteries or bulbs.

Note: Bulbs and batteries will not be collected. Fairfax Lumber, Good Earth and United Markets collect used batteries. Fluorescent (CFLs), Halogen and LED light bulbs and batteries can be taken to the Marin Household Hazardous Waste Facility for safe disposal or recycling. Incandescent bulbs may be disposed of in your trash. 

→ Free Paper Shredding- service provided by Marin Sanitary Service

For Fairfax Residents Only. Shred your sensitive documents (up to 2 bankers boxes). Please no plastic, folders or binders. Staples/paperclips OK.

→ Mattress Recycling- collected by Conservation Corps North Bay

Drop off your old mattresses for recycling!  Bye Bye Mattress® is a program of the Mattress Recycling Council.

Also.... FREE COMPOST FOR FAIRFAX RESIDENTS!

Bring it Home! Free compost will be available for Fairfax residents at Take Back Day. This will be the first of several deliveries to be made by Marin Sanitary Service in 2019. This compost is made from the food and yard waste collected in your green curbside carts. Since the delivery is shared with all Fairfax residents, please do not take more than five 5-gallon buckets (which provides about a one inch cover for a 40 square foot garden).

Use of Compost: Compost is a soil amendment that improves the water-holding capacity and structure of your soil, but too much of it can harm your plants! It is recommended that you use no more than 1-2 inches on your annuals & perennials.

GETTING THERE: Walk, Bike or Drive through the drop off spots in the Fairfax Pavilion Parking lot. Please enter from Bank Street.

Sustainable Fairfax, Marin Sanitary Service, Conservation Corps North Bay and the Town of Fairfax bring this opportunity to Fairfax residents once a year.

Community Conversation: Youth on the Frontline of Activism

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Community Conversations on Climate Action

YOUTH ON THE FRONTLINE OF ACTIVISM

Listen to young climate activists share their stories, struggles and successes!

Come hear the stories, struggles and successes of youth on the frontlines of activism to fight for their own future. This is a free event. If you can, join us at 6:45pm for refreshments before the 7 – 8pm discussion.

Join us for refreshments at 6:45pm.

MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY – FAIRFAX LIBRARY

FREE TO ALL

Facilitated by 350Marin.org and Sustainable Fairfax.

Sustainable Fairfax Benefit at the Bike Museum- Saturday, Feb 9th!

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Sustainable Fairfax is throwing another lively party at the Marin Museum of Bicycling on Saturday, February 9th, 2019! Enjoy a night of music, dancing, local bites, drinks.. and an evening celebrating February LOVE.

Fairfax producer/musician extraordinaire Robert M Powell will lead the Fairfax Funksters of Funtime, a ‘community band’ that includes many special guests. Enjoy light local fare, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. Bid on local goods and services at our annual silent auction. And don’t miss the LIVE auction, back again this year!

FOOD: The event features tasty bites from local favorites: Enjoy vegan cheese from Miyoko’s Kitchen, as well as cheese from Nicasio Valley Cheese and Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company; tasty food from Sorellas; quesadillas from Grillys, and pizza from Ghiringhelli’s.

DRINKS: We will serve beer donated from Iron Springs Pub and Lagunitas Brewery; organic/biodynmamic wine from Frey Vineyards; and non-alcoholic “shrubs” with Amphora Nueva balsamic.

Thanks to our event sponsors, Good Earth Natural Foods and Marin Sanitary Service

ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN COME AND PAY AT THE DOOR!

Can’t make the party and still would like to support our work?  Donate below!

Consider a monthly recurring donation- check out our 2018 accomplishments HERE.




Fairfax Residents: Last Compost Delivery of the Year!

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FREE COMPOST FOR FAIRFAX RESIDENTS.  Compost will be available to Fairfax residents on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Fairfax Pavilion Parking Lot (at the ball field fence). This will be the last delivery made by Marin Sanitary Service in 2018. This compost is made from the food and yard waste collected in our green curbside carts.

Since the delivery is shared with all Fairfax residents, please do not take more than five 5-gallon buckets (which provides a one inch cover for a 40 square foot garden). Please bring your own containers and shovels for collection.

Use of Compost: Compost is a soil amendment that improves the water-holding capacity and structure of your soil, but too much of it can harm your plants. It is recommended that you use no more than 1-2 inches on your annuals & perennials.

NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE – MUST BE FAIRFAX RESIDENT

Let us know if you have any questions at SustainFX@gmail.com.

 

Film & Panel Discussion: STRAWS

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Friday, November 2 - 6:30pm-8:30pm
Fairfax Women's Club, 46 Park Road, Fairfax

As you may have seen in the recent news, the recycling industry has turned upside down since China has drastically limited the plastic it is willing to buy from recycling agencies across the country.

We will begin this film night with a screening of the short film “STRAWS” which takes a look at the rise of single-use plastics.

Following the film, we will host a panel discussion to help sort out the confusion following the recycling crisis and what actions can be taken to reduce plastic waste.

PANEL:
• Kim Scheibly / Marin Sanitary Service
• Renee Goddard / Fairfax Town Council
• Perri Russell / Drake High Sea-Disc

Please come with your sorting and recycling questions!

This event is part of Sustainable Fairfax’s NO-WASTE NOVEMBER campaign. You just might win a $100 gift certificate from Good Earth! Learn more here!

#NoWasteNovember #SustainFX

Suggested donation $10 – no one turned away