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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.

Earth Day Community Conversation: Sustainable Fairfax & Zero Waste

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Please join a conversation with board members of Sustainable Fairfax, learn about our four primary volunteer “Hubs,” and discover exciting ways to get involved. This is your opportunity to take community-based action to minimize our environmental impact.

The focus will be on our Zero Waste Program and the important paradigm shift taking place from disposable to REUSABLE! Bring your burning questions! This is an opportunity to get down and dirty about the truths behind the recycling crisis.

Refreshments will be served at 6:45pm.

Free to All.

Film Night: Wasted! A Story of Food Waste

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Join Sustainable Fairfax and the Environmental Forum of Marin for a screening of the film WASTED! Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming “scraps” into incredible dishes that creates a more secure food system.

See how food waste directly contributes to climate change and how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st century.

Free Raffle for $100 Good Earth Gift Certificate!

Film will be followed by a discussion with the Sustainable Fairfax Zero Waste Team.

6:30pm: DOORS OPEN
6:30-7:00pm: Raffle and tabling
7:00pm: Film

Suggested donation: $10.

FRIDAY JAN 25: Film Screening of “WASTED! The Story of Food Waste” featuring Bourdain

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Join Sustainable Fairfax and the Environmental Forum of Marin for a screening of the film WASTED! Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming “scraps” into incredible dishes that creates a more secure food system.

See how food waste directly contributes to climate change and how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st century.

Submit your pledge to reduce food waste before the film and enter a free Raffle for $100 Good Earth Gift Certificate!

Film will be followed by a discussion with the Sustainable Fairfax Zero Waste Team.

6:30pm: DOORS OPEN
6:30-7:00pm: Raffle and tabling
7:00pm: Film

Suggested donation: $10.

The Fairfax Craft Faire is Here!

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<p align="left">The <a href="http://www.fxcraftfaire.com/"><strong>Fairfax Craft Faire</strong> </a>returns on Saturday, December 8th, 11am-5pm at the Fairfax Pavilion. The Craft Faire has become a local tradition, and we hope you can all join us again for another great year! The event features 50 vendors selling handmade crafts and sustainably produced products.</p>

SHOP TO FESTIVE LIVE MUSIC

Our favorite craft faire bands will return this year:

11:30am:   Ukulele Friends Ohana
1:00pm:    Liz Stires and friends
Last set:   Jack Irving

CRAFT FAIRE RAFFLE 

Try your luck at our Craft Faire Raffle! Get your raffle tickets from theSustainable Fairfax or Fairfax Recreation table, and bid on your favorite items donated by our Craft Faire vendors.

CALLING ALL BAKERS!

Wondering how you can support the Fairfax Craft Faire? That’s easy! Bake your favorite goodie(s) for the Craft Faire Bake Sale. All bakers will receive free raffle tickets to the raffle. Drop off your item at the Pavilion kitchen between 9:30-10:30am on Saturday morning. Thank you!!!!

Sign-up here! 

ZERO WASTE CAFE

Visit the Zero Waste Cafe and enjoy some fantastic CHILI and delectable gluten-free MAC & CHEESE donated by Good Earth Natural Foods. Be sure to treat yourself to something sweet at our bake sale too. The Cafe does not generate any landfill waste! We serve the food in reusable dishes with real utensils.

WARM UP WITH SOME KEY TEA

Don’t miss Key Tea’s delicious locally grown chai teas and other wondrous beverages.

GIFT WRAPPING BY INDIE ALLEY

NEW THIS YEAR! Get your gifts wrapped at the Indie Alley booth at the entrance to the Faire!

>>Learn more

The proceeds from the Craft Faire benefit Sustainable Fairfax and Fairfax Recreation, the organizers of the event.

Sustainable Grocery Store Tour: Good Earth Natural Foods

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Learn to how to minimize waste while grocery shopping! This quick 30-minute tour will show you how to use the systems at Good Earth Natural Foods to reduce waste and shop more sustainably.

These tours are limited to 10 people. Please register to reserve your spot. (Drop-ins are welcome, as long as there is space in the tour). REGISTER HERE.

This event is part of Sustainable Fairfax’s NO-WASTE NOVEMBER campaign.