drop off and pick up packaging materials
Rebuilding Exchange in Evanston
EcoShip is a Chicago-based nonprofit that diverts packaging materials from landfills and provides them to local businesses and artists for reuse. Now you can drop off materials at Rebuilding Exchange in Evanston.
Drop off packaging materials, along with other hard-to-recycle items such as toothbrushes, sneakers, and more in collaboration with the City of Evanston. You can also pick up materials like bubble wrap and packing peanuts. This site will accept a limited list of items: mailers, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, packing paper, and crinkle cut shred (no personal documents of any sort!)
Know someone moving? Have new neighbors unpacking? Let them know about EcoShip. We also have a handy New Homeowners Guide on our website to assist in making environmentally-friendly choices throughout the moving process.
NEW homeowners guide available
Reduce Your Move's Environmental Impact
Go Green Winnetka has created a New Homeowners Guide, a go-to resource to help people moving homes make a sustainable transition. The Guide has numerous suggestions for conscious choices before and after the move that positively influence our environment. Practical tips are offered, from eco-friendly packing materials to waste diversion strategies.
Please pass this link along to friends and neighbors who are moving or have recently moved.
BREAD TAGS FOR WHEELCHAIRS
Many small actions can have a big impact.
That's why Go Green Winnetka is partnering with other organizations to collect Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. These tags (bread, bagel, muffin, produce, veggies) are pristine plastic and a valuable raw material and billions are made each year. They can’t be recycled through standard curbside programs because they are too small and too lightweight to sort easily. Most are made from #6 plastic/polystyrene.
Look for Mason jars at Grand Food Center and D36 schools—and start saving those bread tags!
260,000 bread tags = 200 lbs of plastic = one basic wheelchair
Check out these websites of participating organizations for more information.
Go Green Winnetka
Glencoe Sustainability Task Force
SCARCE
Danielle Cares for Chairs
Contact Go Green Winnetka with any questions.
Calendar of Events
It's a busy month for environmentalists! We've got information on everything from film festivals to compost facility tours to legislative lobby days. There's something for everyone. If you've been looking for a reason to take action, look no further than the opportunities on our events page.