Last updated on September 25th, 2024.
Waste Reduction Week
October 21st-27th, 2024.
Various events will be taking place across the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - What Goes Where and Repair Instead of Replace Event
Location: The Gerald Hardy Memorial Society - 22657 HWY #7, Sheet Harbour In partnership with the Gerald Hardy Memorial Society and Cascades Thrift Shop
- Starting at 11a.m. Solid Waste Educators will be giving a 60 minute presentation all about What Goes Where
- From 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. pop by the Repair Instead of Replace Booth happening in the same location as the presentation.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Repair Instead of Replace Event
Location: Pinkie's Thrift / Prescott Group 3486 Prescott Street
Join Halifax Solid Waste Resources and Prescott Group at Pinkie’s Thrift to celebrate Waste Reduction Week. Bring textiles that need small repairs and educators will help you learn how to make the repair.
Remember to donate your gently used textiles at local thrift stores like Pinkie’s Thrift.
October 26th, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Shred Instead Event at 633 Pockwock Road, Hammonds Plains
(Parking Lot of the Emmanuel Baptist Church)
Have sensitive documents you’d like to shred? Bring them to our Shred Instead Event to have them disposed of safely and for free. Limit of 3 boxes of residential paper (no business waste) per household.
Sunday, October 27th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Interactive Ocean Action Booth at the Discovery Centre
Location: The Discovery Centre 1215 Lower Water St, Halifax
Drop into the Ocean Action Zone anytime between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. to chat with Solid Waste Educators about litter, marine debris, and reducing our waste. Then do a fun craft transforming marine rope into a wearable item to take home. This is a drop in style event hosted by Halifax Solid Waste Resources, attendees must purchase tickets to the Discovery Centre
Halifax Solid Waste staff regularly attend and host events throughout the municipality. If you have an event that you would like our staff to attend please contact us at wasteless@halifax.ca.
Solid Waste Resources offers a full menu of online and on-demand presentations. To see a full list of webinars or request a session, visit our 3Rs Online page.