zero waste community – Orcas Island Exchange

Another Awesome Great Islands Cleanup in the Books!

Heather Wallace2023-05-12T16:48:43+00:00August 7, 2022|News|

On April 22, Earth Day, 66 Orcas volunteers picked up [...]

Rental Property Waste

Heather Wallace2022-09-06T01:23:27+00:00July 19, 2021|Knowledge|

The road to a zero-waste community is not easy - [...]

FREE Paint Recycling

Heather Wallace2024-01-15T22:57:07+00:00August 16, 2021|News|

ORS is a FREE recycling center for all latex and [...]

Be Mindful of Holiday Packaging

Pete2023-12-12T18:00:22+00:00December 27, 2017|Knowledge|

It's that time of year again when you order stuff [...]

Don’t Waste The Good Stuff!

Heather Wallace2018-08-09T06:05:03+00:00July 3, 2018|Knowledge|

What’s wrong with this picture? Look at all of those [...]

Compost Inspiration

Heather Wallace2023-10-24T03:02:46+00:00April 8, 2020|Inspiration|

Greetings Composters! April's sunny skies have a lot of us [...]

VERMI-what???

Heather Wallace2023-10-24T03:27:11+00:00February 1, 2020|Inspiration|

A little hardship grew to big changes in Cuba in [...]

Recognition by Zero Waste Washington

Heather Wallace2020-03-19T05:25:25+00:00March 19, 2020|Inspiration|

Orcas Island Recycling Services/The Exchange was recently recognized by Zero [...]

A (not so short) History of Compost

Heather Wallace2023-10-24T03:25:31+00:00January 11, 2020|Inspiration|

Prehistoric farmers discovered that manure from their domesticated animals - [...]

Replace Plastic Wrap with Beeswax Wrap!

Heather Wallace2020-12-08T20:21:30+00:00November 5, 2019|Knowledge|

Board Member, Asifa Pasin has ran multiple successful Beeswax Wrap [...]