Maui Recycling Group http://mauirecyclinggroup.org Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:19:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Art of Trash Exhibit 2012 Opening Night http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/2012/04/art-of-trash-exhibit-2012-opening-night/ http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/2012/04/art-of-trash-exhibit-2012-opening-night/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:11:39 +0000 Alina http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/?p=147 Art of Trash Exhibit 2012 Opening Night

Friday, April 20 was the opening night of this year’s “Art of Trash” Maui exhibit, presented at the Maui Mall by Community Work Day Program and Sharing Aloha.

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By Madeline Ziecker

The Kahului Harbor Earth Day Weekend Clean-up team. Photo by Jimmie Hepp.

While north shore surf remained uninspiring, ocean enthusiasts headed to Kahului Harbor on Saturday, April 21 to participate in a special Earth Day beach clean-up.

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By Wendy Osher

The annual Maui Earth Day Festival takes place today, encouraging residents to come together to increase their appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment and awareness of local issues.

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April 18 — Armed with a line of grass-colored bottles and a new double-station shuttle machine, Bekum America Corp. was seeing green at NPE2012.

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April 17 — Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., touted to be ahead in environmental areas, has been accused of corporate greenwashing its sustainability campaign, according to a report by the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR).

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Art of Trash on April 20. Robin Webster and I designed four of the outfits in the
trashion show — and will be modeling two of them — so we hope you show
up to gasp in awe at our creativity.  Also, it you want to enter a
piece in the Art of Trash juried show, the deadline is this Saturday,
April 14 at Maui Mall. Click on the link for more information.
Joy

Opening Night for the Art of Trash 2012 will be on Friday 4/20 at 6pm
at the Maui Mall Center Stage.  Join us for a fun trash fashion show,
artist awards, and opening of the gallery exhibit.

Please share the attached flyer with your network and don’t forget to
bring your artwork entries on receiving day next Saturday 4/14 from
9:30am to 3pm at the Maui Mall in the space next to Taco Del Mar.

For more info, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/artoftrash
or call Wilma Nakamura at 573-3911.

S. Joy Webster

Maui Trashion

Maui Trashion

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March 29 — Corporate sustainability programs can impact the bottom line, so it´s no surprise that chief financial officers are taking note and getting involved.

 

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Click here for full article:

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Battery deposit bill proposed in Hawaii

]]> http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/2012/03/recycle-those-household-batteries/feed/ 0 Recycle sensitive documents for your business http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/2012/03/recycle-sensitive-documents-for-your-business/ http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/2012/03/recycle-sensitive-documents-for-your-business/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:40:08 +0000 Alina http://mauirecyclinggroup.org/?p=94 Continue reading →]]> This company is as green as it gets. They will put a box in your office for all your paperwork that has sensitive information. When the box is full they pick it up, shred the documents and recycle the paper. Every aspect of the company is managed so that they are as environmentally friendly as possible. Look at their website and give them a call. This is a great way to recycle paper waste. They also take e-waste!

http://accesscorp.com/greener-access.htm

 

 

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