Fri 1/10
The City of Cleveland’s ten-year Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiative is devoting each year of the project to a different aspect of sustainability. It celebrated the kickoff of its year of Zero Waste with a free, public event at City Hall Friday.
It featured government departments, nonprofit organizations, businesses, vendors, and artists who incorporate sustainable practices into the work they do. For instance, the city’s Department of Printing and Reproduction was promoting that it was the country’s first government-run, green-certified printshop. APOC (A Piece of Cleveland) showed off the products it makes from reclaimed wood from demolished buildings.
And Collective Upcycle’s Nicole McGee was giving people the early scoop about her next project, the Upcycle Parts Shop, which will sell discarded materials for artists and others to do their own upcycled projects. It’s slated to open in the St. Clair/Superior neighborhood in the spring.
Other businesses touted their use of recycled materials to make products ranging from compost to toilet paper.
Vegan food and hemp treats were available for purchase, and Honey Hut was giving out good-sized free samples of its vanilla ice cream.
city.cleveland.oh.us/SustainableCleveland 2019
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