REAPS REPORT

REAPS News Web Pick Book of the Month Recycle Toy Drive REAPS Educational Programs Up Coming Events Renew / Become Member

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Local News

CIRC Annual Forum Alkali Lake Home Net Zero Downtown Winter Carnival Christmas Tree Recycling Seedy Saturday

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Around BC

Zero Waste Café 3 Students Videos Chosen Battery Recycling Textile Industry

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Around Canada

Xmas Paper Landfilled Philippines Urges Canada Billions $ in Food Waste Polycylce Venture

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Around the World

Arctic Climate Change Fossil Fuel Emissions End of Golden Age Recycling 45 Million Tonnes in Electronics

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7 Ways Make Your Car Greener 7

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Dumpy’s Tip of the Month Recycle Craft Corner Membership Application

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COMING EVENTS

JANUARY

1 Happy New Year

1 Ness Lake Camp polar bear dip

6 - 7 Christmas Tree Recycling

16-18 BC Natural Resources Forum

18 - 19 2018 CIRC Annual Forum

26-31 Cold Snap Winter Music Festival

FEBRUARY

1-3 Cold Snap Winter Music Festival

11 Downtown Winter Carnival

16 - 25 Travelling World Community

Film Festival

17 Going, Going, Gone

24 Seedy Saturday

27-28 Northern Silviculture Con.

MARCH

10 REAPS AGM (@ PG Library)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

JANUARY 2018

Sponsored by EnhancePG, Grow North and Public Library who invite community members to gather in the Keith Gordon boardroom at the Prince George Public Library on January 4th, at 6 pm to Ask A Farmer! This FREE workshop will introduce community members to local organic farmer and owner of Hope Farms Organics, Andrew Adams! Participants will have the opportunity to ask Andrew any burning questions they may have about garden-ing. Join us for some casual conversations, tips and tricks to gardening and farming in BCs northern interior, and some delicious traditional Syrian pastries made by Bassam Kora. Struggling with pests? Looking for help finding hardy vegetables? Unsure of where to start? This is an excellent opportunity to get the answers you’re looking for, from a local expert!

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REAPS NEWS Web Pick of the Month Book of the Month

www.grist.org At Grist, we find reasons for hope and optimism every day — while also irritating and shaming those who stand in the way of progress. Our independent, non-profit newsroom pursues in-depth stories on under-covered topics like clean energy, sustainable food, livable cities, environmental justice, and a better economy. We elevate solutions, expose inequity, and give our readers the context, knowledge, and tools to make a difference.

A big thank you to the volunteers who assisted with

receiving, sorting, boxing, labeling and packing:

V. Stewart B. McClymont J. Lewis & son C. Ortonzky R. Lindberg Thank you to all who donated. We collected 106 box-es of quality used toys that were donated to 11 agencies for distri-bution to their clients during the holiday season.

21st Recycle Toy Drive

REAPS offers many programs for community groups, businesses, schools and residents. From Going Green to starting your own composter and using natural pest control methods. We at REAPS would be happy to dis-cuss the endless possibilities of sharing our knowledge with you.

Teachers check out our many school programs offered FREE to your class on our website.

REAPS Educational Programs

REAPS Up Coming Events Calendar

We participate, host or facilitate many activities throughout the year. Currently the following are on our calendar.

Feb 24 Participate in Seedy Saturday

Feb 16 - 25 Participate in TWCFF

March 10 REAPS AGM

April 22 Earth Day Celebrations

April 29 City Wide Spring Clean Up

May 1 Compost Demo Garden Opens

May 5 Junk in the Trunk

May 26 REAPS Annual Plant Sale

June 4 - 15 Chinook Salmon Release

July 6 - 7 BMO KidzArtz Dayz

July 8 - 14 REAPS Go For Green Week

Chris Thomas’s Inheritors of the Earth, subtitled How

Nature Is Thriving in An Age of Extinction, took playing dev-

il’s advocate to extremes by suggesting that the number of species’ extinctions recently is a sign that the planet is work-ing just fine. Brilliant insight or dangerous nonsense? You

decide.

ISBN - 10: 1610397274

Renew / Become a Member

REAPS has been an effective environmental organization in the Prince George area for twenty-nine (29) years. There are two main reasons for this success: (1) a realistic focus on issues and projects that are appropriate for our size, resources, and goals, and (2) a loyal core of supporters and members.

We've been quite successful at obtaining funds from a wide range of private and public bodies, and we've consistently shown that when we get this support, we get results. Our record gives us credibility, and that credibility gives external funders confidence in our organization.

One important part of that credibility is our membership base. When we approach other organizations for the money that supports our pro-grams, it makes it so much easier when we can point to a healthy membership.

So the few dollars that your membership costs can make a much big-ger difference than you realize. REAPS, and the environmental sus-tainability of our community, will benefit from any contribution and level of involvement -- whether you become an active volunteer, attend our outreach events, or just read the newsletter. But above all, your mem-bership is a genuine vote of confidence. It tells our staff and volunteers that we're on the right track, and it shows government and industry that our common concerns have wide support -- and can't be ignored!

Please show your support and renew your membership for 2018.

Available on our website www.reaps.org

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LOCAL NEWS

EVENINGS OF FILMS

Showing Documentaries from around the world, the 25th annual Travelling World Community Film Festival comes to Prince George.

Feb. 16—25

24 Documentaries

Find out more by visiting their Facebook Page.

SEEDY SATURDAY

Mark your calendars for Seedy Saturday. Great

opportunity to learn about seeds, visit with Farmers

and browse information booths. Bring your seeds to

trade or sell. Or, just buy seeds for the upcoming

season! Seeds should be clean and labeled.

For more information or to book a table, contact:

jovanka@netbistro.com

Saturday, February 24, 2018

11:00am - 3:00pm

Location: TBA

ALKALI LAKE HOME QUALIFIES

AS NET ZERO

The Alkali Lake people (the Esk'etemc First Nation or EFN) located 50 km west of Williams Lake is demonstrating how modern construction can keep pace with the concept of ecosystem sensitivity and sustaina-bility. The EFN announced that this home is the first in a First Nation community and northern climate to qualify under the Canadian Home

Builders’ Association Net Zero Home Labelling Program.

TO READ MORE

The UNBC Cumulative Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC), with support from the ECHO (Environment, Community, Health Observatory) Network and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), is convening a policy-oriented symposium on January 18-19, 2018 on Lheidli T’enneh Territory, in Prince George, BC. The 2018 CIRC Annual Forum will bring together policy-makers, scientists, practitioners, all levels of government (First Nations, mu-nicipal, regional, provincial, federal), and community members working on issues related to environment, community, health and resource development which we are collectively facing as a province, and actively impacting commu-nities across northern BC. registration is free, however to secure your attend-

ance you must RSVP to madeline.wilson@unbc.ca before January 5, 2018.

2018 CIRC ANNUAL FORUM Going, Going, Gone? The global importance of primary and intact forest landscapes

Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist/President, Geos Institute, is the special guest speaker. His topic is the global importance of primary and intact forest landscapes. The very first road built into an intact forest is the beginning of its death by a thousand cuts. Globally, less than a third of the planet's forests are considered primary (unlogged or virgin) and every day deforestation takes the equivalent area of >86,000 ice hockey arenas. About 80% of the Earth's terrestrial surface remains roadless (1-km buffer to all roads); however, this area is fragmented into 600,000 pieces. In the US, the Forest Service alone has built enough roads to circumnavigate the globe nearly 20 times. In Canada, logging and energy development have been moving into the most extreme northern boreal forests. In recognition of the declining status of the last wild forested places on the planet, a new coalition of scientists and conservation groups has emerged aimed at creating global awareness for the last of the wild places. Dr. DellaSala's talk will focus on this global effort with specific reference to BC's rainforests. This presentation is sponsored jointly by the Prince George Naturalists Club, The Exploration Place, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions: http://www.pics.uvic.ca.

7 p.m. Wednesday January 17, 2018 at The Exploration Place

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AROUND BC

Zero Waste Café Vancouver

Lupii Cafe is a zero-waste vegan social movement, dedicated to envi-ronmental and social sustainability, which it demonstrates through education, community events and by providing delicious food and beverages. Their strategy extends throughout the company, from their food to their furniture. Their store has been built from the ground up with reused materials. All the furniture (tables, countertops, dis-play boards, you name it!) has been made from upcycled materials (the custom designed counters and tables are a work of art – made from a school gymnasium floor!). Finally, Lupii Cafe’s zero-waste strategy extends to the problem of food waste. Every day, Canadians waste over 40% of all food. Lupii cafe prioritizes sourcing local pro-duce that is perfectly healthy and delicious but may end up in the landfill due to industry requirements regarding size/shape or arbitrary sell-by dates. In addition to their zero-waste mandate, Lupii Cafe is devoted to culti-vating and promoting a sense of community. They do this by provid-ing healthy food for the community, hosting community events, support-ing neighbours, encouraging inter-action and communication in the surrounding area.

Next time in the Vancouver area check them out at 7743 Champlain Crescent.

Textile Industry Needs a Major Rethink to Reduce Waste Source: VancouverSun

Kemetco Research a tiny Surrey, B.C.-based company believes it may have the solution to two of the major roadblocks to widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs)—a shortage of the minerals need-ed to manufacture the batteries used in EVs and the envi-ronmental damage caused when old batteries are sent to

landfills.

American Manganese Inc. (AMI), which began life as a website devel-oper during the dotcom days of the early 2000s, then shifted to become a manganese miner, now has shifted to developing and piloting a technology

to recycle batteries.

AMI worked with Kemetco to develop a technique to produce low grade manganese economically was to develop a technology that simplified

the mining process. Targeting cath-ode materials from lithium-ion batter-ies. Currently most of these materials end up as waste in landfills with the

exception of cobalt.

Using a technique called hydrometallur-gy to process and separate the materi-als they believe 92% of the lithium can be extracted and hopes

to raise it to 100%.

Currently electric vehicles sales are low and not enough old batteries are available. As the market for EVs

increase so to old batteries.

AMI and Kemetco want to develop a pilot plant in BC and then a commer-cial plant that has the potential to

process 35 tonnes /day of materials.

Small BC Company With a Future in Battery Recycling source: jwnenergy.com

An estimated 40,000 tonnes of tex-tiles - about 1/2 is clothing and the rest is a variety of household products such as bedding and pillows are received at disposal facilities annual-ly, equal to about 5% of total waste participants heard at the Zero Waste Conference in November held in

Vancouver.

When you drop off donations of cloth-ing to thrift stores, they usually are put on the sales floor. If they don’t sell, they go to a sorter / grader company who categorize the unsold clothing for specific overseas markets which they are eventually sent - majority in the developing world. Whatever sells in

those countries are what is asked for.

Clothing that goes to sorter/graders, 50% is sold overseas, 20% is made into absorbent materials ie/ rags, 20 % is used in for various industrial uses called mungo/shoddy sector ie/ automobile sound insulation and the

remaining 10% goes to landfills. Less

than 1% is made into new garments.

Clothing manufacturers need to de-sign more durably and efficiently so

they don’t end up as waste.

Dutch MUD jeans boosts a circular economy by taking back your old jeans to get another pair, the fibres are recycled and incorporated into the

next pair of jeans.

There is preliminary work going on to find solutions to textiles. The problem lies with consumers who buy more than they used to to keep up with fashion trends and therefore getting

rid of clothes faster.

3 West Vancouver Students Videos Chosen source: VancouverSun

Last spring the District of West Vancouver’s engineering department asked students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 to come up with videos that would show “why our waste is our

responsibility.”

In all, 40 videos were submitted cover-ing topics like illegal dumping, aban-

doned waste, littering and recycling.

Three productions were singled out for

a prize which were worth up to $750.

First prize was awarded to Rockridge Secondary Grade 12 student

Tavish Kelpin for his video titled Our waste, our responsibility.

First runner-up went to George Barrie, also a Grade 12 student from Rockridge Secondary, with a video called Our World, Our Responsibil-

ity.

Second-runner up was earned by Sam Khoshnevis, a Grade 6 student

from Ecole Pauline Johnson.

TO VIEW VIDEOS

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AROUND CANADA

University of Ottawa based social enterprise won

a $150,000 grant for a pilot project that uses an

injection molding technology to turn recycled

plastics into new products.

Polycycle stated the products will be sold to help

fund the organization’s effort to promote environ

mental awareness.

Under the program, plastics are collected at

drives, from individuals and partnerships with

local institutions and businesses. Collected

plastics are washed and shredded into small

pieces before moulded into new products.

Philippines Urges Canada to Retrieve Illegally Dumped Waste source: Solid Waste & Recycling

$31 billion of food is trashed in Canada every year, and tons of that food waste happens over the holi-

day season.

We overbuy, over bake and over cook and what we don’t eat goes into the garbage. It’s shameful but lots of us also trash our eco-friendly habits over the holidays in the rush to clean up, generating prob-

lems long after the holidays.

“About 40 per cent of household waste is organics: that’s food scraps, both edible and inedible, and leaf and yard waste. That turns into methane gas in the

landfill, contributing to global warming,” says Teresa Looy, compost program coordinator at Winnipeg-

based greenactioncentre.ca.

Making sure food doesn’t go bad and gets eaten instead being served to landfills is the first and most

important step to reducing waste, says Looy.

Leftovers make great quick meals for the busy family. Freezing excess allows families to have the

availability of quick choice of an evening meal.

Send home care packages with friends and rela-

tives after a big gathering when leftovers are bounti-

ful. Who doesn’t enjoy leftovers!

Avoid serving up food with single-use items, like disposable cups and plates and plastic utensils that end up in the landfill feeding the earth toxic ingredi-

ents.

Canadians Waste Billions of Dollars of Food source: Solid Waste & Recycling

Zero Waste Canada, estimates each Canadian tosses about 50 kilograms of garbage over the holidays, 25 per cent more than the rest of the year, thanks to the pur-chase of 3,000 tonnes of foil, 2.6 billion Christmas cards and six millions rolls of tape.

Altogether, 540,000 tonnes of wrapping paper and gift bags are thrown out each year. Gift bags, tape and ribbon can’t be recycled. Recycling plants have to include sorting systems where glittery and foil wrapping paper can be separat-ed from more environmentally-friendly pure paper.

Statistics Canada shows in 2014 (the most recent year for which Canadian data is available) more than 25 million tonnes of waste ended up in Canadian landfills.

In 2014, Canadians produced more than 700 kilograms of garbage per person, far higher than the 520

kilograms averaged by Organiza-tion for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) na-tions. Japan, which has the best record among OECD nations, pro-duces less than half that.

Alberta produces the most waste per person, at almost 1,000 kilo-grams per year. Nova Scotia pro-duces the least at less than 400 kilograms per person.

The OECD blames Canada’s gar-bage habit on the low cost of land-fills and the lack of significant finan-cial incentives to recycle or com-post.

CANADIANS WILL SEND 100,000 ELEPHANTS WORTH OF XMAS PAPER TO THE DUMP source: VancouverSun

The Philippines stated that Canada should retrieve their containerized vans loaded with the "unbearable stench" of festering garbage late November

2017.

The garbage was illegally dumped in the country between 2013 to 2014 and

poses health hazards to the Filipinos.

Ontario-based private firm Chronic Inc. imported to the Philippines assort-ed scrap plastic materials for recy-

cling.

It was later discovered that the vans that arrived between 2013 to early 2014 were filled with trash including household waste. Intercepted in Manila, some of the containers were

later sent to a landfill in Capas Town.

In 2014, some of the vans were trans-ferred to the custody of Subic Bay Inter-national Terminal

Corp.

At a press briefing at

the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in November 2017, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he committed to Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte that Canada is working on a solution to the garbage issue including lifting the legal barriers that have prevented them from getting

back the trash.

Trudeau stated issues have to be settled like who will pay for shipping the garbage back and who will be held responsible for the garbage mess, which, he stressed, was a commercial transaction that did not involve the Canadian and Philippines govern-

ments.

Polycycle Venture Receive $150k source: Ottawa Business Journal

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AROUND THE WORLD

An international summary of five year’s worth of research on Arctic climate change concludes the top of the world is getting warmer faster than anyone

thought.

And if it all sounds interesting but a little far re-moved from southern concerns, David Barber has news for you. “There are very clear linkages there and they’ve been occurring consistently for the last 10, 15 years,” said Barber, one of Cana-da’s top ice scientists and a prominent contribu-tor to the report. “Most people don’t understand

how bad it is.”

The report completed for the Arctic Council, the group of eight countries that ring the North Pole, was released early November 2017. It represents the work of 90 scientists from around the world and summarizes the most recent

research from 2010 to 2016.

“Cumulative global impacts related to Arctic change are expected to be large,” the document said. “Adaptation costs and economic opportunities

are estimated in the tens of trillions of U.S. dollars.”

The report concludes the Arctic continues to warm at twice the pace of mid-latitudes and is likely to see warming of up to five degrees Celsius as early

as 2040.

TO READ MORE

ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING THE SOUTH source: VancouverSun

As of January 1, 2018, China will no longer import much of the plastic and paper we have been shipping there for dec-ades.

China is the world's biggest importer of recycled materi-als, unloading the burden from countries like Canada and the U.S.

China’s desire to protect im-porters from bad trades and keep used goods from flood-ing its markets is thought to be the reason for the shift.

Canadian municipalities are struggling to find a place for mounting waste to go. The challenge is when there is no market for the recycling it is no longer recyclable and it needs to find a home. Unfor-tunately, it may end up in landfill.

Now that China has restricted the recycling option various recycling programs have to figure out where to send their recycling and how to replace these revenues.

Fossil Fuel Emissions Reach

All Time High in 2017 source: VancouverSun

Emissions are forecast to reach around 37 billion tons of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning and industrial activity in 2017.

The emissions from fossil fuel burning and industrial uses are projected to rise by up to 2 per cent in 2017, as well as to rise again in 2018, the scien-tists told a group of international officials gathered for a United Nations cli-mate conference in Bonn, Germany.

Despite global economic growth, total emissions held level from 2014 to 2016 at about 36 billion tons per year, stoking hope among many climate change advocates that emissions had reached an all-time high point and would subsequently begin to decline. But that was not to be, the new analy-sis suggests.

All in all, the finding is bad news for global climate policy. The Paris agree-ment, now supported by every nation except for the United States, aims to limit the warming of the planet to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and to try to hold warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

TO READ MORE

The End of the Golden Age of Recycling source: cbcradio

Electronic waste rose to a record 45 million tonnes worldwide in 2016, throwing away valuable metals such as gold and copper since few trashed televisions, cellphones or other products get recycled, a U.N.-backed study reported in December

2017.

Rising incomes and falling prices for every-thing from solar panels to fridges drove up the amount of e-waste (which is defined as any-thing with a plug or a battery) by 8 percent from 41 million tonnes in the last assessment for 2014. The weight of e-waste in 2016 was equivalent to about 4,500

Eiffel Towers, according the joint study by the U.N. University, the Inter-national Telecommunication Union, and the Interna-

tional Solid Waste Association.

Raw materials in the 2016 scrap were worth an estimated 55 billion euros ($64.61 billion), in-cluding metals such as gold, silver, copper, plati-

num and palladium according to the study.

Yet only 8.9 million tonnes were documented to have been collected and recycled in 2016. Most e-waste ended as trash in landfills even though

recycling would make economic sense in most cases.

45 Million Tonnes of Electronic Waste source: Solid Waste & Recycling

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Eyeing an electric vehicle but can’t quite afford the price tag? This does not mean you can’t still be as green as possible. Even if you can’t get a new, more-efficient ride, there are a handful of things you can do to make whatever vehicle you do have more environmentally friendly.

1. Get Regular Tune-Ups

Maintaining your vehicle does more than keep it running smoothly, it also ensures that it produces fewer emissions. Getting regular tune-ups can result in a 4 percent boost in your gas mileage. Repairing serious maintenance problems (such as a faulty oxygen sensor) can improve fuel efficiency by as much as 40 percent. Refer to your owner’s manual to deter-mine how often you should tune your car.

2. Purchase Eco-Friendly Tires

Did you know there are now eco-friendly tires on the market? These tires are made from environmentally safer materials such as synthetic rubber blends and feature improved rolling resistance to boost gas mileage and reduces emissions. If your tires are still in good condition, ensure they won’t need replacing for a while by keeping them properly inflated. Check your tire pressure once a month and make adjustments as needed. Remember, an under-inflated tire is far less efficient than one that is properly inflated.

3. Use the Car Wash

While it may seem like the greener option to wash your car in your driveway, it’s actually one of the most environmentally unfriendly things you can do. The water that runs off your car — usually loaded with gasoline, oil and exhaust residue — goes straight into storm drains, eventually making its way into riv-ers, streams and wetlands, where it damages the ecosystem.

Commercial car washes are required by law to drain their wastewater into sewer systems, where it gets treated before being sent back into our waterways. Additionally, commercial car washes employ both computer-controlled systems and high-pressure nozzles to minimize water usage.

4. Carpool!

One of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint and make your car more eco-friendly is to share it with others — and give it a break from time to time. Not using your car as often cuts down on wear and tear, requires less maintenance

and replacement of tires, and lessens the amount of emissions being released into the air. It’s a win all around! Get together with co-workers to organize a carpool or look into a local ride-sharing service.

5. Avoid Topping Off at the Pump

We’re around gasoline so often that it’s easy to forget how toxic it really is. Gasoline is highly flammable, produces noxious fumes and, when spilled, can seep into our groundwater. You can help avoid harming the environment (or yourself) with gas by refraining from topping off your tank once the automatic nozzle shuts off. It’s important to remember that your tank

needs a little extra room to allow the gasoline to expand. Furthermore, topping off can damage your car’s vapor collection system (which is de-signed to reduce harmful emissions) by forcing liquid into the carbon filter. This can hurt your engine and affect your car’s performance by causing it to run poorly.

6. Invest in Reusable Air Filters

An air filter clogged with dirt, dust and other debris doesn’t allow

enough clean air to get to your engine. This creates a “rich” mixture that causes the engine to run less efficiently and can potentially cause long-term damage. By replacing a clogged air filter, you can improve your car’s performance and accelera-tion, not to mention increase your fuel economy by as much as 10 percent! When it is time to switch out your air filter, spend the extra cash to invest in a reusable air filter. This reduces waste and saves you money in the long run.

7. Combine Trips and Lighten the Load

When planning your weekly errands, take a few minutes to review your to-do list and schedule tasks you can handle in the same trip. Then, use your GPS to map the most efficient route to hit all your stops. Not only does this save you precious time, it also reduces carbon emissions and results in less wear and tear on your car. Speaking of running errands, it’s in your best interest to keep the weight of your vehicle as light as possible. After all, the heavier your car is, the more gas it will use. You can keep your emergency kit and reusable bags, but everything else should find a new home.

Whether your car is big or small, old or new, there are plenty of ways to make it more eco-friendly. Even if you choose to do just one item on this list, you can take comfort in knowing you’re spending the time to protect the environment and put the brakes on your carbon footprint.

7 Ways to Make Your Car More Eco-Friendly source: earth911.com

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Dumpy’s Tip of the Month

Shoe-Free Household

Contaminants are often tracked into homes on the soles of your shoes. Consider becoming a shoe-free household and leave

your shoe near the door.

Have a sweater that no longer

fits, has holes or not worn?

Why not make a pair of mitts

or two for the family?