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USED BOOKS!!⁣ We are big fans of used book store

USED BOOKS!!⁣ We are big fans of used book stores and now Westport has our very own opening downtown today, Tuesday 1/26. They have books, CDs, DVDs, and records. This is the best type of recycling if you ask us - reusing! (And old books smell so good 😬) All proceeds go to funding our amazing @westportlibrary Westport Library. Woot woot!⁣ • Located at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from the Westport Library
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P.s. Mind your business if you catch us sniffing the books in the back row. ⁣
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#reuse #recycle #used #books #westportlibrary #downtownwestport #dmawestport #sustainablewestport⁣
#JustWantToBeBelleAndReadBooksAllDay

Did anyone buy back to school stuff for their kids

If you don’t follow @designportct you should! Fo

If you don’t follow @designportct you should! Founder Jen Berniker has been a longtime contributor to @sustainablewestport and its mission. Catch her “Sustainable Sunday” posts via her IG and FB Design Community site for all sorts of sustainability tips and tricks.⁣
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#Repost @designportct —⁣
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𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱?⁣
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But you can ♻️ them! For Westport locals, you can drop off latex, oil-based paint, primer, stain, sealer, varnish and shellac (no spray paint) at the Transfer Station (300 Sherwood Island Connector, M-F 7am-2:30pm, Sat. 7am-12pm). Or drop up to 5 gallons per week at @rings_end Norwalk location. This recycling program is funded by a @werecyclepaint Paint Care Fee of $.75 per gallon added to the purchase of paint sold in Connecticut.⁣
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Some paint is recycled into new paint. Some goes to a cement plant where it’s used as fuel. Unused paint is donated. Who is seeing shades of green? ♻️🌍 ♻️🌍♻️ 🎨 ⁣
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#sustainablesunday #designportct #designport #sustainablewestport #paintcarefee #reducereuserecycle #responisblerecycling #upcycle #sustainabledesign

Sustainable Westport’s mission hasn’t changed,

Sustainable Westport’s mission hasn’t changed, but our structure has. We are now a nonprofit partner of Earthplace. Sustainable Westport educates, inspires and empowers Westport residents, businesses, and the Town to adopt sustainable practices consistent with the goal of becoming a Net Zero community by the year 2050 or sooner. ⁣
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According to Sustainable Westport Chair Peter Boyd, “We became a non-profit by joining with Earthplace to help broaden and deepen our volunteer and community engagement, and allow us to raise funds independently. Sustainable Westport benefits from the standing and non-profit status of Earthplace, and we both share the vision of a sustainable community that gets to ‘Net-Zero by 2050’; reducing our impacts across energy, water and waste, using approaches that are economically viable, of social benefit and environmentally responsible”.⁣
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We look forward to collaborating with the Town of Westport’s Sustainability Coordinators, and many other Town staff, to achieve our mutual goals of making Westport a more sustainable place to live, work and enjoy.⁣
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#sustainablewestport #06880 @westportctgov @earthplacect @time4good

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