Halifax

Curbside Giveaway Weekend

12:00pm
Saturday June 8 2013 - 12:00pm
Sunday June 9 2013

HRM is calling on residents to participate in Curbside Give Away Weekend. Help discover the “Hidden Treasures” in your neighbourhood, community, and city. It’s another way to RETHINK GARBAGE and protect our most precious treasure – our environment.

What great way to clear out outgrown and under-used household items - things that might be exactly what others are in looking for.

The aim of this weekend event is to reduce the amount of garbage ending up in HRM’s landfill by diverting unwanted items to be re-used ! Reusing and Recycling household items instead of discarding them reduces pressures on our municipal facilities, and is a great way to not only get rid of your under-used items, but to find some great treasures of your own! On Curbside Give Away Weekend:

• Place re-usable household items at the curb in front of your home on Friday evening;
• Only place items for "FREE" with “Free” stickers or signs on items ;
• Remove leftover items from the curb by dusk on Sunday;
  • Consider donating unclaimed items charitable organizations;
  • Place any garbage for collection on your regular garbage day and week. Regular limits and preparation is required.

With such a wide variety of treasure possibilities make sure to keep Give Away Weekend in mind before disposing of items for garbage in the upcoming weeks. Your participation in the event will help maximize landfill space by extending the lifecycle of items and making them available for reuse.

The Curbside Give Away Weekend Treasure Hunt theme is modeled on highly successful events held in other Canadian cities.Residents in Ottawa have enjoyed biannual events since 2007 andWinnipeg began hosting the event in 2009. With much success and participation reported in those areas, HRM is certain to experience the same results!

Best of luck in finding those treasures!

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