Category: zero waste
Zero Waste Book Party
Toward Zero Waste and Mindful Merchant are hosting a zero waste book party on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Our special guests area Mei and Irene Li from Food Waste Feast who are authors of the new cookbook Perfectly Good Food: A Totally Achievable Zero Waste Approach to Home Cooking. Bring a friend along with all [...]
Wine + Weeds Social
Join us and other volunteers for Raleigh City Farm’s weekly Wine + Weeds social weeding party that stewards the gardens on the Farm. Meet us in front of the red farmer shed at 6pm, then raise a compostable cup (or BYO glass) of wine (provided by Raleigh City Farm and sourced from their neighbor, Wine [...]
Midtown Farmers Market Sustainability Day
Midtown Farmers Market at North Hills is hosting a Sustainability Day on May 20th from 8a-12p. We will be there along with the usual market vendors. There will be compost collection bins available. Don't forget to bring your food scraps to be turned into soil for market farmers. List of acceptable items. Come out to [...]
Cary Herbfest
Come visit our booth at the Friends of Page-Walker Herbfest on Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 12-4p. More about this event: The Friends of Page-Walker Herbfest is a perennial favorite, held rain or shine on the beautiful grounds of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center. Visitors have the opportunity to find out how to start [...]
Raleigh Earth Day Celebration
The City of Raleigh invites you to Earth Day 2023 celebration at Flowers Field at Dorothea Dix Park on April 21st from 5-8p. Attend this FREE community event to explore earth-conscious vendors and organizations, including Toward Zero Waste, while enjoying live music, games, and activities for all ages. The City of Raleigh will be showing the [...]
Earth Day at Midtown Farmers Market (Raleigh)
Visit us at our booth to celebrate Earth Day with Midtown Farmers’ Market! This year’s Earth Day initiatives are centered around investing in our planet. The market has partnered with We Plant it Forward, a local non-profit committed to preserving and restoring the natural environment for the benefit of future generations. There will be several [...]
Apex EarthFest 2023
Join us for Apex EarthFest 2023! Visit our booth on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 12:00-4:00pm at Apex Town Campus (73 Hunter Street). Apex EarthFest is an engaging, interactive festival for the regional community which offers ways to learn about, participate in, and celebrate our planet. Join us for the opportunity to connect with people and [...]
NC State Earth Fair
Come see us along with NC State student organizations, departments, programs and other community organizations at NC State's annual Earth Fair. We are excited to be in attendance again this year to highlight our organization to college students and our mission to promote low-waste living. We hope to see you at our table! About the [...]
Sonoco Recycling Tour (Raleigh)
Join us for a free tour of Sonoco Recycling's materials recovery facility (MRF) in Raleigh, on April 21st at 1pm. This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn about the what happens after you throw things in the recycling bin including how material is sorted and bundled. Recycling is one of the Rs of zero [...]
Cary Arbor Day
Explore the wonders of trees and forests at the Town of Cary's annual Arbor Day Celebration! The festival will feature tree identification walks, planting demonstrations, and Q&A with arborists, along with activities for kids, live music, and locally sourced food and drink. Educational tables from local environmental groups, including Toward Zero Waste, will help answer [...]
