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Creative ways to
reduce our garbage

THERE is only one year left for the
Greater Vancouver Regional District
to achieve its goal of reducing the
amount of garbage we send to our
landfills by 50% over 1990 levels.

There’s no doubr that most of us are trying
to do our part. To help you better Reduce,
Reuse and Recycle, here are a few suggestions
from the GVRD:

# Buy concentrates of cleaners and detergents
— they have far less packaging and are often
more economicai. Better still, replace chemical
cleaners with environmentally friendly alterna-
tives like vinegar and baking soda.

@ Take cloth bags to the store, or if you only

given to fundraising events

buy a few items, don’t use a bag.
Instead of gitt paper, wrap one gift in anoth-
er — a searf, tea towel or handkerchief. Fill a
mug with nuts, coffee beans or chocolates or a
decorative basket or bow! with bath beads or
potpourri. Make a cloth gift bag or a gift bas-
ket and it can be used aver and over again.
@ Make new furniture from old: an ashtray
stand becomes a plant holder; a painted garden
trellis or old doors make for a striking head-
board; an old trunk finds new life as a coffee
tabic, complete with storage; old window
frames and trunk lids are reborn as mirror or
picture frames.

For more information on recycling, call
437-GVRD (437-4873).

include workshops — and
demonstrations. For morc

GREEN GUIDE is a weekly
‘Sunday column. If your
business or charity ts plan-
ning a gardening event,
send in your information as
early as possible io the North
Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver,

and shows taking place on
the North Shore.

TODAY: It’s the last day of

the fourth annual Country
Living Show, taking place at
the PNE Pacific Coliseum.
More than 100 exhibicors,
catering to cabin, cottage and
country home owners or
soon-to-be recreational prop-
erty owncrs will be showcas-
ing their wares. Admission is
$8, $7 for seniors, $4 for
children and teens, at the
door.

SECOND WEDNESDAY
OF EACH MONTH: Until
Junc, the Capilano Flower
Arranging Club meets in
the Cedar Room of the
Delbrook - Recreation Centre
at 7:30 p.m. The evenings

information, call Donna Sims
at 986-9360 or Sharon
Fairbrother at 985-8592.

FEB. 19 & 20: Hop along
to VanDusen Botanical
Garden and share in the
excitement as firecrackers,
gongs and energetic Lion
Dancers usher in the Year of
the Rabbit. At last year’s fes-
tival, the garden’s first, more
than 18,000 visitcrs took
part. Enjoy entertainment, a
Chinese Market, a Food Fair
and new this year, an elegant
Garden Pagoda. Demonstra-
tions and seminars include
one on Bonsai and orchid
growing and another on the
are of Chinese lantern con-
struction. The garden is
located at 5251 Oak St.

Sunday, January 24, 1999 — North Shore News ~ 33

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