Category Archives: Waste Management

TREPA and TERRACYCLE

While Nova Scotia does recycle many forms of waste there are some that don’t easily make it into the recycle stream. However, an organization, Terracycle, takes many of these items and pays the group who collects them. For example, an … Continue reading

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Clean Across Nova Scotia – World Cleanup 2012

TREPA Cleans Mood Road Car Park. TREPA members Carol, Margrit, Art, and John completed a pickup of four bags of garbage, part of a bag of recyclables, and a motorbike tire from the Mood road car park Saturday morning, June … Continue reading

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Best of effort by TREPA but there are always some ….

On Saturday, May 19th, the Tusket River Environmental Protection Association (TREPA) did a roadside cleanup for Argyle Municipality. Part of the two kilometres was between the 103 Highway and the old #3 Highway along to Quick’s building. The cleanup was … Continue reading

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Earthday Roadside cleanup

Report by Carol Jacquard, Events Committee The Earth Day clean-up started at 9 o’clock and ended at 1 o’clock on Saturday, April 21st. We began at the intersection of Hwy. 103 and the Raynardton Road. We proceeded northward on the … Continue reading

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Electronics Freecycle success

report by Carol Jacquard, Events Committee Trepa held it’s 5th Annual Electronics Freecycle Event on April 14th at Beacon Church auditorium. This was the best year to date. We had three computers donated and there was no junk. Promptly at … Continue reading

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