BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cbeeddb827da157268e4925b58cb34dd CATEGORIES:Community Events CREATED:20251008T183752 SUMMARY:RE:Connect Brings Circular Living to Peterborough LOCATION:Morrow Building DESCRIPTION:Clean Up Peterborough will host RE:Connect on October 29, 2025, as part of Canada’s Circular Economy Month. This free, family-friendly event celebrate s community, sustainability, and circular living at the Morrow Building in R.A. Memorial Park. Running from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the event — inspired by the success of Toronto’s REmarket — will bring together more than 25 organ izations, services, and changemakers to showcase practical solutions and pr ograms for reusing, repairing, and reducing waste.\nRE:Connect highlights c ommunity resources that keep valuable items out of landfill and put them ba ck into local hands. Throughout the day, you’ll find opportunities to explo re, learn, and connect:\n\n - Community Collections – Drop off a long list of items from multiple free reuse and recycling programs, all in one conven ient place.\n\n - Sharing & Access – Discover community-driven solution s like tool libraries, borrowing/rental programs, and exchange opportunitie s that make it easier to share resources.\n\n - Local Changemakers – Connec t with businesses, artists, and organizations turning waste into resources and inspiring new ways of living sustainably.\n\n - Hands-On Learning & Demonstrations – See local groups in action through demonstrations, quick assessments, and conversations on repair, reuse, and waste reduction.\n\n - Community Resources – Explore year-round programs like Repair Café Peterbo rough, OPIRG’s FreeMarkets, and B!KE’s membership model, with opportunities to get involved in ongoing circular economy initiatives.\n\n - Family Lear ning – Encouraging families to learn together about building a more sustain able Peterborough.\nBe part of something impactful — where community and ci rcularity meet.\nRE:Connect is more than an event — it’s a community-buildi ng celebration of circularity in action. Whether you swap, share, educate, or inspire, your participation helps shape a stronger, more sustainable fut ure. Full collection guidelines for the reuse and recycling programs are av ailable for download in the Files section of the Clean Up Peterborough Face book page and linked through the RE:Connect event page : https://tinyurl.co m/mnnm2xy7 (https://tinyurl.com/mnnm2xy7)\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Clean Up Peterborough will host RE:Connect on Oct ober 29, 2025, as part of Canada’s Circular Economy Month< /strong>. This free, family-friendly event celebrates community, sustainabi lity, and circular living at the Morrow Building in R.A. Memorial Park. Running from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the event — inspired by the success of Toronto’s REmarket — will bring together more than 25 organizations, services, and change makers to showcase practical solutions and programs for reusing, repairing, and reducing waste.

RE:Connect highlights community resources that keep valuable items out of landfill and put them back into local hands. Throughout the day, you ’ll find opportunities to explore, learn, and connect:

Be part of somethin g impactful — where community and circularity meet.

RE:Connect is more than an event — it’s a community-building ce lebration of circularity in action. Whether you swap, share, educate, or in spire, your participation helps shape a stronger, more sustainable future. Full collection guidelines for the reuse and recycling programs are availab le for download in the Files section of the Clean Up Peterborough Facebook page and linked through the RE:Connect event page : https://tiny url.com/mnnm2xy7

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