The Go-Green Team announced our new Trash Rehash Event! The event aims to repurpose plastic and other recyclable materials by making eco-bricks and crocheting using plarn. If you don’t know what eco-bricking and plarn are, don’t worry, during the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about them and create them while socializing and watching movies.
- Timeline: February 2023 – June 2023
- Key Members: Aashee Balani, Leo Lue, Derica Dang, Marvin Pham, Nathan Le, Kaila Le
- Goal: Inspire people to recycle via fun & creative to repurpose plastic, e.g. making eco-bricks and plarn
- How: Organize the Trash Rehash event, where people can come to learn how to make an eco-brick and crochet plarn, while having a fun time bonding with each other. The plan is to collect enough materials to host an event for at least 25-30 participants.
- Result-To-Date: So far, the team has successfully launch the program and appeal our members to bringing plastic bags, water bottles, wrappers, and other recyclable materials.
We need your help to supply the recyclables! We are collecting materials such as plastic bags, water bottles, wrappers, and more! There will be a drop-off box in the AASuccess office to store the materials until enough has been collected to begin the event.
Here is the list of items we’re looking for you to drop off. Note: All materials must be dried and cleaned (no food residue, dirt, and bacterial growth)
- Cylinder plastic water bottles
- Plastic bags
- Photo paper
- Food containers
- Straws
- Plastic cutlery
- Cling film
- Plastic fruit and vegetable packaging
- Polystyrene (or Styrofoam)
- Wrappers
We don’t collect:
- PAPER
- Metal
- Glass
- Biodegradables (leaves, food, etc.)
Material for plarn crocheting:
- Plastic bags
- Dry bags only
- Any shape or size
- Can be ripped
More information about the event will be sent out over the next few weeks. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions or concern (aashee.balani@aasuccess.org and leo.lue@aasuccess.org)
