2019 Community Stewardship Nominee Profile - Saturna Community Club Recycling Centre

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Sustaining the Islands – Community Stewardship Awards Program 
 
 
 
2019 Nominee Profile 
 
Saturna Community Club Recycling Centre 
 
 
Category:  Organization 
 
Project:  Forty-four years of recycling services 
 
Nominator(s):    Priscilla Zimmerman 
 
Project Description
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Saturna Community Club Recycling Centre was nominated for continuous recycling services to 
the island for over forty-four years. The Recycle Centre and Free Store provides a valuable 
service by enabling islanders to recycle and repurpose a vast array or products. It also provides a 
social gathering point, and supports people in being actively involved in recycling and reusing. 
 
At Saturna recycle they’ve researched “outside-the-box” recycle streams and are working with  
corporate programs to recycle items such as pens, pencils, highlighters and markers, water 
filters and printer and toner cartridges. The Store provides opportunities for fellow islanders to 
educate each other, children and youth, and visitors on various recycling matters. Currently, the 
Store operates with thrifty-five volunteers (10% of the islands population), and one paid staff 
member.  
 
Through its forty-four year history, hundreds of people have volunteered with the Recycle 
Centre and Free Store, and huge amounts of waste have been diverted from landfills.  
 
 
                                                 
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 Information based nominee’s submission to 2019 Islands Trust Community Stewardship Award program.

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