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The City Commission declared Jan. 22-29 as Zero Waste Week, where officials will host a series of events and education initiatives.

Reaching the city’s zero-waste goal will also require residents to act on their own to reduce the trash they produce.

Gainesville is inching closer to its goal of achieving zero waste by 2040.

Lectures and lessons come to life on Alachua County Science Bus The bus, sponsored by the Cultural Arts Coalition, will house hands-on science exhibits for students May 13, 2021 | 6:30am EDT The idea of the Science Bus in Tucson, Arizona, when Chris DiScenza, founded the Physics Factory with a group of three other teachers. It is a refurbished school bus housing interactive physics exhibits. ...

Letters to the editor for April 10, 2021 The Gainesville Sun Right-wing rhetoric   What is it with the Gainesville Sun and sports columnists who parrot Republican talking points? First it was recently retired Pat Dooley who showed his political colors by belittling Colin Kaepernicks kneeling during the national anthem.   Now its Dooleys replacement, David Whitley, taking the right-wing slant on Major League Baseballs moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in suppo...

The Repurpose Project launches fundraiser to expand reuse efforts in Gainesville The local thrift and junk shop plans to house more repurposing materials at a second location in East Gainesville The Repurpose Project opened in 2012 and sells used items. [Photo by Valeriya Antonshchuk] Sixty days. Two hundred thousand dollars.  That’s the goal the team at The Repurpose Project set to support the local thrift shop’s expansion plans. The shop launched a fundraiser ...

A BARBER who has already offered the hand of friendship to homeless people is now starting to work with youngsters drawn to a life of crime to convince them there is a better way to live. Sylvester King is known for giving homeless people hair cuts for free. Now he has launched a new project to give teenagers and young adults a brighter future. The Repurpose Project was set in motion after Sylvester changed his own path in life, as he was once heading down a dark route. The barber of Ro...

Local environmental centers collaborate for Zero Waste Week Three Gainesville organizations are joining forces to teach the community how to reduce waste The storefront of Life Unplastic offers information about the second annual Zero Waste Week. No leftovers in Brittany Boyer’s home get thrown away.  Onion skins, turmeric, avocado pits and flowers are the dye for her art, stained onto cotton canvases from The Repurpose Project. The scraps are discarded in the com...