Sept. 23 Shredding, Pesticide, Oil-based Paint Collection Event MOVED!

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From email announcement:

EVENT MOVED TO 1710 ROBIN HOOD RD

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
RVA Clean City Commission
RVA Department of Public Utilities – Stormwater Utility

Shredding, Pesticides, Herbicides and
Oil-based Paints and Stains Collection Event!

WHO: Richmond residential collection and disposal only. This event is NOT for commercial or business disposal.
WHEN: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

WHERE: 1710 Robin Hood Rd, Richmond, VA 23220-1012
WHAT:
Shredding up to 5 boxes or 5 paper bags of PERSONAL documents including:
Taxes, bank statements, cancelled checks, credit card statements and receipts, financial accounts, medical records, and insurance documents.
We cannot accept: COMMERCIAL BUSINESS documents, X Rays, cardboard, plastic bags, metal, batteries, CDs, notebooks, binders, or bags of previously shredded papers.

Pesticides, Herbicides and Oil-based Paints
Keep these hazardous waste materials out of our waterways and our waste stream. Bring your pesticides, herbicides and OIL-based paints and OIL-based stains for proper disposal.
(Latex and water-based paints can be left in opened cans until they have dried out and then put in with regular curbside trash pick-up.)

Biodegradable Bags Give-away
City Residents will be given up to 10 bags for leaf disposal (while supply lasts).

Small Recycle Tubs
Clean up and drop off your old curbside recycling bins for reuse in the schools.

HELP spread the word by sending this notice or sharing this link to members in your organization, civic association, friends, neighbors, relatives, and any Richmond resident who might benefit from the information. Share link

Electronics recycling will NOT be collected at this event.

This free event is only available to City of Richmond residents – proof of residency is required.

Questions about shredding and small tubs to
Darlene.Mallory@richmondgov.com or 804-646-8325.
Questions about pesticides, herbicides and oil-based paints to Gay.Stokes@richmondgov.com or 804-646-0177.

Richmond Zine Fest Coming Up

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Coming up at the Main branch of the Richmond Public Library (Oregon Hill’s branch, 101 E. Franklin St.):

Richmond Zine Fest! Featuring over 100 zine makers.

September 29th: Workshops
September 30th: Tabling

FRIDAY THE 29TH: WORKSHOP LINE UP
11 am – 11:45 – Homie to Homie: dismantling strangers, documenting kinship, resisting through community
12 pm – 12:45 – Organizing Zine Fest: Trials, Errors & Lessons
1 pm – 1:45 – a very long mixtape
2:30 pm – 3:00 – Zines in the classroom
3:15 pm – 4:30 – Supporting All Choices: Full-Spectrum Doula Care for Pregnant People
4:45 pm – 5:30 – Quick Zines + Comics as Icebreakers
MORE DETAILS: https://richmondzinefest.org/friday-programs/

SATURDAY THE 30TH: TABLING! 130ISH TABLERS! WOW!
Come and buy zines directly from their makers! Bring cash and small bills and enjoy!
MORE DETAILS ON EACH TABLER HERE: https://richmondzinefest.org/saturday-exhibitors/

https://richmondzinefest.org/

This Thursday, Richmond Industry – Tredegar and The James River & Kanawha Canal

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From FaceBook event page:

A Joint Event with the support of the Central Virginia Section of the American Society of Mechanial Enginners (ASME); the American Society of Metals (ASM), the Richmond Joint Engineers Council (RJEC), and the Penninsula Engineers Council (PEC), and the American Civil War Museum.

Several professional mechanical engineering societies have come together to sponser an evening of industrial history in Richmond!

The evening starts with a brief tour of Historic Tredegar, begining at 4:30 PM; attendees are free to explore the grounds until 5:30. The tour will be given by Nathan Vernon Madison, an historical consultant to the museum and co-director of The Richmond Economic History Project, a non-profit organization concerned with researching and digitizing the industrial, economic and infrastructural history of Richmond.

At 6:00 a social, with beverages, snacks, and Bottoms Up Pizza, will be held at VCU’s School of Engineering, with a lecture and presentation begining at 6:45, by Mr. Madison, regarding the history of Tredegar and its machinery, as well as the James River and Kanwaha Canal and the power it brought to the myriad of industries across Richmond in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Historic Tredegar
500 Tredegar St.
Richmond

VCU School of Engineering
401 W. Main St.
23220 East Engineering Hall, Room E1232
Richmond

4:30 – 5:30 PM Walk the grounds of Tredegar
6:00 – 6:40 PM Dinner/Social at VCU
6:45 – 8:00 PM Presentation at VCU

Tour at Tredegar is free, as is attending the lecture. A $15 fee is requested for anyone wishing to attend the social and partake in Bottom’s Up Pizza.