5th Annual Framingham Earth Day Festival

Saturday, April 25th
11am - 3pm
Framingham Common

Happy Earth Day! This Saturday is Framingham's 5th Annual Earth Day Festival. You can do all sorts of activities at the festival! Bring electronics to recycle, attend a rain-barrel workshop, and eat from healthy food trucks! Not only will the Framingham Public Library be there, but lots of other local groups and organizations!

Exhibitors

Artisans

• Blade and Wheel
• Brookfield Candle Company
• Carolina
• Cave Studio Arts
• Framingham MakerSpace
• Gunther’s Goodies
• Hemlock Springs Cottage
• James Heroux Art
• Made with Love
• Melefant
• Mother Turtle Herbals
• Silver Birch Studio
• Sweet Suds – Soap From Honey
• The Avian Architect

Community Groups/Organizations

• Amazing Things Arts Center
• Framingham Amateur Radio Assoc.
• Framingham Conservation Commission
• Framingham Elks
• Framingham Garden Starters
• Framingham Lions Club
• Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
• Green Abundance by Design
• Lutheran Church Of Framingham/Framingham Interfaith Clergy
• New Soundy Assembly/ Natick Barbeshop Chapter
• Performing Arts Center of MetroWest

Eco Home Improvement

• J.W. Heating & AC
• JALARTS
• LeafFilter
• My Time is Yours
• Renewal By Andersen
• Rescom Exteriors
• Rhode Island Home Improvement
• Rob’s Gardens
• Roger Sturgis Landscaping
• Ron Jon Chimney Sweep
• The Great American Rain Barrel Co.

Eco/LIfestyle Products

• Ava Anderson NonToxic
• Barefoot Books
• Beauty Counter
• Celadon Road
• Ecolissa
• ToteTube

Education

• Framingham Centre Nursery School
• S.E.T. School

Energy

• Astrum Solar
• Conservation Services Group
• Mass Energy Consumers Alliance
• Next Step Living
• Revolusun
• Solar City
• SolarFlair Energy, Inc
• Viridian Energy

Environmental Groups and Organizations

• Appalachian Mountain Club’s Outdoors Rx Program
• FACES
• First Parish – Climate Action
• Mass Audobon-Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary
• Sudbury Valley Trustees
• Transition Framingham
• Vegan Metrowest Network

Farms and CSAs

• Angel Hair Alpacas
• Eastleigh Farms
• Hanson’s Farm
• Mass Local Food Cooperative

Food / On Site Concessions

• Like No Udder
• Our Yellow Submarine
• Taco Party LLC
• Velma’s Kettle Corn

Food / Artisan and Sampling

• Everything Jalepeno and Not
• Fudge “n” Stuff
• Julie’s Z Breads

Health & Wellness

• Advanced Chiropractic Center
• Appalachian Mountain Club’s Outdoors Rx Program
• Be Healthy – Homeopathy For Everyone
• Christian Science Reading Room
• Elements 3 Yoga
• Geralyn Kruger Acupuncture
• Get In Shape For Women
• MetroWest Medical Center
• Open Spirit: A Place of Hope, Health and Harmony
• The Gentle Place
• Wellness Wiz
• Young Living Essential Oils

Non-Profits

• Social Catalysts Charitable Foundation

Recycling

• Bikes Not Bombs
• Conigliaro Industries
• Framingham Department of Public Works
• Refoamit

Town/Municipal

• Framingham Bicycle and Pedistrian Advisory Committie
• Framingham Department of Public Works
• Framingham Public Library
• Office of Senator Spilka
• Town of Framingham- Community and Economic Development

Transportation

• Cisco Cycles
• MetroWest Regional Transit Authority

For more information, visit the Earth Day Festival's website:
http://www.framinghamearthday.org

Recycling every day items

Doing fall cleaning? Replacing old appliances? Here are some ways to recycle everyday items.
Appliances like microwaves, toasters, and refrigerators that still work and are less than 8 years old may be used by Habitat for Humanity in their ReStores. See http://www.habitat.org/cd/env/restore.aspx and click on Massachusetts to find a ReStore. For nonworking appliances, go to Recycle-Steel.org to find a nearby steel recycling center. Older air conditioners or a second refrigerator that still work can be recycled through Mass Save at http://www.masssave.com/. Look under lighting and appliances for instructions on recycling your second refrigerator. Once your fridge is picked up, they will send you a check for $50.00!

Do you have old eye glass that you no longer need? New Eyes for the Needy will gladly accept them including old sunglasses. Go to NewEyesfortheneedy.org. You can also contact the Lions Club to find a local drop off box for used eye glasses. There is a box in the Pearl St. lobby of the library.
People are constantly upgrading their electronics. The chain store Best Buy allows you to drop off old electronics for recycling no matter where you purchased them from. You can also log onto DigitalTips.org to find other places to recycle your digital goods. If you want to recycle your old cell phone log onto CellPhonesforSoldiers.com to print a free shipping label to send the phones to the recycler. The recycler will use the proceeds to purchase and send calling cards to troops stationed far away. For other recyclers of cell phones go to GoWirelessGogreen.org.

You can recycle your printer cartridges instead of tossing them into the trash. Those can be dropped off at Best Buy and Staples stores. Staples will give you $2.00 credit towards a new cartridge!
Did you know that you can recycle pantyhose, knee highs, and tights? The No Nonsense company melts them down and they are turned into plastic items like playground equipment and plastic chairs. Go to NoNonsense.com to print out a shipping label, box up your old hose and send them away.