Welcome to Eco-Erek, a place to share eco-ideas! I’m 11 years old and I LOVE to recycle. I hope you do to. Helping to save Planet Earth’s resources is important to me.
I like to read about ways that we humans can be resourceful with our stuff. Not everything can and should get thrown in the landfill. There is only so much room for all of our garbage! I don’t like when I see things that we throw away, especially plastic, end up in our oceans and rivers and trees. Yuck!
Have a look around my site and help me, help our planet!
My Goal
●Communicate importance of recycling.
●Show how easy recycling is.
●Promote resourcefullness in people.
●Promote conservation of Mother Earth.
(animals, oceans, rainforests,
arctic region, mountains, etc.)
●Try to Reuse, Reduce, or Recycle ONE item a day.
LOOK BELOW for
Attachments & Flyers
Click here - 2011 EcoDrive results.
Click here - Acceptance Speech, Oct. 22.
Click here - “The Huffington Post” article.
Click here - “Toledo Free Press” article.
Contact us at
Background drawn by Erek.
Denim Drive 2011
3,920 items of denim
Shoe Drive 2011
3,000 pr. of shoes
Erek in Wash DC at the Guiness World Record Ceremony for the “Largest Collection of Clothing to Recycle”.
3 year total denim collected:
2009 - 1,684
2010 - 4,154
2011 - 3,920
Total - 9,758
Enought to insulate over 11 homes!
2011 Eco Drive Totals
3,920 denim items
3,000 pr. shoes
as of Oct. 31
Recycling Success!
Denim
EcoErek collected denim in 2011 on behalf of Cotton. From Blue to Green. The collected denim is shredded into cotton fibers and remanufactured into housing insulation to benefit communities affected by natural disasters. In the past, the denim insulation has gone to Habitat for Humanity to help communities devistated by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region. For more information about this process, go to www.CottonFromBlueToGreen.org
and Shoes
New in 2011, a partnership with USAgain (www.usagain.com) allowed EcoErek to collect your unwanted shoes of ANY condition. The shoes are shipped to USAgain in Chicago then sorted. Those that are in good condition are re-directed to those who need them, and shoes in poor condition are ground to make raw material for sidewalks, running tracks, carpet underlayment and playground mulch. It’s a Win-Win for everyone involved.
With your help, I kept these textiles out of our Northwest Ohio Landfills!
Green News
EcoErek honored - Erek traveled to Columbus, Ohio on Oct. 22 to receive an Environmental Achievement Award from the Ohio Environmental Council at their annual Green Gala. Check it out at www.theoec.org.
The Future Wave - Hosted our June 11th drive and the results were phenomenal! It was a record setting drive for EcoErek. He collected 818 prs. of jeans and 354 prs. of shoes in just 6 hours. Thank you to all who came out to support the drive!
Date
April 22, Friday
May 14, Saturday
June 4, Saturday
June 11, Saturday
April 22 thru Aug 22
Time
Recycle Today!
12-6pm
12-6pm
10-4pm
DROP BOX
office hours only
DROP BOX
store hours only
M-S 10-8, Sun 12-5
DROP BOX
M - Th 8:30-9,
Fri 8:30-6, Sat 8-4
Results
214 pr. jeans
232 pr. shoes
380 pr. jeans
407 pr. shoes
818 pr. jeans
354 pr. shoes
169 pr. jeans
82 pr. shoes
442 pr. jeans
224 pr. shoes
334 pr. jeans
270 pr. shoes
Locations
Earth Day Celebration
Lourdes College
6832 Convent Blvd, Sylvania
Town Center at Levis Commons
Perrysburg - outside in front of Cinemas
The Future Wave
3324 Navarre Ave., Oregon
Parking Lot (419) 698-9283
Dr. Branam’s dentist office
3140 Dustin Rd., Oregon
Once Upon a Child
194 E. South Boundary St., Perrysburg
(Drop box at the Perrysburg location only)
The Future Wave salon
3324 Navarre Ave., Oregon
Thank You to our 2011 Supporters
Organization Drives
Aldersgate Church
Church of St. Andrew
FIrst Solar
First Energy - Toledo Edison
Jerusalem Elementary School
Libbey Glass
O’Shea family
Ohio State University’s Ag Day
Owens Community College
Owens-Illinois
Starr Elementary School
Media Communication
13-ABC
Star 105.5 morning show
The Huffington Post
The Suburban Press
The Toledo Blade
WTOL-Channel 11
T-Shirt Sponsor
The Image Group
Shipping Sponsor
First Solar
Location Sponsors
Dr. Branam’s Dentistry
Lourdes College
Once Upon A Child
The Future Wave Salon
Town Center at Levis Commons