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 Newsletter!


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

info@ecoerek.org

EcoErek on Facebook

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!


Click Here for Drive Photos

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