2014 - program info

Session 1
Drop Off Day - Friday 03/28 from 12-3 pm
Interior designers and architects are invited to drop off their expired specifications samples.  Including carpet, wallcovering, fabric, stone, glass, tile, laminate, three ring binders and vinyl samples.
Take Away Day - Saturday 03/29 from 12-3 pm
Artists and educators harvest creative supply items including fabric, carpet, ceramic tile, glass and wallcovering samples, three ring binders and specialty papers. Bring boxes or bags to carry your selections home.

Session 2
Drop Off Day - Friday 04/04 from 12-3 pm
Take Away Day - Saturday 04/05 from 12-3 pm

Thanks Guardian Storage for another year of hosting our event... we need volunteers, so please let us know if you can lend a hand.

2013 - third year was a charm

2013 Program
Total Upcycled & Recycled: 7 tons

ZeroLandfill Pittsburgh has engaged over 450 people as donors, recipients or volunteers and logged over 400 volunteer hours.
This year, there were 45 donor sign-ins and at more than 65 educators received free materials for their classrooms. 
In our first three years we have supplied three summer camps with free binders and hundreds of people took home great materials for their art, education, or home improvement projects. 

Joy, Erika, Emma, David, Dan and the Bee Dance group wanted to thank everyone that contributed, volunteered their time, and collected material for Zerolandfill. 

2013 - program info

Did you know you can self-report CEU credits for your USGBC or AIA membership requirements and save the planet at the same time?

Also: Look for our table at AIA Build Pittsburgh on 04/18 & sign up. We will have some fun give-aways in exchange for your contact info.

Thanks sponsors for being champions of sustainability!

2012 - thank you pittsburgh!

2012 Program
Total Upcycled:
14,772 lbs








Carpet: 3,271 lbs
Fabric: 1,922 lbs
Wallcovering: 179 lbs
Vinyl: 1,241 lbs

Wood: 581 lbs

Stone: 6,437 lbs
Glass: 924 lbs

Metal: 133 lbs
Laminate: 73 lbs
Specialty Paper: 235 lbs
Rubber: 242 lbs

Shingles: 131 lbs
Plastic: 338 lbs
Ceiling Tiles: 7 lbs

Binders: 799

thanks to the pgh architectural & design community for making our second year a huge success... last year's 14,712 lbs was nearly identical, perhaps a pattern emerging w/ our two year total = 29,484 lbs

2012 - final week w/ extra harvest day

Location
Guardian Storage - Strip District
Session 2
Pollination Day - Friday 04/20 from 12-3 pm
Harvest Days - 04/20: 1-3 pm, 04/21 & 04/22: 12-3 pm


Pollination - Interior designers and architects are invited to drop off their expired specifications samples.  Including carpet, wallcovering, fabric, stone, glass, tile, laminate, three ring binders and vinyl samples.
Cultivation - Worker Bees prepare the materials for pick up. Work includes sorting and weighing by material type, removing carpet samples from books, recycling paper from binders and stacking and restacking materials as they arrive.
Harvest - Artists and educators harvest creative supply items including fabric, carpet, ceramic tile, glass and wallcovering samples, three ring binders and specialty papers. Bring boxes or bags to carry your selections home.

We need your help with the cultivation process... Did you know you can self-report CEU credits for your USGBC or AIA membership requirements & save the planet at the same time?


Thanks sponsors for being champions of sustainability!

2012 - program info

Location
Guardian Storage - Strip District


Session 1
Pollination Day - Friday 04/13 from 12-3 pm
Interior designers and architects are invited to drop off their expired specifications samples.  Including carpet, wallcovering, fabric, stone, glass, tile, laminate, three ring binders and vinyl samples.
Harvest Days - Saturday & Sunday 04/14 & 15 from 12-3 pm
Artists and educators harvest creative supply items including fabric, carpet, ceramic tile, glass and wallcovering samples, three ring binders and specialty papers. Bring boxes or bags to carry your selections home.


Session 2
Pollination Day - Friday 04/20 from 12-3 pm
Harvest Days - Saturday & Sunday 04/21 & 22 from 12-3 pm

Did you know you can self-report CEU credits for your USGBC or AIA membership requirements & save the planet at the same time?
Also: Look for our table at AIA Build Pittsburgh on 04/17 & sign up.
We will have some fun give-aways in exchange for your contact info.
Thanks sponsors for being champions of sustainability!

2012 - call for volunteers

Pollination: Did you know you can self-report CEU credits for your USGBC or AIA membership requirements & save the planet at the same time?


We're proud to announce a new sponsor for 2012... Wilsonart


Also: Look for our table at AIA Build Pittsburgh & sign up.
We will also have some fun give-aways in exchange for your contact info.
Thanks Wilsonart for your leadership in sustainability!

20 x 20

PechaKucha Night
aiga.org
Join the Pittsburgh chapters of AIGA and AIA for PechaKucha Night: Vol 11, Thursday, March 29 at 8pm.
PKN is an event for local creatives to meet and network while presenters share their stories, collections, products or work in 6 minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation ("chit chat"), it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.


looking forward to sharing info & goals of our program... c u next thursday!

2012 - call for volunteers

Cultivation: Did you know you can self-report CEU credits for your AIA membership requirements & save the planet at the same time?


We're proud to continue our partnership for 2012... AIA Pittsburgh
Look for our table at Build Pittsburgh & sign up.
We may also have some fun give-aways in exchange for your contact info.
Thanks AIA Pgh for your energy & support!

pollination - april 13 & 20

Pollination: Interior designers and architects are invited to drop off their expired  specifications samples.  Materials include carpet, wallcovering, fabric, stone, glass, tile, laminate, three ring binders and vinyl samples.


We're proud to continue our location partnership for 2012... Guardian Storage: Strip District, 04/13, 14 & 15 and 20, 21 & 22. Thanks for your positive green business and support, Earth Day celebration details to follow soon!

harvest - thank you pittsburgh!

2011 Pilot Program
Total Collected:
17,884 lbs!!!






Stone: 7,094 lbs
Carpet: 3,532 lbs
Vinyl: 1,440 lbs
Glass: 1,049 lbs

Binders: 895 lbs

Wood: 853 lbs
Fabric: 646 lbs
Rubber: 327 lbs
Paper: 323 lbs
Metal: 324 lbs
Shingles: 131 lbs
Laminate: 126 lbs
Plastic: 96 lbs

thanks to the pgh architectural & design community for making our first year a huge success... stay tuned for info about our celebration (party & exhibit)

cultivation - call for volunteers

2011 Pilot Program
Session One
Total: 7,624 lbs!

Stone: 2,654 lbs

Carpet: 2,090 lbs

Vinyl: 873 lbs

Glass: 507 lbs

Fabric: 484 lbs

Wood: 293 lbs

Binders: 269 lbs

Rubber: 194 lbs

Paper: 173 lbs
Metal: 116 lbs

Plastic: 96 lbs

Shingles: 87 lbs
Laminate: 57 lbs


We need your help next week with harvest & cultivation... send an email and let us know your ready to celebrate Earth Day 2011!

pilot program - first half

Pollinate dates: April 1 & 15
12:00 - 3:00 pm  
Interior designers and architects are invited to drop off their expired specifications samples.  Including carpet, wallcovering, fabric, stone, glass, tile, laminate, three ring binders and vinyl samples. 

Harvest dates: April 2 & 16
12:00 - 3:00 pm  
Artists and educators harvest creative supply items including fabric, carpet, ceramic tile, glass and wallcovering samples, three ring binders and specialty papers. Bring boxes or bags to carry your selections 
home.  

See you this weekend for the first half of this great Earth Day program... we know you're out there & we're ready to meet you all!


Thanks to our 2011 sponsors... Champions of Sustainability!

pollination - 1 material, 3 ways!

ZeroLandfill(Ed)™ 1.3 Paint Chips


We know you love ZeroLandfill™.  Find cool stuff, save the planet, get free supplies for your classroom.  But it’s missing that special ingredient — inspiration!  Want to get ideas for what to do with all that stuff, while mingling with your colleagues AND earning workshop credit?  Join us for ZeroLandfill™’s newest resource, professional development workshops for you and your colleagues!


one of our most popular items... we'll have plenty of color for your next upcycled invention

celebration - biomimicry responsible for development of successful products

celebrate - It's Nature's Way


Michael Dungan, Pres/CEO - BeeDance
Michael Dungan’s work is dedicated to discovering new abundance in our community by reclassifying waste as an asset. Through his consultancy APISync, the community project ZeroLandfill, and the online marketplace BeeDance, Michael is disrupting the status quo and bringing new understanding to the role of waste in our society. In nature, a lot of waste is generated, yet nothing is wasted. Human centered systems have every opportunity to mimic this core principal.


two weeks until launch of Pgh pilot project... see you on 04/01 for Pollinate Day 1

harvest - tons of stuff

Carpet samples make more than Muppets

popcitymedia.com




When architect David Roth puts building projects out for bid, he gets an overwhelming number of manufacturers' samples in response, from paint chips to bricks -- enough to paper a small wall or pave a tiny courtyard, he says. And by next year the carpet samples, wall coverings, fabric, stone, glass, tile, laminates and vinyl, in their three-ring binders, have.all gone out of style. 


Firms like Roth's The Downtown Design Company amass tons of the stuff -- literally. Now ZeroLandfill, an effort of Cleveland's BeeDance project, has chosen Pittsburgh as its 14th city, offering a creative way to redistribute and upcycle, or reuse, the material by artists, teachers or anyone else who wants to give them new life.


ZeroLandfill will hold two collection days (April 1 and 15, noon-3 p.m.) at Guardian Storage (2839 Liberty Ave., in the Strip District), followed by two giveaway days (April 2 and 16, noon-3 p.m.). Fill up a bag, fill up your car.


visit us on facebook... volunteers welcome for this great earth day program

cultivation - reclassifying waste as a resource

Cultivation: Fill some community service hours or just volunteer where help is needed.  See you next month for THE Earth Day program of 2011!

Users of the ZeroLandfill™ service model a very generous spirit by tirelessly reclassifying waste as a resource (especially our volunteers!).  If you are not familiar with ZeroLandfill™, we repurpose items that are considered waste by one audience and connect them to audiences who deem the materials essential to their programs or processes.  

Thanks to all our sponsors for your help with our pilot program... it's exciting to find out how much stuff we can upcycle together!

pollination - giving materials to artists & teachers

Akron Project 75% complete, coming to Pittsburgh in April

Lisa A. Abraham | 02.06.2011

Pollinate: In Akron, the treasure chest is open this year every Saturday in February from noon to 3 p.m. in vacant space at 30 N. High St.

It's the third year the program has come to Akron since its inception in Cleveland in 2006. The program is operating in 14 cities as far away as Nashville and Minneapolis-St. Paul (editors note: Pgh in April).

On Saturday, there was a line of volunteers waiting to drop off material and another line of anxious scavengers hoping to find something they can use.

It took Lori Csejtey of Akron only a few minutes to claim several large bolts of fabric wallcovering that had arrived just minutes before. Csejtey and her husband are decorating a space at Red Light Gallery, 111 N. Main St., Akron. The wallcoverings are perfect for the space, which will be styled as a boudoir, she said.

Her discovery brought a smile to the face of Christy Gray, one of the organizers of ZeroLandfill, who asked Csejtey to send along some photos of the finished space.

Over the last six years, more than half a million pounds of decorator and builder samples have been spared from landfills and put to new use, Gray said.

Celebrate Earth Day with us... thanks Construction Junction for your sponsorship and help with harvest & pollination!

celebration - anyone can participate in giveaway of materials

Upcycling program flourishes

Lisa A. Abraham | 02.06.2011

Why deposit it in a landfill when there are artists, teachers and students willing to take it and create with it?


What ''it'' is varies from week to week, depending on what materials are being discarded by local architects and interior designers. It could be swatches of fabric, or it could be carpet samples. It could be rolls of wallcoverings or it could be laminate countertop samples.


ZeroLandfill Akron is like a treasure hunt for local artisans and educators who come to reclaim the unwanted materials for use in artwork or classroom projects.


It's the third year the program has come to Akron since its inception in Cleveland in 2006. The program is operating in 14 cities as far away as Nashville and Minneapolis-St. Paul and now Pittsburgh!

harvest - pick up materials

Harvest: Help us upcycle the following items for a higher purpose!


Classroom carpet & cage liners
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Carpet Tile & Books

Color Theory Kit
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Paint Decks & Laminate Chips

Pillows & purses 
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Upholstery Swatches & Memos


Magnets & Flowers 
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Vinyl & Rubber Flooring Samples


Landscaping materials
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Brick, Tile & Stone Samples 


Printmaking supplies
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Wallcovering Books & Samples


Coasters & Mosaics 
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Glass & Metal Samples


Classroom project organizers 
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Three Ring Binders


Thanks PPG Industries for sponsoring for our pilot project... green is your best color!