Zero Waste Portsmouth is excited to announce that on Monday, July 19, 2010, the Portsmouth City Council unanimously approved the placement of seven zero waste stations throughout the downtown footprint, as part of our Downtown Portsmouth Zero Waste Project! Zero Waste Portsmouth is a grassroots collaborative of the Islington Creek Neighborhood Association, Tim Gaudreau Studios and Ecomovement Consulting and Hauling. The non-profit 501c3 fiscal sponsor is the New England Grassroots Environment Fund.

The following day, with the generous help from Middleton Building Supply as well as Michael Warhurst, Park Superintendent, Zero Waste Portsmouth placed the first zero waste station in Prescott Park, thanks to the approval of the Park's Board of Trustees! The beautiful ceramic tile art work done by local students from Robert Lister Academy and is now proudly on display just across from the park stage. Be sure to check it out!

 With these two major milestones in the work and with Portsmouth's average rate of recycling at only 22%, Portsmouth is moving closer and closer to becoming a zero waste community. Please contact Karina N. Quintans at kquintans@comcast.net for further details on how you can help move this project forward to becoming a ZERO WASTE COMMUNITY!

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