UPCOMING EVENTS
June 12 & 13 2024 ReMarket
We are hosting our next remarket June 12 & 13 2024. Check back again in the spring for more details.
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- Please visit our guidelines page for full details on how our ReMarket and FreeMarket event works.
PAST EVENTS
2024
April 20, 2024 Butt Blitz
Thanks to approximately 30 volunteers from SLNA-WRG, Friends of Berczy Park and the neighbourhood, 13,343 butts were collected during the Butt Blitz Clean Up.
As part of A Greener Future’ Butt Blitz Month and Toronto’s annual spring clean up, from 10 am – 1 pm our community met at The Toronto Sculpture Garden (114 King Street. East) and Berczy Park (35 Wellington St. E.). with a pair of gloves, an up-cycled container to put the butts in and some good old fashioned enthusiasm to kick some butt!
Thanks to approximately 30 volunteers from SLNA-WRG, Friends of Berczy Park and the neighbourhood, 13,343 butts were collected during the Butt Blitz Clean Up.
As part of A Greener Future’ Butt Blitz Month and Toronto’s annual spring clean up, from 10 am – 1 pm our community met at The Toronto Sculpture Garden (114 King Street. East) and Berczy Park (35 Wellington St. E.). with a pair of gloves, an up-cycled container to put the butts in and some good old fashioned enthusiasm to kick some butt!
January 24 & 25 REmarket
Thanks to the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood community and the help of 30+ volunteers who made this event a great success. Here is a recap of our success:
We collected more items than ever for recycling, reuse and disposal:
- Over 1000 Donors/visitors
- 32 skids (totalling 9,918 lbs) Donated to Salvation Army -
- 703 kg of electronic e-waste to RCT (including printers, laptops/desktops, monitors cameras, peripherals to be refurbished for reuse)
- Repair Café Toronto volunteers worked on 140 items for 123 people resulting in “a lot of satisfied people in a big tent”
- CultureLink Bike Hub completed small repairs on 12 bikes
We collected more items than ever for recycling, reuse and disposal:
- 287 pairs of eyeglasses to Optic Zone
- 752 Oral Care Items
- 2.5 x 50 litre bins of Household Hazardous Waste
- 4 garbage bags of empty cosmetic containers to Hudson Bay’s PACT program
- 1513 g to Tiny Toy Co.
- 22 Brita filters
- 2 bag of pens, 2.5 box of batteries, 2 boxes of cartridges to Staples
- Over 400 Prescription Bottles to Earthub
- 741 Single use masks
- 176 Disposable Razors and wrappings
- 14 Smartphones to CNIB (New)
- 4600 Cigarette Butts
2023
September 20 & 21 REmarket
What was new at the 8th REmarket event?
- We expanded our recycling program to include more items! Only with the support of additional organizations, a record number of volunteers and also the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA).
June 14 & 15 REmarket
What was new at the 7th REmarket event?
- We expanded our recycling program, with the support of additional organizations and volunteers, including Toronto's Green Neighbours Network (GNN). With our largest volunteer team yet, we were able to set new records regarding our positive impact on the environment and our local communities.
January 25 & 26 REmarket
What was new at the 6th REmarket event?
- We collected more difficult-to-recycle items than ever before! In addition to collecting used office supplies such as writing utensils and ink/toner cartridges, we also collected empty prescription pill bottles, empty cosmetic containers, dental waste, disposable razors, and batteries.
On Day 1 we hosted our Free Market and the ReMarket inside the St. Lawrence Market tent, receiving more than 170 visitors who braved the snowy weather.
Over the 2 days the ReMarket collected approximately 400 donations comprising:
On Day 2 Repair Café joined the ReMarket with 21 fixers to help the community fix 100 items, such as their clothes, jewelry, small home appliances and 10 bicycles.
Over the 2 days the ReMarket collected approximately 400 donations comprising:
- 34 Pallets of clothes, books, toys, and other items to The Salvation Army
- 3 Pallets of electronics to Renewed Computer Technology
- 2 Boxes of batteries
- 2 Bags of used pens, and markers
- Half Box of ink cartridges
- 2 Bags of cosmetic containers
- 1 Box of dental items and disposable razors
- 145 empty prescription bottles
- 1 Box of eyeglasses to Optic Zone
On Day 2 Repair Café joined the ReMarket with 21 fixers to help the community fix 100 items, such as their clothes, jewelry, small home appliances and 10 bicycles.
2022
November 26 & 27
Holiday Gift Wrapping Tips and Tricks at the St. Lawrence Market
Holiday Gift Wrapping Tips and Tricks at the St. Lawrence Market
September 21 & 22 REmarket
Over two days, we collected approximately 300 donations comprising:
- 28 pallets of clothes, books, toys, and other items to The Salvation Army
- 6 pallets of electronics to Renewed Computer Technology
- 2 Boxes of used ink, pens, markers, and batteries to Staples
- 1 Box of eyeglasses to Optic Zone
Repair Café Toronto joined us on Day 2. Seventeen on-site volunteer fixers repaired 41 items, including garments, jewellery, and small appliances.
The FreeMarket, hosted on Day 1, invited the community to bring and share their unwanted goods and/or freely find something to take away.