Bicycle Re-Use Program   |
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Restoring bicycles for our community
This program has 3 important goals:
1. Teach useful bicycle repair skills.
2. Provide refurbished bikes to people in need in our community.
3. Divert material from landfill.
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How does this program work?
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Old, unwanted, broken bicycles are dropped off at the Waterloo Transfer Station.
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Partners involved in the program pick up the bicycles.
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Through partners like the Waterloo Catholic District School Board and Recycle Cycles, high school students and others learn new bicycle repair skills.
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Bicycles are given away, donated, or sold at a nominal cost. |  |
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What bikes are accepted?
ANY TYPE!
*****Except please:*****NO wheel chairs*****NO exercise bikes*****NO tricycles***** |
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| * Where is the bike drop off?
Waterloo Transfer Station
925 Erb Street West, Gate 2
Monday to Saturday
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
April 1 to October 30 | |
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*2008 Stats!
Thanks to the generous donations of
Regional residents, over
9 metric tonnes of bikes were
diverted from landfill and reused.
That’s over 700 bikes! |
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Please note:
- If you set your bike out to the curb – it will be taken as garbage and landfilled. So, please save valuable landfill space and drop off your bike for this program.
- Bikes dropped off are for the use of pre-approved partners ONLY. Salvaging is not permitted as per By-law 98-87.
- The bikes which the partners cannot repair or refurbish get recycled as scrap metal.
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Refurbished bikes are available (for a minimal cost) from:
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Waterloo Catholic District School Board
Bicycle Hotline:
519-578-3660
ext. 2205 | | Heaven’s Bicycle Shop
725 King St. N., Waterloo
519-807-7002
www.heavensbicycle
shop.com |
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Thank you to our partners and sponsers for making this program a success!
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~Waterloo Catholic District School Board~
~Recycle Cycles~
~Goodwill Industries~
~Morell Kelly Law firm - Lidz on Kidz program~
~Alan Homes~
~Heaven’s Bicycle Shop~ |
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