It’s time to reduce your home’s clutter, give someone the chance to reuse things you no longer need, and recycling your clean and working goods! The annual HRM Curbside Giveaway will take place June 9 and 10.

HRM is calling on residents to participate.  Help discover the hidden treasures in your neighbourhood, community and city. It’s another way to rethink garbage and protect our most precious treasure – our environment.

What great way to clear out outgrown and underused household items – things that might be exactly what others are in looking for.

The aim of this weekend event is to reduce the amount of garbage ending up in HRM’s landfill by diverting unwanted items to be re-used!  Reusing and Recycling household items instead of discarding them reduces pressures on our municipal facilities, and is a great way to not only get rid of your underused items, but to find some great treasures of your own!

On Curbside Giveaway Weekend:

• Place re-usable  household items at the curb in front of your home on Friday evening;
• Only place items for “FREE” with “Free” stickers or signs on items;
• Remove leftover items from the curb by dusk on Sunday;
• Consider donating unclaimed items charitable organizations;
• Place any garbage for collection on your regular garbage day and week.  Regular limits and preparation is required.

With such a wide variety of treasure possibilities make sure to keep Giveaway Weekend in mind before disposing of items for garbage in the upcoming weeks. Your participation in the event will help maximize landfill space by extending the lifecycle of items and making them available for reuse.

For more information, visit: http://myhrm.ca/Resources/CurbsideGiveAway.php.