Events

Colonie Compost Drop Program

We are replacing the farmer's market drop off with a permanent one at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 510 Shaker Rd in Loudonville, right near The Crossings Park. The Colonie Compost Drop Off Project is the result of a collaboration across many organizations and we are grateful. 

We are looking for volunteers for this fun event! Want to sign up? Here's our volunteer signup sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C8vmCS_7K99FgwLTFL8PuQIHnD7fHiuAZBahmT_b5u0/edit?usp=sharing

Volunteer Sat. April 11, 11am-3pm at Honest Weight Food Coop - Join Tina at the Zero Waste information table at HWFC from 11 am to 3 pm. Please email info@zerowastecd.org if you can help. There will be a clothing swap at Honest Weight during that same time. Fun!

Mon April 20, 7:30 pm at the NYS Writers Institute in UAlbany's downtown campus, Judith Enck will be speaking about her new book “The Problem with Plastic”. Page Hall, 135 Western Ave, Albany. See details HERE.

Save the Date: Thurs May 7 at 7 pm - The Plastic Detox. Are plastics and the chemicals they contain decreasing our fertility? Check out the eye-opening film "The Plastic Detox" now on Netflix. Then join Beyond Plastics in a free webinar to meet the director, a world renowned reproductive epidemiologist and one of the couples in the movie struggling to conceive. Register HERE.

Albany's Tulip Fest is coming!  Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10 in Albany's Washington Park.  Volunteers needed (desperately!) - Help us reach out to hundreds of people about the importance of waste reduction, the dangers of microplastics, and the benefits of composting.  We also help monitor Zero Waste Stations placed throughout the park and assist people with sorting out food waste for composting and deposit bottles for recycling.  Please sign up for a shift HERE.

PaintCare Recycling Fundraiser for Zero Waste Capital District - Saturday June 6 at Eagle Elementary School, Delmar, 8am-1pm. Calling all volunteers! We need your help managing our paint recycling event.  Help us fund our efforts in the community!  From glass recycling at Honest Weight Food Coop to our new Colonie Food Scraps Drop Off site to our ReUse Center project, Zero Waste members are working hard to reduce waste in the Capital District.  Zero Waste will receive $20 per hour for 5 hours per volunteer!  Please be one of the people to help us reach our goal of covering 15 shifts!  SIgn up here to help.   Sign up here to bring your used paint for recycling - registration starts April 6.  Thank you!

Plastique

March 17-April 18

An exhibition of artists from Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers, and architects actively focusing on the global problem of plastic pollution, curated by Aurora Robson, featuring Ellen Driscoll, Twyla Exner, Natalya Khorover, Niki Lederer. Steve McPherson, Anna Mein, Pamela Moulton, Portia Munson, Anne Percoco, Aurora, Robson, Tyrome Tripoli

Below (clockwise from top left): Portia Munson, Future Fossils, 2018-ongoing, found blue plastic, size variable, Anna Mein, Infinite Loop, 2025, found wood and plastic, Anne Percoco, Indra’s Cloud on the Yamuna River, 2014, inkjet print on paper, Twyla Exner, Detail of Thing 5 (Albino), woven telecommunications cables,

Read more here.

Opalka Gallery | Russell Sage College 140 New Scotland Ave. | Albany, NY 12208 US

s2026 Drop It Swap It Events

Date Location

 Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 10:00am to 1:00pm New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 916 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203

 The event will be held in the parking lot located behind New Covenant Presbyterian Church. Parking spaces are available in the lot.

 Saturday, June 27, 2026 from 10:00am to 1:00pm Metropolitan Baptist Church, 105 2nd Street, Albany NY 12210

 The event will be held in the parking lot located behind Metropolitan Baptist Church. Parking spaces are available in the lot.

 Saturday, July 11, 2026 from 10:00am to 1:00pm St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church, 440 Whitehall Road, Albany NY 12208

 The event will take place in the main parking lot located next to St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church. Parking spaces are available in the lot.

 Saturday, August 1, 2026 from 10:00am to 1:00pm Albany County Lot, 260 S. Pearl Street, Albany NY 12202

 The event will be held in the Northwest corner of the County parking lot behind the Citgo gas station. Parkign spaces are available in the lot. Enter the parking lot on Pearl St. 

 Saturday, August 15, 2026 from 10:00am to 1:00pm STEAM Garden Parking Lot, 289 Central Ave, Albany NY 12206

 The event will take place in the parking lot next door to the STEAM Garden building. There is no parking on site. Please park on Central Ave.

 Saturday, September 12, 2026 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm Mount Zion Church, 135 Franklin Street, Albany NY 12202

 The event will take place around the corner from Mount Zion Church at the end of Franklin Street. There is no parking on site. Please park on Bassett Street.

From Sunray, Richard Daley

Community Gatherings This Month

• The Earth Repair Meetup at Honest Weight on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30pm. 

Repair Cafe schedule in the Hudson Valley

Get your broken items repaired with this free community reuse service.  Some cafes also offer bike tune ups and knife sharpening.  For more info and to see the schedule of upcoming repair cafes in the region see the Repair Cafe Calendar.