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It will soon be a state code violation to throw out textiles, from T-shirts to mattresses, into the trash. There are already plenty of options available to recycle these items ....
PITTSFIELD â Generous Berkshire County residents have gifted 26 repurposed bicycles to adults and children in an African village for their own means of personal transportation. The bikes had been donated to the Old Stone Mill Center, where they were retrofitted with wooden racks so residents of Bikie and two neighboring villages in the Republic of Congo can haul 100 pounds or more of crops and goods to market, get children to school or handle passengers. Volunteers on Sunday morning loaded the adapted bikes into a shipping container parked at Affordable Self Storage on Fourth St. The pedal-powered transports and other repurposed household items will cost $4,200, paid by four individuals, to ship from New York City to Bikie, a nearly two month journey, according to Pauline Dongala. ....
ADAMS â In Pauline Dongalaâs home village of Bikie, in the Lekoumou region of the Republic of Congo, where the chief mode of transportation is walking, few people own bicycles, so, most schoolchildren have to walk the 4 miles or more to fetch water and produce for the home, and to get to school every day. Last summer, during a visit to Adams, Dongala and her friend, Yolanda Minondo, got to talking with Leni Fried and Mike Augspurger, owners of the Old Stone Mill Center Zero Waste Maker Space. The center is dedicated to taking industrial surplus and turning it into reusable items for those in need. Fried and Augspurger happen to have a hearty supply of used bikes, which Augspurger specializes in repairing and modifying using skills he has in machining, modifying and manufacturing bicycles. ....