Creation Care Team

To care for God’s creation through 

action, awareness, advocacy, and education as part of our faith.

Town of Bethlehem's Food Scraps Drop Spot at St Thomas the Apostle Church offers an easy option for residents who want to compost their food scraps.

Who can participate? All who are interested!
Cost?  A free will donation is requested to help cover the costs of collection.
What container to use? You may use any container you wish, as long as you do not bring more than 5 gallons per household per week.

To participate in this program, sign up at this website and complete a short orientation program.

For more information on what is acceptable food waste and other imporant notes, please read this brochure.

 If you have questions about the program, please contact Rose Ann Garry at [email protected]



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Kenya: Bulukhombe Primary School, rain tank and sanitation facilities

Kenya: Shallow well project, Kivani Community

Kenya: Rainwater catchment, Shanjero Primary School

Sierra Leone: Dug well and hand pump, DEC Mathen Primary School

Sustain The Ecosystem/Plant A Garden Pollinators Love

Pollinators such as bees and butterflies play a key role in sustaining our ecosystem, helping more than 180,000 plant species and over 1200 crops reproduce. Unfortunately, pollinators are in decline due to loss of feeding and nesting habitats, pollution, misuse of chemicals, changing climate patterns. 

Help increase the pollinator population by filling your garden with annuals the bees love such as: alyssum, cleome, zinnias, sunflowers, salvia, calendula, verbena. Or plant herbs with your vegetables, let some flower, and they will draw in the pollinators to your other plants. 

Consider the color of your flowers too – bees can’t see red, but butterflies can.  Bees like purple, blue, white and yellow flowers.
 

Green/Blue Glass
Recycle green and blue glass at Honest Weight Food Coop. Remove lids/plastic/metal. There are Blue Bins for clear glass; Green Bins for green/blue glass. No light bulbs, drinking glasses, window glass or ceramics.

Spring Cleaning
Not sure what to do with gently used items that you no longer need, but could be used by others? Not sure where to recycle other items?  Follow this link to a list of donation/recycling sites.

https://www.townofbethlehem.org/DocumentCenter/View/2829/Donating-Reusables-and-Voluntary-Recycling?bidId=