Personalize Your Gift Giving with a Recycled Rubber Tire Tile
A one-of-a-kind Christmas gift idea is offered by the Northern Environmental Action Team (NEAT). You can take a personal step toward a more sustainable community by purchasing a unique paving tile made of recycled rubber tires.
Your name or names of family, friends, colleagues and businesses will be engraved on each tile making a great gift for those hard to buy for at Christmas time. The tiles will be placed on a path in a public Fort St. John location in the spring as a demonstration of a sustainable alternative to cement or tar paving. You can monitor how the tiles react to the sun, ice , snow removal and repeated melting over a period of 8 months. The first project of recycled rubber tire tiles will encompass 1200 square feet of surface.
The recycled rubber tire tiles are a pilot project to introduce a sustainable product to Fort St. John and area. The tiles are entirely a BC product, made from car and truck tires shipped from Fort St. John to Pacific Shredders and ground into BC crumb. Dinoflex Industries in Salmon Arm uses the BC crumb to make the rubber tiles.
The tiles are durable, permeable and easy to install and reinstall. Perfect for playgrounds and other people places, they are a more environmentally friendly and a more forgiving alternate to paving or cement. On walking tracks the cushioned surface is easier on the knees and legs. Recycled rubber tire tiles are commonly used for driveways and patios.
NEAT invites you to be part of the drive for sustainable living in Fort St. John. Be one of the first to give your stamp of approval to this recycled product for the community. A 4 foot square tile engraved with your name is a donation of $250 and a 2 foot square tile is $150. All donations receive a tax-deductible receipt. If purchased before December 12, a Christmas card with a photo of your personalized tile will be available for you to give on Christmas day. Check out www.neat.ca for more information or stop in to 10027 100 Street in Fort St. John where NEAT has other unique environmentally friendly gift items for sale.
One of a Kind Gift
Posted on :
07 December 2011
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Sue Popesku
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Sue Popesku
Sue likes creative people, bright colours and pomegranates. Dedicated to helping the arts flourish in Fort St. John, she has been part of many lasting initiatives for more arts and cultural events in the Peace Region. Sue is currently working with Stage North Theatre Society and has been known to help a variety of community groups with fundraising and board development. Sue says her education began when she graduated from university and started to experience the real world and all it has to offer. She also claims Fort St. John could do without the abandoned shopping carts on the streets.
