Sunday, October 1 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Northcenter Town Square
Visit with more than 20 retail vendors, artists and organizations focused on supporting sustainable lifestyles and enacting sound environmental policy.
The Market includes
Material collections
Bring your unwanted items that can be reused, repurposed or are difficult to recycle. Please read the lists of accepted items carefully: Reduce Waste Chicago, EcoShip, Working Bikes.
Halloween costume swap
Looking for a costume for the trick-or-treater in your life? Or how about unloading an old one? Check out the costume swap! New costumes are free to take and unclaimed costumes will go to Chicago Green Theatre Alliance’s costume swap at Steppenwolf Theatre (Oct. 20 & 21).
Food & Drink
Try FUNGItarian food, locally grown and fully cooked oyster mushroom delicacies, from Windy City Mushrooms or quench your thirst with drip coffee, cold brew or chai from Botanical Cafe. Free canned water provided by Open Water. Food and drinks will be served in compostable materials provided by WasteNot Compost, which will be providing on-site composting and aluminum recycling, too!
Music
From 11 a.m.-3 p.m. listen to musical offerings from singer/songwriter and environmental activist Louise Kelly and musical partner Amr Megahed, as well as local band Ravenswood.
Participating organizations
- Bliss Joy Bull
- Botanical Cafe
- Chicago Environmentalists
- Chicago Green Theater Alliance
- Chicago Streets & Sanitation
- The Eco Flamingo
- EcoShip
- Holtzbrennen Studio
- Illinois Environmental Council
- Lena Rose Beauty
- Monarch Beauty Farm
- Nowhere Collective
- The Plant
- Refinity Candles
- Snail Catalog
- Superficial Inc.
- WasteNot Compost
- Windy City Mushrooms
- Working Bikes
Thank you to our sponsors
Sign up today at WasteNotCompost.com with code “reducewaste” for one month free ($24 value). Code valid through Oct. 31.
As well as
If you are interested in sponsoring the market, please fill out an application below. Questions? Email us at ReduceWasteChicago@gmail.com.
Volunteer with us!
Help us host this shindig! Volunteer to help set up, collect items, sort and pack. You’ll finish the day with a feeling of satisfaction, knowing you made a difference (we promise).
