Our Planet, Our Turn: Youth Climate Action Fest · Part of Cincinnati Climate Week
Thanks for joining us today in Mason! Book swap, climate art, zero-waste popcorn, and a big-screen movie-run by youth, for youth. Tap below to open EcoPal, sign in, and select Our Planet, Our Turn: EcoPal’s Youth Climate Action Fest under Upcoming Events to earn your badge.
Opens ecopal.ai/app - sign in, then tap Youth Climate Action Fest under Upcoming Events.
Saturday, June 13, 2026 · Free for families · Big Hall, ORCA Coworking · 408 4th Ave, Mason, OH
Fest check-in
Open EcoPal, sign in, select today’s fest under Upcoming Events, and earn your badge.
Step 1
Tap Check In Now above (or download the app below). Sign in with your email-we send a one-time code, no password needed.
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Step 2
On the home screen, scroll to Upcoming Events and tap Our Planet, Our Turn: EcoPal’s Youth Climate Action Fest. That’s your check-in.
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Step 3
Finish check-in and your Youth Climate Action Fest badge lands in EcoPal-proof you showed up for Cincinnati Climate Week in Mason.
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Collective Action. Lasting Change.
EcoPal is hosting Our Planet, Our Turn as part of Cincinnati Climate Week-book swap, climate art competition, zero-waste popcorn, a big-screen Attenborough movie, and a youth volunteer team running the show. Free for families.
For organizations
Launch sustainability challenges, reward green habits, and produce stakeholder-ready impact reports for your workforce.
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Elevate ESG goals, run recycling drives, educate residents, and visualize collective climate impact across your city.
Explore EcoPal for cities →Tap a card-level up how you think about waste at work, at home, and in your community. Fest-approved.
"Wish-cycling" is tossing something in the bin and hoping it's recyclable. Wrong stuff doesn't magically transform-it can spark fires, gunk up machines, or trash a whole load so everything gets sent toward disposal.
Batteries = fire risk
Lithium batteries from old toys, earbuds, or vapes don’t belong in curbside bins. They can spark fires in trucks and facilities. Use proper battery drop-off-never the recycling cart.
Greasy boxes ruin batches
A greasy pizza box or a half-full soda bottle can contaminate a whole load-spoiling paper and sending good recyclables toward the landfill. Empty, scrape, and sort-when unsure, look it up.
Half-full drink containers and food residue are classic contamination culprits-empty first, scrape grease, and when you're unsure, look up your program instead of guessing.
Where it goes
Three lanes-don't mix them up. Read the one-liner on each card first; details are for when you're ready.
If it’s a simple bottle or box, put it in the curb cart.
Your weekly pickup for the straightforward stuff: aluminum cans, plastic bottles, glass jars, paper, and cardboard-clean, empty, and loose (not in bags).
When in doubt, check Rumpke’s latest Cincy guidelines-rules can change.
If it has a cord, a battery, or is foam-take it to the Hub.
The hard stuff doesn’t belong in your curb cart: electronics, Styrofoam, paint, and other problem materials. The Hub helps keep these out of landfills-look it up and plan a drop-off near downtown Cincinnati.
Hours and accepted items change-confirm before you haul.
If it’s stretchy plastic (bags), take it back to the store.
Plastic grocery bags, wraps, and bubble wrap tangle sorting machines at Rumpke-so they don’t go curbside. Many grocery stores have a front-of-store bin for clean, dry film plastic.
Bag your bags: keep them clean and bundled so staff can recycle them safely.
