UPCOMING EVENTS
Add your recipe to the Leftover Recipe Challenge Cookbook - Now through April.
Come to our annual Southbury Green Expo - May 9.
Southbury Green Expo 2026 Invites Community to Explore Sustainable Living
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026
Time: 11:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Pomperaug Elementary School, 607 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
Residents of Southbury and surrounding communities are invited to attend the Southbury Green Expo 2026, a free, family-friendly event focused on sustainability, community engagement, and practical solutions for greener living.
The Expo will bring together local businesses, organizations, and artisans dedicated to building a more sustainable future. Designed for both beginners and those already embracing eco-conscious lifestyles, the event offers accessible ideas, valuable resources, and inspiration for making everyday life more sustainable.
Event Highlights Include:
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Recycling Drive: Attendees can responsibly dispose of hard-to-recycle items such as batteries, electronics, clothing, plastic bags and film, corks, ink cartridges, and eyeglasses—helping to keep waste out of landfills.
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Local Vendors & Exhibitors: Explore eco-friendly products and services ranging from energy-efficiency solutions to sustainable goods and upcycled creations.
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Artisans: Support local makers offering unique, handmade items crafted with sustainability in mind.
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Student Sustainability Contest: Celebrate the creativity and environmental leadership of local students, whose projects are inspired by the “Seven Rs” of sustainability, in order of priority: Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Rethink, Repair, Repurpose, and Recycle.
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Educational Opportunities: Learn practical ways to reduce waste, conserve energy, and make environmentally conscious choices at home and in the community.
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Family-Friendly Activities: Enjoy interactive exhibits and hands-on experiences designed for all ages.
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Door Prizes & Giveaways: Attendees will have the chance to win a variety of eco-friendly door prizes donated by participating vendors and community partners.
The Southbury Green Expo provides an opportunity to reduce waste and recycle responsibly, save energy and lower household costs, support local businesses and artisans, connect with neighbors and community organizations, and take meaningful steps toward a more sustainable future!
Admission is free and open to the public.
Registration for sponsors and exhibitors, click this link.
Join the Leftovers Recipe Challenge!
We’re inviting Southbury residents to take part in an exciting community Recipe Challenge — and help turn food scraps and leftovers into something amazing!
🥕 What’s the Challenge?
We’re creating a community cookbook filled with creative, tasty recipes that use:
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Leftovers from last night’s dinner
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Surplus ingredients you need to use up
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Wilting veggies
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Extra dairy or eggs
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Food nearing its expiration date
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Scraps you’d normally toss
If it saves food from the trash — it belongs in this cookbook!
We’ll compile submissions into a community cookbook to share with everyone.
Click here to learn how to participate.
EyeRecycle Bottle & Can Redemption Event
Date: First Sunday of every month
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: 800 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
Please note: We have a new location in the parking lot behind the 800 building. Please follow the signs to our new location.
Enter: driveway on the right side of the 800 building.
Exit: at the traffic light.
EyeRecycle is a redemption center. EyeRecycle pays the full 10 cents per item. They take anything with a CT refund label, not just what the store sells. Plus, they make sure the redeemable items are recycled correctly. We also recycle empty inkject cartridges.
For more details and to see what is NOT ACCEPTED click here.
Donations at each event will benefit the following organizations:
11/2/25 PHS Robotics Team
12/7/25 PHS Track Team
1/4/26 Juniorettes
2/1/26 Words Across Miles
3/1/26 Troop 1607
4/5/26 SACA
5/3/26 Juniorettes
6/7/26 Southbury Food Bank
7/5/26
8/2/26 Troop 1607
9/6/26 PHS Robotics Team
10/4/26 Friends of Pomperaug Music
11/1/26 Southbury Food Bank
12/6/26 PHS Grad Nite 2027
Food Bank Donation - Adopt A Shelf
Date: Second Saturday of every month
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: 88 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488
Sustainable Southbury has made a commitment to the Southbury Food Bank to fill a shelf with canned fruit every month. We invite you to help us by volunteering to donate items or be a dropoff site for donated items. Please sign up if you would like to participate.
For more details click here.