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Que Pasa Grecia - 13 years going strong!
It's the time of year when our expenses come due to run the site - domain name, server and security. If you want to help out, contact Editor Don via the link below. Folks with US bank accounts can also send donations via PayPal - please send to this email address: amani@ioia.net and stipulate "QPG" in the notation section.
We appreciate your support of our volunteer efforts!
We appreciate your support of our volunteer efforts!
13 December | Saturday
Birdy and the Blues Cruisers - Live Music!
At restaurante Il.Piu, located SOUTH of the Naranjo Toll Booth on the Pista in Rosario de Naranjo.
December 20 benefit music with Poison Dart Frogs
Hello everyone! ¿Hola a todos! Please come and help us with a very good cause. The Poison Dart Frogs will be playing a benefit performance at Tribu Restaurant and Bar, on Saturday, Dec. 20th at 12:30 in the afternoon. This is to raise funds for the Associacion Integral de Alfaro, which is the district of San Ramon where San Pedro and Las Musas and Bolivar (and other small barrios) are.
They are collecting gifts to give to some 125-plus kids that are from families with limited incomes, and throwing a Christmas party for them in the community hall in San Pedro the following day.
There is no cover charge to come to the concert (Tribu doesn't have the kind of live music license that allows charging a cover) but of course we want you to donate. The suggested donation is 2000 colones. (There are rumors of a raffle for cool stuff, but that hasn't got legs yet. If you have something to donate to a raffle please let me know at 8702-4174 and we'll see what we can generate.)
25 december
Wishing Peaceful Holidays to All!
What can be recycled?
Hopefully your Spanish is good enough that you can understand these images. The regular neighborhood recycling kiosks will NOT take batteries, light bulbs, ceramics, used paper, paper plates/glasses; window glass or windshields; styrofoam; or construction debris.
It's also useful to know how long these things last in the environment and why it's so important to recycle!
AND....
About Recycling Batteries in Grecia AND Sarchi
Update:
Apparently it's still okay to take old batteries to the ICE office - not only in Grecia but ALSO in Sarchi! Make a note.
I was asked to report on where to recycle batteries.
In Grecia, the small ones (AA, AAA, 9 V, etc.) can be recycled at ICE. Just show the guard your bag and empty it in the recycling container in the lobby.
Larger batteries - we had three huge “battery back-ups” from our computer and TV, which finally died - they were a bit harder to expose of. We finally were told about “Super Batterias”, a store on the radial, towards the pista. On the left-hand side as your heading out of Grecia, shortly after the Matrix exercise center, approximately 100 m past the CCSS offices - and indeed, they took our huge and heavy batteries and promised to recycle them. Mission accomplished!
Updated 3/11/2025
