Upcoming Events
14 & 15 November
Yard Sale to Benefit Strong Missions
SAVE THE DATE!!
November 14 & 15, Huge Garage Sale on Calle San Jose benefitting Strong Mission’s service-oriented youth organization, SOL., such as free visual, performing and martial arts programs for kids: dance, music, guitar, art, theater, & karate.
Whats App or call Charlie at 8357 9893 to donate items in decent shape or to volunteer.
Anyone wishing to donate can contact Rebecca Harlien to arrange drop off or pick up. If they would like to attend she can also assist with directions. You can contact Rebecca at 8371-7167.
You can also Whats App or call Charlie at 8357 9893 to donate items in decent shape or to volunteer.
Thanks everyone - please spread the word!
November 14 & 15, Huge Garage Sale on Calle San Jose benefitting Strong Mission’s service-oriented youth organization, SOL., such as free visual, performing and martial arts programs for kids: dance, music, guitar, art, theater, & karate.
Whats App or call Charlie at 8357 9893 to donate items in decent shape or to volunteer.
Anyone wishing to donate can contact Rebecca Harlien to arrange drop off or pick up. If they would like to attend she can also assist with directions. You can contact Rebecca at 8371-7167.
You can also Whats App or call Charlie at 8357 9893 to donate items in decent shape or to volunteer.
Thanks everyone - please spread the word!
2026 Neighborhood Recycling Schedule
The image at right shows recycling for the entire Grecia area for 2026.
See the color-coded symbols at the bottom of the image to find your neighborhood and when the collectors will be in your area.
There are also 2 phone numbers to call with questions, have your Spanish in hand.
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:
Plain old AA, AAA, C, D, and 9v batteries are no longer accepted at ICE, the muni, or the Grecia recycling center.
What to do?
The man at the recycling center said to keep them separate and put in with other pertinent items on Non-Traditional garbage pick-up day. This happens 3-4 times per year. Label the container/bag they are in. They will get separated out and someone will receive them for further processing.
If you are a member of Blooms women's group, one of our members will be accepting them starting in January and taking to a merchant in town who has someone that picks them up.
Note: This was the case in 2025 but we are not positive about 2026. If you know differently, please let us know!
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!
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 1/8/2026
Que Pasa Grecia - 14 years going strong!
At years' end 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!
(Yes, we need a new graphic - in my spare time!)
