You can look forward to Spring cleaning knowing Roncy REmarket is coming Saturday May 30th, 2026.  The popular Repair Cafe is back. More details and a list of what to save for recycling drop-off will come out later. Anything you'd like to see? Let us know at infophp4ca@gmail.com.

Below were activities from our 2025 REmarket event

Donatables

HOUSEHOLD:

Reusable shopping bags: sturdy, clean

>> PHP4CA

Textiles - (rags or useable): bedding, linen

>> Salvation Army

Packaging from the brands collected by >> Circulr.ca https://circulr.ca/reuse-benefits-for-consumers/#product-list

Luggage, suitcases

>>  Not Just Tourists

COMPUTER + OFFICE:

Batteries and Ink Cartridges

>> Staples

Computers (laptop, desktop), monitors + accessories (keyboards, mice, webcams, microphones, speakers), + internal components (graphic cards, wifi/network cards, RAM, hard drives) mobile phones, tablets and other devices; all cords.

NO PRINTERS/SCANNERS

See:  https://www.freegeektoronto.org/tech-reuse

>>  Free Geek

PLASTICS:

#2 and #5 triangle, rinsed clean and label removed https://plasticflux.com/pages/collection-points

>> Plasticflux

Packaging from the brands collected by Circulr.ca https://circulr.ca/reuse-benefits-for-consumers/#product-list

Medical Supplies for: trauma, burn, emergency care, medical exam, clinical.

See: https://njt.net/i-can-donate-medical-supplies/

NO drugs, medical waste, medicine, clothing, pamphlets, expired liquids

Clothing: rags or reuseable

>> Salvation Army

Live Music By The Roncy Jam Factory 

The Roncy Jam Factory* is honoured and delighted to play at the REmarket, Not only because of the increased significance of the practice of "reduce reuse recycle, repair” but also because of the special community of people who are offering and seeking these services.

We look forward to singing songs inviting people to stop, think and dream.

REmarket Partners

The Repair Cafe

The Repair Cafe is back at the Roncy REmarket by popular demand. The cafe is neighbours helping neighbours to fix household items - small appliances, clothing, home electronics, jewellery, bikes. If you can carry it, the cafe fixers will try their best to repair. For free! The Repair Cafe will run from 12-3 on May 30 at the Roncy REmarket.

clothing FreeMarket

Looking to refresh your wardrobe and clean out your closet? Consider the Clothing Swap at the Roncy REmarket. May 30 from 10-3 at Roncesvalles United Church.

resuable shopping bag drop off

Want to get rid of these reusable grocery bags? They might have seemed like a good idea at first. But now, oh boy, we're swimming in them. Bring your clean extras in good condition, to the Roncy REmarket on May 30 and we will deliver to the Parkdale Community Food Bank to use for grocery deliveries.

Reusable toronto

Reusable Toronto is an initiative of local organizations, reuse champions, businesses, and community members, convened by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA). Together, we’re working to eliminate harmful disposables and champion a culture of reuse in Toronto through advocacy, policy change, community engagement, and on-the-ground solutions.

We’re inspired by a growing movement around the world, including the work of Upstream and non-profit led campaigns like ReusableLA, ReusableSF and ReusableNYC. These jurisdictions have begun to pass new regulations that promote reuse, such as requirements for reusable dishes when dining in. Visit their website to learn more.

Earthstar Botanicals

Earthstar Botanicals will be at the Roncy REmarket May, 10-3. Please drop by and chat with Danielle about Earthstar's activities. Here is some history. In 2024, Danielle Marcos created Earthstar Botanicals urban herb farm with a triple goal:

1) Regenerative Farming: farm as ecological oasis for local pollinators;

2) Beautiful Botanicals: herb products that delight the body and the senses;

3) Plant-Human Bonding: a space where humans can rediscover their connection to their green kin.

Danielle is a member of Project Swallowtail, and is currently completing Pollinator Steward Certification with Pollinator Partnership Canada. She is delighted to be selling pollinator plants (native perennials & annuals) and herb products at the Roncy REmarket on May 30.

lazy bones cozy

LazyBonesCozy is a regular at the Roncy REmarket. Here is the motivation behind the company: Utilizing repurposed, salvaged and designer sample fabrics, I create useful/mindful pieces for a variety of personal comfort and homeware products, while keeping fabric waste out of landfills. My signature piece, and where my company name was derived, is my Neck "Bone" Cushion. The unique shape is appealing and highly functional. Works on all your curves, neck, back, knee body.

Come and check out Toula's latest creations on May 30, 10-3.

City of Toronto - Live Green

Live Green Toronto is a City of Toronto program that provides grants, incentives, resources and tools to promote behaviour change and catalyze climate action to meet Toronto's ambitious target to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2040.

City of Toronto - Solid Waste Management Services

 The City of Toronto’s Solid Waste Management Services is responsible for collecting, transporting, processing, composting and disposing of municipal and some private sector solid waste, including garbage, recyclables, organics, yard waste, electronics and household hazardous waste.

Ecomariko

Mariko Uda (ecomariko) is a local author/illustrator of a simple & fun all-ages picture book called "Where does it all come from? Where does it all go? Toronto's water, energy & waste systems," which draws on her science & engineering background.  She will be giving free readings & also share zero-waste Japanese rope-making!

Free geek toronto

Free Geek Toronto will be collecting the following items at the REmarket (see graphic below).

A proud certified social enterprise in the heart of Toronto

Across North America, passionate people help out at their community Free Geek organization to refurbish discarded computers and make them useful tools again for people who need them. In the process, people build community, gain skills, and help the planet.

Our mission is to provide low-cost computers, offer green solutions to unwanted and end-of-life technology, and work with partners to increase digital inclusion in our city.

Our vision is a city with options for access to technology that reflect people’s ability to pay, a collective commitment to digital inclusion, and the planet’s well-being.

We focus on promoting a circular economy, extending the life of products and reducing our reliance on virgin materials. We seek out unwanted electronics for reuse and refurbishment, selling them at accessible prices. Only items that cannot be reused or refurbished are ethically recycled. Without our commitment to environmental change, we would not have products that help create social change. We take pride in being an employment social enterprise, serving as a model for the circular economy, and moving towards a zero-waste society.

Free Geek Toronto is a certified not-for-profit social enterprise.

Staples

Please bring any of the following that you wish to dispose of to the REmarket on Saturday, June 7 and we will be sure to get them to Staples.

batteries

finished toner and ink jet printer cartridges

“Our mission will never go to waste. Staples Canada has been committed to reducing our environmental impact for more than 20 years. We continue to work hard to create collaborative programs, generate innovative initiatives, and provide sustainable solutions for our customers across Canada.”

not just tourists

Our project is about love. Through the work of volunteers, we aspire to:

• Change the way people travel and start the journey for ordinary tourists to become humanitarians

• Prevent the waste of usable medical supplies and get them to those in most need

Not Just Tourists was founded with the purpose of getting medical supplies to those who can’t afford them. Ordinary tourists are given the means to change the lives of the locals they visit. After seeing first-hand the serious lack of medical supplies in Cuba in 1990, Dr. Ken Taylor and his wife Denise—from St. Catharines, Ontario—started taking medical supplies to remote areas in Cuba. Soon others who were traveling to Cuba began approaching them to take medical supplies too, and the Not Just Tourists phenomenon started.

Since it’s inception 30+ years ago, NJT has spread to chapters across the world, with over 10,000 suitcases and 2,000,000+ lbs of medical supplies and equipment delivered to 82 countries.

Not Just Tourists receives donations from Canada’s largest hospitals, clinics, medical suppliers and individuals. The supplies donated are typically gauze, bandages, surgical instruments, masks, gloves, antiseptics, IV kits, urinary supplies and birthing kits. The supplies are packed by volunteers into suitcases during weekly “packing parties”. Travellers sign up and are given the suitcases to deliver to remote clinics where they are needed. The project does not accept funding, is non-political, non-religious. Everything is accomplished through volunteers.

Salvation Army Thrift Store

What you no longer use someone else needs! Donate your new or gently used clothing and textiles to The Salvation Army Thrift Store at the Roncy REmarket on June 7. 

As a non-profit organization, the funds raised through the sale of donated items at their Thrift Stores directly support Salvation Army programs and services like food banks, shelters, and children’s camps.

Every donated item supports people in need and helps give pre-loved goods a second life. 

Learn more at www.thriftstore.ca

Quintessentials

Quintessentials will be joining the Roncy REmarket on May, 10-3. Expect some lovely clothing and other items made from up-cycled wool. Just the way we like to see clothing made.

Energy Neighbour

Michelle Hjort is your Energy Neighbour. She will be at the Roncy REmarket on May, 10-3, to chat about all things related to energy saving home retrofits. If you want information on heat pumps, solar, etc Michelle is the expert you want.

Prosthetics for Foreign Donation

This year we are collecting donations for Jamaica, especially after the devastation of the last hurricane. We will donate wheelchairs to schools and orphanages around the island to aid in school transportation, prosthetics will aid amputees around the island. We are working with local Jamaican charity Changes to repurpose mobility aides to those in need. 

Prosthetics for Foreign Donation gives the gift of mobility, which is wrapped in independence and a renewed sense of dignity. We aim to give that gift, as it facilitates mobility and more importantly possibilities. Our why is never taking for granted our ability to walk or wheel by sharing that gift with others.