Give your bike a second life through the Recycle Your Bicycle Program.
Long Beach officials, Waste Management staffers, and the H.U.B. Bike Co-op volunteers have launched the program to collect and refurbish bikes, and redistribute them to local youths -- all in celebration of National Bike Month.
"This innovative program is an excellent way to help Long Beach be even more sustainable as well as benefiting our youth," Mayor Bob Foster said in a prepared statement. "We are encouraging alternative transportation, healthy lifestyles and recycling though one amazing community enrichment program."
Starting Saturday, and continuing for the following three Saturdays (May 29, June 5, and June 12), residents can bring bicycles in any condition for donation from 12 to 4 p.m. to El Dorado Park West, 2800 Studebaker Road; Houghton Park, 6301 Myrtle Ave.; Cesar Chavez Park, 401 Golden Ave.; McBride Park, 1550 Martin Luther King Ave.; and Silverado Park, 1545 W. 31st St.
Bikes in salvageable condition will be repaired by the local bike community non-profit, the H.U.B Bike Co-op, through their mentorship program, and then redistributed to local youth. Bikes beyond repair will be recycled as scrap metal by Waste Management.
The H.U.B. Bike Co-op is seeking volunteer bike mechanics to assist with bike repairs. Anyone interested in volunteering should email the H.U.B at peddlemovement@gmail.com for more information.
For more details, contact Courtney Aguirre, Transportation programs planner, at 562.570.6667.
Joe Segura, a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, has covered Gotham City, er Long Beach, for 34 years. During his very, very long -- endless -- tenure, he's covered almost every beat, and he was the main writer for BeachWeek, which focused on life and lifestyles of the shoreline communities from downtown Long Beach to the Huntington Beach pier.
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