Bicycle and Recycle
Veggie Bike and Recycle
Thursday, Dec. 15, 11:30 a.m.
Register before Friday, Dec. 9

Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and EarthSave Chicago highlight the Chicago Blue Bag Recycling Program with bike ride and vegan lunch

Get the lowdown on Chicago's Blue Bag Recycling Program Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Chicago Sorting Center, 3757 W. 34th St., during a new event, Veggie Bike and Recycle.

A co-production of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and EarthSave Chicago, Veggie Bike and Recycle is the offspring of Veggie Bike and Dine, an annual bike tour of independently owned restaurants specializing in vegan fare around Chicago and the inner-ring suburbs. A vegan meal consists entirely of plant-based foods and excludes meat, fish, dairy products, eggs, or any other animal products.

Veggie Bike and Recycle begins with a nine-mile bike ride departing at 11:30 a.m. from Daley Plaza, 100 N. Dearborn Street. Sign in at the Chicago Sorting Center begins at 12:15 p.m. A one-hour tour from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. takes participants around a glassed-in gallery allowing them to see the tons of paper, plastic and aluminum collected and converted into new products every day. After the tour, a seven-mile bike ride continues to Lao Sze Chuan, 2172 S. Archer Ave., for a prix fixe Szechwan vegan lunch (price to be determined) starting at 2 p.m. The event concludes at 3 p.m. with a two-mile bike ride from Lao Sze Chuan to Daley Plaza.

Space is limited to 60 people for the Chicago Sorting Center tour and 40 for the lunch at Lao Sze Chuan. Registrants may participate in any or all portions of the Veggie Bike and Recycle, which includes the bike ride, tour and lunch. When registering, participants must specify which portions they wish to attend in an e-mail to register@earthsavechicago.com before Dec. 9.

Veggie Bike and Recycle is part of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's 2006 Top 10 Initiative to expand activities which elevate bicycling within our culture by celebrating bicycling's vital relationship to food, shopping, entertainment, work, recreation and daily life. The event is also included in Chicago Bike Winter, an annual event that promotes winter bike riding. For more information, please visit www.bikewinter.org.

The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation was founded in 1985 to improve the bicycling environment in the seven-county Chicago region. The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation promotes bicycle safety, education, and facilities and encourages the use of the bicycle as an energy-efficient, economical and nonpolluting form of transportation and as a healthful and enjoyable form of recreation. For more information visit www.biketraffic.org. EarthSave Chicago promotes the benefits of a plant-based diet through community outreach, potluck dinners and speakers, and VegChicago.com, a resource for vegetarian dining and grocery shopping in Chicago. For more information visit www.earthsavechicago.org.

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