Meet Todd Storti, Mariposa County’s new Solid Waste & Recycling manager at the next Green S.T.E.A.M Makerspace workshop at the Mariposa Library on Saturday, November 19 at 10 a.m. Learn about how your trash is processed, options for the future of the landfill and composting facility and how and why to recycle. The workshop is geared toward ages 13 and older. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. Participants are also invited to stay to make recycled paper.

Also at 10 a.m., children aged 5 to 12 can learn about the art and science of papermaking and make their own recycled paper to take home. Parents are welcome to bring younger children for story time while older children are taking part in the program.

Both programs are free of charge.

The makerspace will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Materials and equipment are available at no cost to make small projects. Drop in and get ideas, talk with staff and volunteers, and find out what Green S.T.E.A.M. is all about. The makerspace is also open to teens aged 13 to 19 on Thursday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m.

For more information about the Library’s makerspace program, go to: MariposaLibrary.org and watch the short slide show, call the library at 209-966-2140 or email karen.dusek@mariposalibrary.org.

This project is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.