MARIN SANITARY NEWS ARCHIVE

Join the Marin Sanitary Service Team on Sunday, September, 26th for our Customer Appreciation Day! We’re thrilled to once again invite our wonderful community and customers to our facilities for an awesome day of activities! This event will be outdoors, but please bring & wear a mask at all times

Never miss your waste collection day again! Marin Sanitary Service launched a new calendar tool and upgraded mobile app to make it even easier for residents to stay informed about waste and recycling collection programs. Residential customers can download our mobile app, Marin Sanitary Service, for Apple (Download from the

  Pacific Sun: Recycling Your Dead Batteries Did you know that household batteries (all types, from the AAA Alkalines in your TV remote to your watch battery) are considered household hazardous waste?  It’s important for the health and safety of our community that we recycle batteries properly. The Pacific Sun

Recycling Is a Trip! Fun Videos for All Ages Have you ever wondered what happens with all the bottles, cans, and paper in the recycling cart? Or why trash in recycling is a problem? Or maybe if there’s a better option than recycling? Meet Dave the Recycling Fairy, the star

Curbside Rules – Helping Us, Help you! By: Rebecca VanHorn, Customer Service Representative Follow these simple curbside rules for proper recycling, compostables, and garbage collection. Placement matters. Space your carts two feet apart, with the handles facing AWAY from the street. The carts need to be standing clear of utility poles, cars

How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled For an overview of the problems facing plastic recyclers and how they were created, check out this article from NPR. It gives a great background of the issues we face with recycling plastic, and why MSS has narrowed the

Every Day is Earth Day! Here at Marin Sanitary Service, every day is Earth Day! Join us this year for Earth Day by committing to keep organic material out of the landfill and help fight climate change by composting organic materials!  By placing your food scraps, uneaten leftovers, peels and

MSS Spring Newsletter 2021 Our spring newsletter should have arrived, check your mailbox! In case you missed it, we’ve included it below or you can download the full PDF here. Remember, if you’re not sure about whether a material is recyclable or compostable you don’t have to guess. Use the

Lose Single-Use, Choose ReUseful! Nowadays, there are a whole lot of items – such as plastic bottles, utensils and wrap – that are designed to be used once and then thrown “away.” That may feel convenient, but there is a long-term cost. Many items cannot be recycled easily and those