Marin’s Zero Waste Schools Life lessons, savings, and less to the landfill Twenty-nine of Marin’s 49 public K-12 schools are enrolled in the Zero Waste Schools Program, and more are coming on board every year. At these schools, students and staff conduct a waste assessment, learn about proper sorting and
Why is it so difficult to recycle plastic? Well, it’s complicated. From chemical composition to consumer behavior, there’s a lot to it. We encourage you to read this article on Waste360 to learn more about what makes recycling plastics a challenge. And remember, if you have a question about
The Winter/Holiday 2019 Marin Sanitary Service newsletter is out and should be arriving in your mailbox. Be sure to check it out to learn about holiday waste best practices, our holiday schedule, and tree pickup information. Read the Winter 2019 Newsletter (pdf) here
[break] [break] In 2020, many California restaurants, malls and other businesses will need to change the way they make compost and recycling bins accessible to customers. [break] Assembly Bill 827 (making its way through the California legislature now) mandates that businesses that are already required to subscribe to recycling services under
[break] With the signing of Assembly Bill No. 815, California Governor Gavin Newsom has added another layer of accountability on cities, counties and regional agencies in the state’s quest to divert from disposal 50% of all solid waste through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. [break] Current law requires a city,
[break] What happens when you mix recycling education with a Maghan-Trainor-inspired song and a dash of silly? [break] This parody video! [break] Made by our friends at Sustainable Tucson about wishful recycling, both the message — and the delivery — made us smile. [break] And remember, if you have a
On the third Saturday in September California cleans up! California Coastal Cleanup Day welcomes more than 60,000 volunteers who will pick up hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash and recyclables from beaches, lakes, and waterways each year. It brings awareness to the marine litter problem and provides a community event
Ever wonder just how we got to be so dependent on plastics? In Never gonna give you up: how plastic seduced America, journalist Susan Strasser takes us on tour of America’s plastic story from first production in 1907, to the Disneyland plastic “house of the future,” to today’s single-use obsession.
[break] There’s no doubt that the recycling industry is changing. Over the last few years there have been significant fluctuations in the markets for plastics and other recyclables that have caused us (and everyone else) to reevaluate the status quo. As we react and take measures to address these changes,
Check out Matthew Pera’s May 31, 2019 Marin IJ article titled “Plastic bans are a growing trend in Marin” to learn about the challenges recyclers are facing selling plastics and the steps some of our local cities are taking to reduce the amount of plastics we use. [break] Remember, a