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,

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

  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MSS Curbside Composting Guide We’ve put together this composting guide to help you understand the importance of composting, what you should and shouldn’t put in your green compostables cart, and even some tips on how to make the process easy