Treated Wood Waste Disposal The alternative management standard (AMS), which allows waste haulers to accept treated wood waste (TWW) from residential and commercial customers, expires on December 31, 2020. For this reason, beginning on January 1, 2021, waste haulers in

  In 2021, Re-Solve to Re-Home You sort and recycle, compost your food scraps and avoid plastic bags. That’s great! Moving to zero waste also means making sure that the stuff you no longer want gets used by someone else,

Marin IJ: Marin waste haulers offer free Christmas tree recycling The Marin IJ has posted an article about curbside tree collection and drop off information for Marin County.   Beginning this week, trees will be chipped and hauled away to

How One Marin Apartment Complex Succeeds with Composting Compliance California state law AB 1826 requires all businesses and multifamily residences of 5 or more units producing over 2 cubic yards of solid waste to subscribe to compostables service. This case study,

MSS Winter Newsletter 2020 Our winter 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.

Winter Holiday Fair On Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm Marin Sanitary Service will hold its second-annual zero waste winter holiday fair! We had such a fun time hosting everyone at our recycling facility last year, and to keep everyone safe

Our Littlest Fan We are delighted to introduce you to our littlest fan: Mason, aged 2.5, a resident of Rafael Highlands. Mason dressed up as a Marin Sanitary driver for Halloween this year and we are so flattered! We hear

Zero Waste Art Projects   This week we are excited to share some creative ideas that can help you bringconcepts of zero waste and reuse into the (virtual) classroom, courtesy of 3rd grade teacher Liza Mathews at Neil Cummins Elementary

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

WHERE SHOULD YOU PUT THE NEW CLOVER MILK CARTONS? Although the Clover milk cartons say “rinse and recycle”, with all products it is important to check with your local recycler to see if they have a market to recycle that