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WASTE ZERO education picks up in San Mateo County
The WASTE ZERO Specialist at Recology San Mateo County made at stop at the Kindercourt Preschool last month to teach their students about the benefits of recycling and composting. The Kindercourt...
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The pit that you don’t see
It is safe to say that the work we’ve been doing to create alternatives to landfill disposal has forced a change in the traditional waste industry. And it’s an industry that badly needs to change. One...
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Innovation the Right Way
In today’s New York Times article, Flavor Is Price of Scarlet Hue of Tomatoes, the author asks geneticists the universal question: “Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless?” Unlike the modern day...
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Finding Inspiration in the Dumps
Guest blogger Carrie Gaydos is the Community Manager for VonChurch.com writes about an eye-opening trip to the San Francisco “dump.” VonChurch will be hosting Project Zero in Jan. 2013—a month-long...
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San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions: Work by Tamara Albaitis,...
San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions: Work by Tamara Albaitis, Amy Wilson Faville, and Calder Yates The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco will host an exhibition and...
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Plastics Part 7: Polystyrene, expanded polystyrene… you know, your foam cup
Guest blogger, Jessica Connolly of Recology San Mateo County explores plastics and her relationship to them in this series. Polystyrene (PS) is traditionally known by its more widespread name:...
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Recology San Mateo County Says Thank You
A big THANK YOU to all our Recology San Mateo County volunteers who cleaned up our Bay front and local creeks! We were glad to spend some quality time with our friends and neighbors on last Saturday...
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SF hits 80% diversion on the road to zero waste
A National Record This morning San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Lee announced that the city of San Francisco reached an 80% landfill waste diversion rate. The city holds the national recycling and compost...
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Coats for Kids in San Bruno and San Mateo County
Donate Your Coats to Kids It’s time for the annual coat drive throughout the city of San Bruno and San Mateo County. San Bruno All month, residents can drop off new and gently used coats—from infant to...
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Recology San Francisco, Art at the Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions:...
The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco will host an exhibition and reception for current artists-in-residence Benjamin Cowden, Ian Treasure, and student artist Hannah Quinn on...
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Civicorps and Recology Offers New Hope for Workers in Oakland
Civicorps, a non-profit organization located in Oakland, offers job training and career counseling to participants of their Environmental Job Training Program. Published on KTVU.com on December 30,...
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13 Compelling Reasons to Compost
Recology compost programs are designed to return nutrients back to our soils, and essentially back to our dining tables. Composting turns food scraps and yard trimmings into useful materials; the best...
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Recology Western Oregon Partners with Local Veteran to Restore and Donate...
Three years ago, Dean Williams, a retired Vietnam Veteran from Amity, OR, noticed a few perfectly good bikes on a pile of scrap metal at a nearby waste facility. At the time, his granddaughter’s bike...
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Recology San Mateo County Congratulates BizSMART Award Winners
The BizSMART @ Work is an annual award program recognizing businesses and multi-family complexes that are leading the way to reduce waste and conserve natural resources. Recology San Mateo County...
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Sorting Out the Facts
SF Apartment, August 2014 by Robert Reed (View the original article here) Making sure your tenants recycle and compost can seem overwhelming, but the benefits—to the planet and to your pocket—are well...
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Artist in Residence Program Announces 2015 Residency Recipients
Recology San Francisco is pleased to announce recipients of artist residencies for 2015. The six selected artists are Michael Arcega, Jeremiah Barber, Ma Li, Jenny Odell, Alison Pebworth, and Chris...
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Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence Exhibitions: Work by Kara Maria,...
The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco will host an exhibition and reception for current artists-in-residence Kara Maria, Imin Yeh and student artist Matthew Goldberg on Friday,...
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Funky Family Restaurant, “Squeeze In,” Opens in Redwood City with 88% Diversion
Blog post courtesy of Recology San Mateo County Waste Zero Specialist, Angela Goebel. “You’re sitting at our table,” says co-owner Rickey Martinez as I sit down with him, his wife Amanda, and Recology...
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