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  • January 23, 2025

    Food waste is a big problem in California - annually the state disposes of six million tons of food. The issue extends to schools, where an estimated $5 million worth of food is lost every day in schools nationwide. Learn about successful food waste prevention approaches and initiatives in EU and US schools.

  • January 16, 2025

    StopWaste is offering grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 to businesses, nonprofits, institutions, and school districts in Alameda County to fund waste prevention equipment. The deadline to apply is February 24, 2025.

  • January 16, 2025

    StopWaste is offering grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 to businesses, nonprofits, institutions, and school districts in Alameda County to fund waste prevention equipment. The deadline to apply is February 24, 2025.

  • September 12, 2024

    A partnership between StopWaste and Arup is now offering free technical assistance and cash stipends to support low-embodied carbon strategies in construction and renovation projects. Eligible projects include municipal and multifamily projects (new construction, major rehabilitation, and interior renovation) located in Alameda County, California.

  • August 23, 2024

    The Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board has a vacancy in the category of “A representative of an organization engaged primarily in operating recycling programs within Alameda County.” The appointee must live in Alameda County. Term of the appointment is two years, and board members are eligible for re-appointment to one additional two-year term.

  • June 14, 2024

    At a recognition event on June 13, StopWaste named the recipients of the 2024 StopWaste Environmental Leadership Awards.

  • February 6, 2024

    Timothy Burroughs, executive director of StopWaste, was elected as the board chair with unanimous support from the board members, recognizing his extensive experience in representing the interests of local governments, prioritizing the needs of disadvantaged communities, and working effectively with large public agency boards.

  • January 22, 2024

    StopWaste is offering a total of $1.1 million in grant funding to businesses, nonprofits, institutions, and school districts in Alameda County for projects focused on focus on waste prevention, reuse, and recovery of food, goods and materials as well as development, marketing, and products made with recovered materials. Deadline to apply is March 14, 2024.

  • November 9, 2023

    The U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office has announced the Buildings Upgrade Prize Phase 1 winners, and our Energy Council was among the teams chosen to move on to Phase 2. Buildings UP offers more than $22 million in cash prizes and technical assistance over several phases to accelerate the deployment of equitable, widespread energy efficiency and efficient building electrification upgrades.

  • July 31, 2023

    StopWaste has awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding to 64 businesses, non-profits, and institutions in Alameda County for projects focused on food waste prevention, surplus food recovery, reusable foodware, community food systems, reuse, repair, and reusable transport packaging.

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