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Success StoriesThe Casitas Alameda Homeowners Association, a community of more than 400 homes, used sheet mulch to replace a large swath of lawn with colorful, climate-appropriate plants. The new landscape is expected to use two-thirds less water than the lawn.
The Reuse Operating Grant Program is available for reuse projects in Alameda County who are in need of funding for staff salaries and supplies related to promotions, educational and outreach programs and/or collection improvements. There is a maximum of $15,000 per request, per year.
Lawn to Garden Conversion Mini Grants for nonprofit Home Owner Associations (HOAs) provides funding and incentives to convert small lawns (1,000 to 2,500 square feet) into sustainable Bay-Friendly landscapes at HOAs located in Alameda County. As people often regularly congregate at community based facilities, such as HOA common areas, projects in these public settings will provide excellent opportunities to promote lawn conversion programs. The grant goal is to lose a lawn, gain a garden, have community members participate in the conversion, and apply what they have learned to their own lawns. Technical assistance, free materials and grant funding provides support to HOAs to convert a common area lawn to a sustainable garden.
Table compares bag purchasing data from 2012 to 2013 from 5 different types of large and small chain stores. Data for a total of 69 stores across 5 chain stores (all located in Alameda County) was analyzed to assess changes in bag purchasing activities as a result of Ordinance 2012-2.
Staff observed shoppers leaving retail stores for one hour (pre and post ordinance) and counted the number and type of bag (or lack of a bag) that customers used to carry their purchases. Observations were made at 17 stores that included a variety of store types such as grocery, pharmacy, convenience and big box stores.
- News | 11/17/2015
The Alameda County Waste Management Authority has begun issuing fines to businesses and multi-family property owners still in violation of Alameda County’s Mandatory Recycling Ordinance. To date, over 100 citation notices have been served, and more are expected as routine inspections continue. Of the locations inspected this year, the majority was found to be in compliance with the Ordinance at the time of inspection.
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This slideshow shows how to convert your lawn sprinklers to drip irrigation as part of a water-saving landscape.
ReportsStopWaste partnered with Healthy Building Network and the San Francisco Department of the Environment to investigate ways to enhance the quality of post-consumer recycled-content raw materials (or “feedstock”) used in the manufacturing of building products.