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- RFP-RFQ
StopWaste is requesting proposals from qualified firms and/or individuals for service as consultants to assist with its lobbying efforts in Sacramento.
Proposals are due by 5:00 pm on September 21, 2023 
This flyer provides all the information that residents need to drop-off their leftover household hazardous waste at the four county facilities that are open weekly for convenient free drop-offs.
| 07/31/2023StopWaste 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.
Topic BriefsQuestions around what is recyclable and what happens to our recyclables have increased since China’s National Sword policy and other changes in global markets disrupted recycling programs across the country.
Alameda County law prohibits disposal of plant debris in county landfills. ACWMA Plant Debris Landfill Ban Ordinance 2008-01 requires landscape professionals, residents and businesses to separate all plant debris from garbage.
| 07/11/2023A new State law, SB 54, known as the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, sets new goals to reduce plastic packaging and requires that all forms of single-use products be recyclable or compostable by 2032.
Schools - ReflectionHedy’s 4Rs – Reflect, Rethink, Regrow, Rebuild, and Reuse – are represented in their mixed media artwork submitted for the 2023 May the 4Rs Be With You Art & Media Contest. Download Hedy’s (Re)Generation story about their piece and how it represents their 4Rs.
Schools - ReflectionRoosevelt Dad's Ace Club's 4Rs – Rethink, Reuse, Remulch, and Rejuvenate – are represented in their mixed media artwork submitted for the 2023 May the 4Rs Be With You Art & Media Contest. Download their (Re)Generation story about their piece and how it represents their 4Rs.
- Schools - Reflection
Kristine and Migdalia’s 4Rs – Rethink, Reuse, Rot, Recycle, Reduce, Refuse and Repurpose – are represented in their video submitted for the 2023 May the 4Rs Be With You Art & Media Contest. Download their (Re)Generation story about their piece and how it represents their 4Rs.