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News | 05/26/2016Eight businesses were selected for their leadership in reducing waste and increasing efficiency.
Download the presentation given during the 2016 Business Efficiency Awards held in Oakland, CA on May 25th. StopWaste acknowledged eight companies from around Alameda County for outstanding achievements in waste reduction.
Eight Alameda County Companies Recognized for Waste Reduction Excellence
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On January 22, 2016, StopWaste hosted our Alameda County C&D Working Group to discuss recent updates and pending changes to the C&D industry. Topics included the new CALGreen 2016 code changes that require 65% C&D diversion statewide (as of January 1, 2017), updating local C&D ordinances, and efforts around regional coordination of C&D facility diversion rates.
- News | 05/17/2016
Starting in June, Castro Valley will run a seven-month program to evaluate less than weekly trash pickup.
Addressing food waste through prevention, redistribution and composting is an emerging focus for city leaders. In the attached article are steps that elected officials, city managers and other leaders can take to make food waste prevention a widespread practice based on interviews with food waste reduction experts, including Staff from StopWaste.
The adopted FY16/17 budget totals approximately $38.4 million. The Agency’s core budget is similar to FY15/16 totaling $11.4 million.