Food Waste Prevention Tips for Community Leaders
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.
Cal wins Zero Waste Challenge
Congratulations to Cal for earning the first-place award in the Pac-12 Road To Zero Waste Challenge for the second year in a row. The Cal Zero Waste Team partnered with elementary and middle school volunteers from the Ready Set Recycle schools’ program to educate fans about recycling.
Spectra by Comcast Spectacor joins StopWaste's Smart Kitchen Initiative
Oakland Coliseum and Alameda County Fairgrounds take lead in reducing food waste.
Tips for Gardening in Our Summer-Dry Climate
StopWaste helps Alameda County residents recycle more and waste less — and that means wasting less water too! These Garden, Home and Food resources will help you save water in the long term.
Oakland Tribune Reports on Decline in Food Waste Recycling
An article in the February 6, 2015 Oakland Tribune reports on a troubling increase in the amount of food scraps that Alameda County residents are putting in their garbage containers instead of their green bins.
Measure Good Stuff in Your Garbage Form
Are you a Fantastic Recycler or Just OK? This form provides instructions for how to figure out how much good stuff you are throwing away.
Recycle Your Tree
Most Alameda County jurisdictions offer free tree recycling in early January on your regularly scheduled collection day.
Do the Rot Thing
Do the Rot Thing – The Simple Art of Home Composting Award winning video that demonstrates the basic steps and shares simple tips for making home composting fun and easy.
