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2010 Home Composting Classes Available
Do you want to start the new year composting in your backyard? Here are three reasons why it is a great idea:
- Composting helps you recycle your yard waste.
- Composting helps our county reach state-mandated waste reduction goals.
- Finished compost improves soil trexture and adds valuable nutrients to keep plants healthy.
To enroll, please click here.
30% OFF NatureMill Indoor Composter
We are now offering CCCSWA service area residents a 30% off online coupon code for the NatureMill Indoor Composter. If you live in an apartment, condo or townhome, or simply don't have the space or time for an outdoor system, this small and easy to use composter will be perfect for your home. It produces compost in only two weeks!
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CCCSWA Board of Directors Meeting
The CCCSWA Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Current CRV Locations
Closest NexCycle Locations:
- 2505 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San Ramon
- 660 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Danville
Walnut Creek Recycling Center, 480 Lawrence Way, Walnut Creek
CLICK HERE to find additonal locations for CRV Recycling
DID YOU KNOW?
That the items below are not recyclable in the burgundy/brown recycling cart and should be put in your blue garbage cart or you can call (800) 750-4096 for other recycling options:
- plastic bags, plastic film wrap or any styrofoam, including packaging materials
- plastic diapers
- tissues, napkins, paper towels, paper plates and cups
Green waste used as alternative daily cover (ADC)
We have had communications from customers who point out that green waste from our service area is being deposited at the Keller Canyon Landfill. A portion of CCCSWA green waste is deposited at landfills as "alternative daily cover" (ADC). ADC is cover material that by law is placed on the surface of the active face of a landfill at the end of each operating day to control vectors, odors, blowing litter, and scavenging.
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New Residential and Commercial Rates
New Service Rates for Garbage & Recycling Services
Pharmaceutical Disposal
Disposing of unwanted medications properly will help to protect your family, your community, and your environment.
Click here for locations, what is acceptable and other important information you should know.
Raffle Winners from the 2010 Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival!
Joyce Strand won the big prize! Green Wheelin’ Electronic Scooter. You can learn more about their scooters at www.greenwheelinscooters.com Emily Cristales won the Norseman Earth Machine Compost Bin. You can access information about that composter here on our website at www.wastediversion.org/app_pages/view/58 Sabrina Talosig won the Innser Sense Beauty Basket. Click on their website to order organic beauty supplies and more. www.innersensebeauty.com Mike Turner won the One-Small-Step “No More Plastic Bags” Lunch Kit. Want to reduce your plastic and paper usage, visit www.onesmallstep.com to see the wonderful reusable products offered. Pat Kennedy won the Caffe California Gift Card. Visit Caffe California for great tasting food. Visit www.caffecalifornia.com to view their menu.
Recycling at Events
California State Law AB 2176 requires recycling to be available and convenient to the public attending large venues and events attracting 2,000 or more attendees per day or charging an entrance fee, while promoting planning for recycling at those locations during design and operation.
If your event meets the above requirements you must complete required recycling documentation in order to obtain a community event permit from all City Hall permit departments within the CCCSWA service area: Walnut Creek, Orinda, Moraga, Lafayette, Danville, and unincorporated areas including Alamo and Blackhawk.
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Residential Food Scrap Collection
Residents of Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga can throw household food scraps into their green waste cart for weekly pick-up. To get a free food scrap container please go to the Walnut Creek Recycling Center at 480 Lawrence Way, W.C.
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Sharps and Lancets Disposal
The CCCSWA, in conjunction with Waste Management, is proud to launch a new sharps home delivery program for residents of Danville, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Walnut Creek, and adjacent unincorporated areas of Central Contra Costa. To learn more information about this new program, please click here!
You also can take your used sharps and lancets to Rossmoor Medical Center Pharmacy. They are located at 1220 Rossmoor Pkwy, in Walnut Creek. For more information, please call (925) 988-7510.
Sustainable Contra Costa 1st Annual Awards Ceremony
On September 30, 2009, the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority (CCCSWA) received a 2009 Certificate of Recognition Government Award for being recognized for the Reuse and Cleanup Days Recycling Program.
The program began in 2000 with a partnership between CCCSWA, Pacific Rim Recycling of Benicia, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, and St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County, Oregon. Reusable household items that would otherwise be landfilled, are collected the day before the regular bulky waste collection day. In 2008, the Reuse and Cleanup Days distributed approximately 1,000 tons of items to local and regional non-profits. This program not only aids those less fortunate, it also creates employment and helps the environment.
TRICKY TRASH TOP TEN
Please click on each of the items to get the low down on what to do with difficult discards.
- Electronic Waste using the Reuse & Clean-up Program - Electronic Waste using other local disposal options
- Pharmaceuticals more locations have been added
- Batteries
- Sharps used for medical purposes
- Paint drop-off at the HHW facility in Martinez
- Motor Oil
- Plastic bags take to your local supermarket or drug store for recycling
- Fluorescent bulbs and CFLs Locally or Fluorescent bulbs or ballasts at the HHW facility
- Non-empty aerosol cans
- Cell phones take back to your retailer for recycling
The Waste-Climate Connection
What does climate change have to do with Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot (compost)? A lot! In fact, the so-called 4Rs can contribute significantly to cutting carbon dioxide and methane—the two main greenhouse gases (GHGs). Click here to learn more.
Winter 4Rs Schools Newsletter
We know these are difficult times for schools with cuts and layoffs of staff, but we have the resources to show you how you can cut back on the cost of trash services and save significant dollars that can be put to better use.