Residential Newsletter:
Diversions

Diversions is a newsletter mailed out quarterly to our residents with their garbage bill. There are articles about Cleanup and Reuse Days, ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle items, features on residents who are helping the environment in unique ways, CCCSWA news, composting information, and more!

An archive of these newsletters dating back to Spring of 2002 is available online.

2008

Diversions (Spring 2008 issue) - Feature articles include "Safe Handling of Toxics A Team Effort" and "10+ Years of Collecting Household Hazardous Waste." Other articles include: Hit the Reuse Room for Free Supplies, Drive Through Disposal, "What? My Cell Phone is Hazardous?"

2007

Diversions (Winter 2007 issue) - Feature articles include "Super-Green Dad" and Waste-free Lunch Kits Get Straight A's. Other articles include: Holiday Collection Schedule, Holiday Tree Recycling 2007, Green Re-Models, Part III, Orinda's New Green City Hall!, and more.
 

Diversions (Fall 2007 issue) - Feature articles include "Mom's Green Ways Rub Off on Whole Family" and "Green Remodels: The Sequel." Other articles include: Food Waste Collection in Lamorinda, New Wastebuster Schools, Grow in Certified Composters, and more.
 

Diversions (Summer 2007 issue) - Feature articles include "Ted Pope's Best Resource Is Common Sense: and "After The Curb: Sort Line Workers See It All." Other articles include: Food Waste Collections Coming To Lamorinda, New Collection Rates Effective March 1st, Battery Collection Charges Ahead, Historic Moraga Barn Goes Green and more.

Diversions (Spring 2007 issue) - Feature articles include "Recycled Materials Put a Bounce In your Step!" and "April 22nd Is Earth Day." Other articles include: Mini-grant Has Max Impact, New Guidelines for On-Call Recycling Cleanups, Sustainability Is Common Sense at Intersense Organic Beauty.
 

2006

Diversions (Summer 2006 issue) - Feature articles Hidden Garbage, Athenian Takes Composting to Olympic Levels, and Ideas for an Eco-Friendly Wedding.  Other articles include: Batteries Not Includes...in your trash, The '04 Waste Diversion Numbers Are In and Building Character.  Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Spring 2006 issue) - Feature articles "New Collection Rates Effective March 1st" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Recycling is Cool, Really Cool”. Other articles/information includes: Keep it Clean When Recycling; Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Coming; Mini-Grants Available for 2006; Central Contra Costans Send Warm Wishes South; Thermometer Exchange Fever Grips Rossmoor; This Spring Lots of Chances to Enjoy Nature; Composting is Fun. Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" and important phone numbers.
 

2005

Diversions (Winter 2005 issue) - Feature articles "Please, No Plastic Bags" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Aiming for “Xero” Waste”. Other articles/information includes: Reuse Program Expands to Winter Months; Curbing Need Locally and Around the Globe; Low-Waste, Low-Stress Party Planning; Compost and Get a Rate Discount; and Central Contra Costans Get the Lead Out. Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Fall 2005 issue) - Feature articles include "Zero Waste Gathers Momentum," "Wastebusters Welcomes New Schools," and "Walnut Creek Recycling Center Needs New Home."  Other articles/information includes: Recycling Means Business for California, Green Homes Make an Impression and Composting Shows Kids the Cycle of Life.  Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Summer 2005 issue) - Feature articles "The 2003 Diversion Numbers are In" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "How Much Waste is Too Much?" Other articles/information includes: Local Students Broadcast Recycling Message; New Single-Stream Facility Opens; Reuse-a-Shoe Campaign Comes Back Around the Track, Athletic Shoe Recycling; Mini-grant Recipients Shine, Get Out and Enjoy the Recycling; Dealing With Scavengers during Reuse & Cleanup Days; and Serve Your Plants Refreshing Compost Tea! Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Green Building and your health) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Spring 2005 issue) - Feature articles "Billing Cycle Changes" and "Single-Stream: Central Contra Costans Jump Into the Current" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "What's Black and White and Green All Over? CCCSWA's Resource Library Debuts." Other articles/information includes: Confessions of a Local Composter; See How the Greener Half Lives, Green Homes on Tour this May; Reuse and Cleanup Days Now Including Electronics; Take a Virtual Tour of Dilbert's Ultimate Home; Calendar of Events; and Reusable Trays Mean Less Trash. Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Household Goods Recycling) and important phone numbers.
 

2004

Diversions (Winter 2004 issue) - Feature articles "Recycling at Your Fingertips" and "Single-Stream Recycling Flows this Spring" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Green Gifts of Many Hues - Happy Shoppers. Happy Planet." Other articles/information includes: Holiday Collection Schedule; Holiday Tree Collection Schedule; Give the Gift of Garden; When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best...Again (Low impact Holiday Greetings); Our Little Bill is Growing Up (Electronics Recycling Legislative Update: SB 20); Electronics Curbside Collection a Success; and Unshop Before You Drop!...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Reusing Exercise videos) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Fall 2004 issue) - Feature articles "New Contracts, New Programs" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Internet Exchanges Help Reduce Waste - Moving Materials to the MAX."  Other articles/information includes: Electronics Collection Comes to the Curb; Cal Shakes Wins CCCSWA Grant; Lights, Camera, Recycle!; and You're Invited: Composter and Master Composter workshops...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Environmentally-friendly dry cleaners) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Summer 2004 issue) - Feature articles "2002 Diversion Numbers Are In" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Certified Green - What Does It Mean? Eco-Labels Make Shopping Responsibly Easier."  Other articles/information includes: Recycling Goes Public; Home Composting for Busy People: Workshops; More Schools Reduce Waste; Say Goodbye to Tasteless Tomatoes; An Eggsuberant Madame Ovary Tells All; Reading, 'Riting & Reuse; and Take a Rest on a Recycled Plastic Bench...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (New Electronic fees) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Spring 2004 issue) - Feature articles "Shoe Recycling Hits the Ground Running" and CCCSWA Wins E-Waste Grant" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Raising the Bar on Product Design-Closing the Loop Reaches New Heights."  Other articles/information includes: The Life Cycle of a CD or DVD; Green Builders Can Help You Remodel Responsibly; What to Do with Surplus Cell Phones; Electric-Grasscycling Mower Sale!; and Make Your Own Mulch-Rebates Available for Home Wood Chipper/Shredder...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Recycling VHS tapes) and important phone numbers.
 

2003

Diversions (Winter 2003 issue) - Feature articles "State of the Authority: 2003" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Disposed to Throwing Things Out? - Say No to Single-Use Products."  Other articles/information includes: Holiday Collection Schedule, Curbside Christmas Tree Recycling, 'Tis the Season for Too Many Catalogs, Ecohouse: a Green Masterpiece!, Green your Home with Help from the Green Resource Center; Shipshape Shipping for the Holidays, and Think Globally; Shop Locally - Great Stuff Made Right in Our Backyard!...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Safely donate that old computer) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Fall 2003 issue) - Feature articles "Shoe Recycling Program Comes to CCCSWA Area" and The Waste-Cutting Edge - "Over-Recycling: Too Much of a Good Thing."  Other articles/information includes: Congratulations 2003 Mini-Grant Winners, Wastebusters Are Rewarded, The Future of Central Contra Costa Recycling, Mini-Grant Winner Spotlight-Green Resource Center is Ready to Help!, San Ramon Valley High School Students S.A.V.E. Waste, and E-waste Update...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Recycling Symbol numbers and what's recyclable in the curbside program) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Summer 2003 issue) - Feature articles "Making Sense of the Year 2001 "Diversion" Numbers-What Does it All Mean?" and The Other 50% - "What Happens When the Landfill Closes"  Other articles/information includes: Reuse and Cleanup Days, Schools Are Rewarded for "Busting" Waste, Earth Day Poster Contest Winner, HHW & E-Waste Collection Event, Leather Perfect is Perfect for Used Leather, New Reuse Directory Available, Wasting Resources is So Un-Coolth, and Castle Rock Park Hits a Home Run with Recycled Products...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Environmentally friendly auto repair shops) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Spring 2003 issue) - Feature articles "The New Year Focuses CCCSWA on the Future" and The Other 50% - "Bioreactors: Landfills of the Future?" Other articles/information includes: CC Earth Day Celebration is Discontinued, Central Contra Costa Helps Rebuild a Nation, Ecohouse is Green and Gorgeous!, New C&D Recycling Guide, Become an "Advanced Composter", Electric Grasscycling Mower Sale, and HHW & E-waste Collection Event...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Proper cell phone disposal) and important phone numbers.
 

2002

Diversions (Winter 2002 issue) - Feature articles "How big are your feet? Measure Your Ecological Footprint" and The Other 50% - "Lettuce Entertain You." Other articles/information includes: Holiday collection schedule, the CCCSWA Plans Ahead, Curbside Christmas Tree Recycling Schedule, Celebrate While Saving Resources, Executive Director Interviewed on CNN, Less-Toxic Paint, and E-waste Bills Vetoed by Davis...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Food waste collection) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Fall 2002 issue) - Feature articles "50% and Counting... and Diverting 50%, It All Adds Up" and The Other 50% - "A Look at the Landfill." Other articles/information includes: Make It a Low-Waste Halloween, How Does Your Garden Grow?, Buy a Biostack Bin with Your Credit Card, "You've Got Waste!", Delete Internet Marketing Waste, and E-waste & HHW Collection...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (CRT recycling regulations) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Summer 2002 issue) - Feature articles "Reuse and Cleanup Days - a New Season" and Reduce Matters column "Pack a Zero Waste Picnic." Other articles/information includes: A Closer Look at Collection Rates, How to Use Your FREE Recycling-Only Cleanup, 2002 Mini-Grant Winners!, It's Cool to Recycle at School Poster Contest Winners, Take a Lesson...Learn to Compost!, Remodeling? Work with your contractor to recycle and reuse your remodeling waste, and Reduce waste while you're away...Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Reusing Envelopes and the "Reused With Pride" stamp giveaway) and important phone numbers.
 

Diversions (Spring 2002 issue) - Feature articles "Report Shows Economic Benefits of Recycling" and Reduce Matters column "Boost the Economy Without Boosting Waste." Other articles/information includes: Save Money...and the Environment, too!, Now Available: On-call Collection for TVs & Computers, Celebrate Earth Day, Surplus Medical Supplies Save Lives, Support Recycled Paper with Your Buying Power, Prescription Medicines Need Proper Disposal, Learn to Grasscycle, and Electric Grasscycling Mower Sale. Also contains regular columns "Ask the Authority" (Zero waste) and important phone numbers.
 

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