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Hazardous Waste 101 Webinar Follow-Up

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

RethinkWaste held a Hazardous Waste 101 Webinar on February 18, 2021 (National Battery Day). This page provides the webinar recording, presentation slides, links to more resources, and all of the questions (with answers) submitted by attendees. If you have…

Exploring Fashion’s Waste And The Ways To Reduce It

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021

When we think of our waste stream, we often focus on daily-use items associated with food such as bottles, cans, paper, food scraps, straws, and plastic film. However, we may often neglect thinking about another source of waste that…

2020 – 2021 Holiday Schedule & Tree Collection

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

Holiday Schedule Recology San Mateo County is closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day so employees can enjoy the holidays with their families. Compost, recycling, and garbage collection will be delayed by one day for Friday customers for the…

Attention Atherton Residents: New Service Information

Posted on December 21, 2020February 2, 2021

On September 16, 2020, the Town of Atherton’s Council voted in favor of exiting the South Bayside Waste Management Authority Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and to finalize contract negotiations with GreenWaste Recovery for recycling, compost, and solid waste services. This means that the…

RethinkWaste Holiday Show Follow-Up

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

RethinkWaste held a Holiday Show on December 11, 2020. This page provides the webinar recording, presentation slides, links to more resources, and all of the questions submitted by attendees. If you have additional questions, fill out the form at…

Dispose Of These Five Unique Items Properly

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

We try our best to sort our waste carefully: food scraps, food-soiled paper, and landscape materials in the green cart, clean paper and cardboard, metal cans, plastic containers and glass bottles in the blue cart, and most other objects…

RethinkWaste Announces 2020 Poster Contest Winners

Posted on November 16, 2020November 24, 2020

RethinkWaste is very excited to announce the winners of its seventh annual poster contest, which was open to all 3rd through 5th graders attending schools in the RethinkWaste service area. This year’s poster theme was “Rethinking Waste on the…

‘Tis the Season for Gifting and Receiving

Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

The holiday season will soon be upon us! Here are tips for gifting and receiving gifts that are a little easier on the Earth. If Gifting: Try a new experience. Giving the gift of an experience is an easy…

Plastic: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Webinar Follow-Up

Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

RethinkWaste held a webinar about plastic on October 27, 2020. This page provides the webinar recording, presentation slides, links to more resources, and all of the questions submitted by attendees. If you have additional questions, fill out the form…

Do-It-Yourself Face Mask with Scrap Fabric

Posted on October 16, 2020October 25, 2020

Wearing a mask when leaving your house has become the norm now. While disposable masks are convenient, they are a single-use item and can often be found littered on the streets, meaning they can travel through waterways and storm…

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