News Archive for Sonoma Marin
Reflecting and Looking Ahead to 2025 and Beyond
As the New Year begins, we reflect on our accomplishments with gratitude and embrace the exciting future ahead. We deeply appreciate our valued cutters and community partners for making it all possible.
Holiday Service Schedule Reminder
Hello, Recology customers! As a reminder, we will not be providing regular service on the upcoming winter holidays. Christmas Day and New Year’s Day will delay your service by one day for the remainder of that holiday week. You can always look up your address on our collections calendar and quickly see what day your service […]
Lisa Clarke’s Journey to Founding Sustainable Marin Schools
In Novato, California, a revolution is underway in the realm of school sustainability, led by an unlikely champion. Lisa Clarke, a trained epidemiologist with a decade of experience in cancer research, has pivoted her career path to tackle an equally pressing global concern: climate change. Driven by a desire to create a better future for […]
Read our 2024 Sustainability Update
Recology Diverts 1.4 Million Tons of Materials from Landfills, Delivers on Key Sustainability Goals in Latest Sustainability Update Highlights Include a 27 Percent Increase in Composting, Investments in Landfill-Gas-to-Energy systems SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, 2024 – Recology, a leading resource recovery company on the West Coast, has released its 2024 Sustainability Update, showcasing the company’s […]
The Truth About Recycling: 7 questions with the Recology Head of Sustainability
In honor of this year’s Earth Month theme: “Planet vs. Plastics”, Julia Mangin, Head of Sustainability at Recology, recently sat down for a Q&A to dispel some of the myths around recycling, discuss the complexities around the recycling process, and explain the importance of contributing to the circular economy. Read on for Julia’s answers to […]
Recology to open new California MRF
Recology Sonoma Marin is preparing to open its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Santa Rosa, California, Jan. 29. Recology says the facility reflects its efforts to shift the industry from traditional waste management to resource recovery, “in pursuit of a world without waste.” Waste Today, Jan. 26, 2024.
Rethinking waste: Recology’s methane reduction strategy
Landfills, the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, significantly contribute to the climate crisis. While the waste management industry traditionally relies heavily on landfills, an alternative approach that focuses on resource recovery—diverting material from landfills for recycling into new products or returning to the earth—is paramount in methane reduction. Reuters, Dec. 12, 2023.
Recology opens $35M advanced recycling center in Santa Rosa
Though the Bay Area has always been a leader in recycling, it can now boast one of the most high-tech mass recycling facilities in the nation, owned by Recology Sonoma Marin. This is where thousands of blue boxes come when they come to Recology, and this is also where the magic begins. KTVU, Jan. 25, […]
Keep Tanglers Out of Your Blue Recycling Cart
Please don’t place any type of tangler (holiday lights, ropes, watering hoses, clothes, or anything with long strands) into your blue recycling cart. When these get stuck in our machines, it slows down our recycling process while someone needs to remove the item. They can also damage the machine and potentially harm the person removing […]