Recycle, Tips
DO NOT BAG RECYCLABLES – bagged recyclables are landfilled. Put recyclables loose in the blue cart and put plastic bags and other soft stretchy plastics in the gray (landfill) cart. Plastic bags and other soft stretchy plastics tangle and damage the sorting...
Landfill, Tips
Non-recyclable items placed in recycling carts tangled into a massive 2,240 lb. ball that shut down the sorting line at the Napa recycling facility. visit www.naparecycling.com for details
Community, Tips
Putting a cart in the bike lane is just like placing it in the middle of the street — so DON’T Carts set in bike lanes or sidewalks block routes to schools, forcing students and others into vehicle traffic It’s not only unsafe, it’s illegal CVC 21211 (b) You can...
Compost, Tips
FOG (Fat, Oil and Grease) can cause clogged sewer lines, leading to sewage overflows that contaminate our homes, streets, and creeks. Helping to prevent sewer overflows and back-ups is easy. Just follow these tips below! Never pour fat, oil or grease down the drain....
Hazardous Waste, Tips
Batteries cannot go in the recycling, trash or compost carts! Multiple times in the past few years, misplaced batteries have started fires at our facilities and in our trucks. Luckily they were put out quickly, but fires from lithium ion batteries – the ones in your...
Tips
From Walkie Talkies to RC cars, rechargeable batteries let you play just as hard as single-use batteries — but without creating as much waste. Rechargeable batteries have improved dramatically over the past few years. Now there are several different kinds to provide a...
