MVRS Supports REUSE of Amazon Boxes
The Sierra Club has signed on to a petition asking that Amazon offer a pilot pickup program in Marin County in which delivery trucks would pick up Amazon boxes and plastic mailers on subsequent deliveries and return them to Amazon warehouses for reuse. Read the full article on Sierra Magazine: We’re calling for […]
How an advanced line will recycle PET thermoforms – Plastics Recycling Update
Green Impact Plastics, a Mexican company building a $7 million facility in Southern California, is set to use optimized machinery to overcome challenges that have hampered thermoform processing. PET thermoforms bring special baggage to the recycling process: Optical sorters often fail to differentiate them from bottles, and thermoform flakes are more prone to breaking […]
What You Need to Know About Plastic and Recycling
“If you recycle, chances are you throw your recyclables away without giving it much thought. While you may think you’re doing the right thing, recycling can be a bit more complicated than we make it out to be. Read the full article from San Diego Entertainer Magazine online: What You Need to Know About Plastic and […]
5 Tips For Recycling More Efficiently While You Work From Home
Now that the World Health Organization has declared the spread of the coronavirus a pandemic, many of us are asked to work remotely. Spending more time at home may increase the volume of waste we produce, but we can take this sign as a “wake up call on our habits”. Forbes.com Senior Contributor Emanuela Barbiroglio […]
Service as Usual Announcement 3/23/20
Important Service Announcement from MVRS Please see below for important service information for Mill Valley Refuse Service customers. This information was also emailed to our residential customers on March 23, 2020. Click here to view a PDF version of that email or here to see it online. The health and well-being of our employees, customers […]
SB 1383: A Revolution For Organic Waste
In September 2016, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California’s economy. The new law codifies the California Air Resources Board’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy, established pursuant to SB 605 (Lara, […]
Marin’s Zero Waste Schools
Marin’s Zero Waste Schools Life lessons, savings, and less to the landfill Twenty-nine of Marin’s 49 public K-12 schools are enrolled in the Zero Waste Schools Program, and more are coming on board every year. At these schools, students and staff conduct a waste assessment, learn about proper sorting and set up a comprehensive recycling […]
America’s ‘recycled’ plastic waste is clogging landfills, survey finds
America’s ‘recycled’ plastic waste is clogging landfills, survey finds Many facilities lack the ability to process ‘mixed plastics’, a category of waste that has virtually no market as new products Read the full article on TheGuardian.com.
February 2020 Recycling Alert Email
Did you get our email about recycling? On February 6, 2020 we sent an email to our residential customers with information about what can and can’t go in your recycling carts. We also answered some of the questions we get about plastic recycling, specifically in regards to plastic film products such as plastic bags and […]
There Is Plastic In Your Fish
Tiny pieces of plastic called microplastics (a distinction based on size alone) are found in the ocean. Ceaselessly broken down by the elements over time, larger pieces of plastic become smaller and smaller. Microplastics are small enough to be ingested by sea animals, including those that end up on our plates. 70 years of manufacturing […]