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For those of us lucky enough to have a yard, gardening can be a great way to get fresh air, relax and spend time with the family outside. Even better if your garden work creates zero waste or even reduces

After staying at home for weeks, you may be more aware of clutter and be moved to remove! Are you looking at piles of items to donate or recycle?   Unfortunately, during the shelter-at-home order, many facilities for drop-off and

Are you ordering in more during Stay-at-Home? As we get more deliveries and can’t use our reusable bags at stores, paper and plastic bags and cardboard boxes are piling up! Here are some tips from Zero Waste Marin: Paper bags:

During this difficult time, moving toward zero waste may not be at the top of our to-do lists. The COVID-19 restrictions present multiple challenges to our usual waste reduction habits. For example, the ban on reusable bags and cups forces

The team at Mill Valley Refuse wants to offer our sincere and enthusiastic gratitude to Kylie Frame of Feed the Frontlines Marin for bringing our crew not one, but two days of delicious breakfasts.   Kylie, a senior at Tamalpais High School, contacted

    The idea of a “zero waste” lifestyle is a growing trend, particularly online, where YouTubers, bloggers, chefs, and scientists have all started embracing the movement. But for the average person, the concept of “zero” can be intimidating. It

One way to celebrate Earth Day from home this year is to learn about and pressing environmental issues. One such issue that we feel strongly about is single-use plastics. That’s why we urge you to tune in on Earth Day,

  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

“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

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

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

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

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

  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.    

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

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

Marin Sanitary Service, Mill Valley Refuse, Bay Cities Refuse, the Tamalpais Community Services District, Recology and San Marin High School volunteers are providing disposal services.   Read the full Marin IJ article about Christmas tree recycling options in Marin: Marin

  Plan your big meal carefully to minimize what gets thrown away.     Have you started planning for your Thanksgiving meal? Check out the 10 ways Treehugger.com suggests that you can waste less food this year.   Read the