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‘Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system

In Petaluma, California, to-go cups will now be reused all around town

Courtney Scott, HHW Program Manager, Wins 2024 NBBJ Forty Under 40

Team behind collecting, disposing Sonoma County’s household hazardous waste are skilled in science

Free Fall Garden Giveaway at Larson Park

Healdsburg To Host Household Hazardous Waste Event Tomorrow

RP taking steps towards becoming greener

Sonoma County's Zero Waste Week, popular Fix-It Clinic are back

Live more lightly in Sonoma County with less waste and water

Solar panel recycling gets off the ground in Sonoma County

Celebrate Zero Waste Week with the City of Sonoma, July 23rd – 30th

Free compost giveaway in Sonoma

Got old solar panels? Recycle them with Zero Waste Sonoma

Zero Waste Sonoma Solar Panel Recycling Pilot Project Press Release

Zero Waste Symposium returns in person to the North Bay

Sonoma County pursues returnable foodware as more Marin County locales ban single-use plastic

Ban on single-use restaurant tableware hailed as fast-food ‘revolution’ in France

Nearly 30 events around Sonoma County featured in first-ever Zero Waste Week

Single-use plastic items to be banned from national parks, public lands

California Announces First Statewide Microplastics Strategy

California’s struggling Bottle Bill system is a mess. Here’s why

Sebastopol ‘Recycle Zone’ is first of Sonoma County’s new can and bottle redemption sites

Press Release: L.A. Councilmembers Call for Sweeping Reforms to Recycling Programs and State Enforcement of Labeling Laws on Plastics

How Sonoma County residents are adjusting to California’s new composting law

Seaweed packaging

Can Seaweed Help Solve the Plastics Crisis?

Where Our Waste Goes

The E-Waste Dilemma

Legislative Updates

Climate Action at the County Level

Sonoma County supervisors eye ban on polystyrene containers

Santa Rosa City Council bans single-use disposable food ware beginning Jan. 1, 2022

Plastic Pollution Initiative to Appear on California's 2022 Ballot

Academic Journal Devotes Issue to 'Plastics Dilemma'

Zero Waste Sonoma and Recology Team Up for Plastic Free July

Zero Waste Sonoma awarded grant for food rescue

This app lets you buy whatever food your favorite restaurant has leftover at the end of the day

It’s official: Reusables are safe during COVID-19

EPR Debate Heats Up as Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act Enters Congress copy

FDA: No evidence COVID-19 spreads through food, food packaging

Sonoma County debuts Adopt a Road program with clean roads, watershed in mind

7 ways the circular economy will grow in 2021

New York Ban On PFAS In Food Packaging Is Now Law

Christmas tree recycling programs take shape in Sonoma County

A Spotlight on Two Long-standing HHW Collection Programs That Have Shown Results

Empty isn’t necessarily the end for a beer bottle: Sonoma County’s Conscious Container launches pilot effort to collect, clean, reuse

Cities to pay residents for bottle and can pick-ups and drop-offs

Pilot project brings back glass bottle refills in Sonoma and Marin counties

Debris removal program starts in December in Sonoma County burn zones

Sustainable Footwear Tips and Information

California passes first-in-nation plastics recycling law

Two waste and recycling events coming to Windsor

Clever Reuse Ideas for Insulated Food Delivery Bags

Can Wet Wipes Be Recycled?

Zero waste during coronavirus pandemic: Tips for maintaining a zero waste lifestyle

Reusable bags allowed back in Sonoma County stores after pandemic pause

Overcoming the ick factor: Composting takes off during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus pandemic prompts backslide of environmental protection work

Zero Waste Through the Pandemic: Tips for Handling Our Recyclables, Compost, and More

During the crisis: Shop Smart and Reduce Food Loss

To Study a Problem That’s Everywhere (Microfibers), Scientists are Getting Creative

Podcast interview with Leslie Lukacs, Executive Director of Zero Waste Sonoma

An old-school plan to fight plastic pollution gathers steam

Single-Use Plastics 101

SunChips’ Failed Noisy Compostable Packaging Gets The Last Laugh

Beverage makers have dodged California’s recycling crisis. That may soon change.

Disposable Food Service Ware and Polystyrene Ordinance Update

The Zero Waste Challenge: Giant steps in Sebastopol

Blue Bottle Coffee pledges to go ‘zero waste’ by end of 2020

California fines CVS $3.6 million for failing to recycle

PCR Bottle Mandate Approved in California

Banning ‘forever litter’ in Petaluma

COMPOSTABLE CONTAINERS DON’T END UP WHERE YOU THINK THEY DO

Miniature toiletry bottles would be banned at hotels if Governor Newsom signs this bill

Building a new facility to bring back compost to Sonoma County

Don’t throw away that cup! S.F. pushes reusables, but it won’t be easy

THE BIGGEST RECYCLING STORE CHAIN IN CALIFORNIA JUST CLOSED ITS DOORS.

Sebastopol bans Styrofoam food containers amid growing alarm about single-use plastics

Life Without Plastic Is Possible. It’s Just Very Hard.

Sharps Found in Alarming Rates in Sonoma County Recycling

Does Berkeley, California's foodware ordinance provide a new national model?

How to solve the world’s plastics problem: Bring back the milk man

California faces recycling crisis after China tightens rules