Northern California Recycling Association
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An association of local governments, community groups & individuals for Zero Waste.
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The effort repurposes trees removed by fire crews into boxes of packaged firewood, turning risk into resource.
https://www.sonomamag.com/locally-founded-nonprofit-is-fighting-fire-with-firewood/
https://www.sonomamag.com/locally-founded-nonprofit-is-fighting-fire-with-firewood/
‘We’re Fighting Fire With Firewood’: A Volunteer Firefighter Finds Untapped Opportunity in the Woods
The Good Fire Project, a nonprofit created by a volunteer firefighter in Healdsburg, is repurposing forgotten felled trees into firewood.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The effort repurposes trees removed by fire crews into boxes of packaged firewood, turning risk into resource.
https://www.sonomamag.com/locally-founded-nonprofit-is-fighting-fire-with-firewood/
https://www.sonomamag.com/locally-founded-nonprofit-is-fighting-fire-with-firewood/
As holiday shopping intensifies, many Californians are seeking ways to maximize their budgets without compromising on quality. Emerson Damiano, a zero waste associate at CALPIRG, highlights how adopting zero waste strategies can help consumers shop smarter...
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Californians turn to zero waste strategies for budget-friendly holiday shopping
As holiday shopping intensifies, many Californians are seeking ways to maximize their budgets without compromising on quality. Emerson Damiano, a zero waste ass
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December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As holiday shopping intensifies, many Californians are seeking ways to maximize their budgets without compromising on quality. Emerson Damiano, a zero waste associate at CALPIRG, highlights how adopting zero waste strategies can help consumers shop smarter...
https://ow.ly/unn050XK64V
https://ow.ly/unn050XK64V
Learn the foundations of Recycling and Zero Waste with NCRA at Introduction to Recycling 2026. This two-day course brings together expert instruction, interactive learning, and inclusive access. No one turned away for lack of funds. 🔗Register today: https://ow.ly/3uK350XK6ga
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Learn the foundations of Recycling and Zero Waste with NCRA at Introduction to Recycling 2026. This two-day course brings together expert instruction, interactive learning, and inclusive access. No one turned away for lack of funds. 🔗Register today: https://ow.ly/3uK350XK6ga
Composting must become central to U.S. waste strategy, argues a Waste360 commentary, citing soil erosion, food waste, and methane emissions as interconnected crises.
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Let It Rot, Let It Renew
The United States loses an estimated 1.7 to 2.3 billion tons of soil every year to runoff and erosion.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Composting must become central to U.S. waste strategy, argues a Waste360 commentary, citing soil erosion, food waste, and methane emissions as interconnected crises.
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https://ow.ly/aMJA50XK63a
California’s environmental oversight board approved the state’s first hazardous waste management plan...despite concerns from environmental groups about potential deregulation.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-02/californias-new-hazardous-waste-plan-worries-environmentalists
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-02/californias-new-hazardous-waste-plan-worries-environmentalists
California's environmental board approved hazardous waste plan that critics say could weaken protections
A California environmental board approved a state plan outlining strategies to safely reduce hazardous waste — despite sharp criticism from environmental groups who say several proposals could invite deregulation.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
California’s environmental oversight board approved the state’s first hazardous waste management plan...despite concerns from environmental groups about potential deregulation.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-02/californias-new-hazardous-waste-plan-worries-environmentalists
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-02/californias-new-hazardous-waste-plan-worries-environmentalists
Raven SR received a key air permit to build a $75M waste-to-hydrogen facility in Richmond, CA, on a closed landfill owned by Republic Services.
https://www.wastedive.com/news/raven-sr-waste-hydrogen-construction-permit/806560/
https://www.wastedive.com/news/raven-sr-waste-hydrogen-construction-permit/806560/
Raven’s $75M California waste-to-hydrogen facility wins key approval
The company is partnering with Republic Services to build the facility on a closed landfill and accept biomass as feedstock. CEO Matt Murdock said construction will likely begin early next year.
www.wastedive.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Raven SR received a key air permit to build a $75M waste-to-hydrogen facility in Richmond, CA, on a closed landfill owned by Republic Services.
https://www.wastedive.com/news/raven-sr-waste-hydrogen-construction-permit/806560/
https://www.wastedive.com/news/raven-sr-waste-hydrogen-construction-permit/806560/
EPR obligations have arrived, with real registration, reporting, and fee requirements, and for textiles in California; significant penalties on the horizon.
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US & Canada- What Consumer Brands Need to Know About Textile & Pa
Businesses that manufacture, sell, ship, or distribute products must now determine whether their packaging and clothing is subject to emerging extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements as EPR deadlines in various jurisdictions have arrived or are pending.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
EPR obligations have arrived, with real registration, reporting, and fee requirements, and for textiles in California; significant penalties on the horizon.
https://ow.ly/sP5n50Xnm0B
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The good news is that recycling your e-waste is ridiculously easy, and you don't even have to find a special recycling center.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/where-to-recycle-your-old-pc-laptop-and-printer-for-free-in-2025/
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/where-to-recycle-your-old-pc-laptop-and-printer-for-free-in-2025/
Here's How to Recycle Your Old Printer, Laptop and PC for Free in 2025
Your old PC from 2008 is not going to make a comeback. Here's how to give it a proper burial.
www.cnet.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The good news is that recycling your e-waste is ridiculously easy, and you don't even have to find a special recycling center.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/where-to-recycle-your-old-pc-laptop-and-printer-for-free-in-2025/
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/where-to-recycle-your-old-pc-laptop-and-printer-for-free-in-2025/
Some of the biogas captured from the Yolo County Central Landfill in California has been certified as carbon negative by the California Air Resources Board using technology from LoCI Controls and the American Biogas Council’s Biogas Carbon Accounting Tool.
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https://ow.ly/6Ts750XnkWF
CARB validates carbon negative gas at Yolo County Central Landfill
Some of the biogas was certified using LoCI Controls’ technology and the ABC’s Carbon Accounting Tool.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Some of the biogas captured from the Yolo County Central Landfill in California has been certified as carbon negative by the California Air Resources Board using technology from LoCI Controls and the American Biogas Council’s Biogas Carbon Accounting Tool.
https://ow.ly/6Ts750XnkWF
https://ow.ly/6Ts750XnkWF
America Recycles Day, brought to you by Keep America Beautiful, is the only nationally recognized day that’s all about recycling! Check out the 2024 WRAP Report - https://ow.ly/i1wJ50Xnn3G
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
America Recycles Day, brought to you by Keep America Beautiful, is the only nationally recognized day that’s all about recycling! Check out the 2024 WRAP Report - https://ow.ly/i1wJ50Xnn3G
Republic Services has been fined $159,000 for what the Bay Area Air District said were air quality violations at the firm's Sonoma Central Landfill in Petaluma. The air district reported that it found several methane leaks at the landfill during June 2023.
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Republic Services fined for violations at Petaluma landfill
FAIRFIELD — Republic Services has been fined $159,000 for what the Bay Area Air District said were air quality violations at the firm's Sonoma Central Landfill in Petaluma.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Republic Services has been fined $159,000 for what the Bay Area Air District said were air quality violations at the firm's Sonoma Central Landfill in Petaluma. The air district reported that it found several methane leaks at the landfill during June 2023.
https://ow.ly/XEhH50XnluS
https://ow.ly/XEhH50XnluS
We stand at a pivotal moment. To continue down this path of unchecked plastic production and consumption is to condemn future generations to an existence of contamination and near certain ecological collapse. But we are not powerless...
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https://ow.ly/ryvu50XnlrE
To Plastic, or Not to Plastic? The Ethical Failure of a Wasteful Society
In Hamlet, the prince ultimately acts—but only after much hesitation, after much suffering. Let us not wait until we are beyond saving to make our choice. To plastic, or not to plastic? That is not just a question. It is one of the defining moral decisions of our time.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We stand at a pivotal moment. To continue down this path of unchecked plastic production and consumption is to condemn future generations to an existence of contamination and near certain ecological collapse. But we are not powerless...
https://ow.ly/ryvu50XnlrE
https://ow.ly/ryvu50XnlrE
The white paper, titled Toward Circular Systems for Trims and Ignored Materials (CSTIM): Challenges and Opportunities, states that significant elements disrupt fiber recovery processes and contaminate recycling streams, making it difficult to create recyclable feedstocks.
https://ow.ly/FUl850XnkZ7
https://ow.ly/FUl850XnkZ7
New report identifies trims as key obstacle to textile-to-textile recycling systems
A new report from Accelerating Circularity has identified trims as barriers to effective textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The white paper, titled Toward Circular Systems for Trims and Ignored Materials (CSTIM): Challenges and Opportunities, states that significant elements disrupt fiber recovery processes and contaminate recycling streams, making it difficult to create recyclable feedstocks.
https://ow.ly/FUl850XnkZ7
https://ow.ly/FUl850XnkZ7
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several environmental bills in October, including those focused on greenhouse gases, composting, glass beverage container recycling, and lithium-ion battery management.
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California Governor Signs Off on Laws, Vetoes, and More
CA Governor Newsom signed several environmental bills in October, including those focused on greenhouse gases, composting, and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several environmental bills in October, including those focused on greenhouse gases, composting, glass beverage container recycling, and lithium-ion battery management.
https://ow.ly/Xvf350XnlPn
https://ow.ly/Xvf350XnlPn
This November, America Recycles Day® becomes America Recycles Month! Use this month-long challenge to review your recycling habits and make mindful changes that will last. How many days in a row can you reduce, reuse, and recycle?
https://kab.org/our-signature-programs/america-recycles-day/
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November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This November, America Recycles Day® becomes America Recycles Month! Use this month-long challenge to review your recycling habits and make mindful changes that will last. How many days in a row can you reduce, reuse, and recycle?
https://kab.org/our-signature-programs/america-recycles-day/
https://kab.org/our-signature-programs/america-recycles-day/
Don’t let your #Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November. More than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins rot in U.S. landfills each year after Halloween, according to the Department of Energy.
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Halloween pumpkin waste is a methane problem, but chefs and farmers have solutions
Every year, more than a billion pounds of pumpkins end up in U.S. landfills after Halloween, releasing methane as they decompose.
apnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Don’t let your #Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November. More than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins rot in U.S. landfills each year after Halloween, according to the Department of Energy.
https://ow.ly/Oqol50XmFOF
https://ow.ly/Oqol50XmFOF
The automotive sector accounts for 12–15% of global plastic demand, and as electric vehicle (EV) adoption accelerates, the use of plastics and fibre-reinforced plastics is set to rise due to their lightweight yet mechanical strength, which helps extend EV range.
https://ow.ly/2Aar50XhSmp
https://ow.ly/2Aar50XhSmp
How we can turn automotive plastics into a circular asset
The car industry must rethink automotive plastics. EU rules, recycling innovation and design are driving circularity in vehicles; collaboration is key.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The automotive sector accounts for 12–15% of global plastic demand, and as electric vehicle (EV) adoption accelerates, the use of plastics and fibre-reinforced plastics is set to rise due to their lightweight yet mechanical strength, which helps extend EV range.
https://ow.ly/2Aar50XhSmp
https://ow.ly/2Aar50XhSmp
One of the worst spills occurred off Sri Lanka in 2021 when thousands of tons of plastic pellets were lost from a stricken cargo ship. Nurdles coated an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of beach on the island's western coast, and fishing was prohibited for months.
https://ow.ly/kqXM50XhSem
https://ow.ly/kqXM50XhSem
EU takes aim at plastic pellets to prevent their nightmare cleanup
At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless. No bigger than a lentil, these "nurdles" are destined to be melted down to make everything from car bumpers to salad bowls.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
One of the worst spills occurred off Sri Lanka in 2021 when thousands of tons of plastic pellets were lost from a stricken cargo ship. Nurdles coated an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of beach on the island's western coast, and fishing was prohibited for months.
https://ow.ly/kqXM50XhSem
https://ow.ly/kqXM50XhSem
Cal Fire urges residents to check which devices in their homes use lithium-ion batteries and to ensure they meet safety standards. Improper charging—such as leaving devices on soft surfaces or overcharging—can significantly increase fire risks.
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CAL FIRE raises awareness about safe use of lithium-ion batteries during fire prevention week - NewsBreak
SACRAMENTO – CAL FIRE’s Office of the State Fire Marshal is partnering with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to raise awareness about the sa
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Cal Fire urges residents to check which devices in their homes use lithium-ion batteries and to ensure they meet safety standards. Improper charging—such as leaving devices on soft surfaces or overcharging—can significantly increase fire risks.
https://ow.ly/YoiU50Xfm5Y
https://ow.ly/YoiU50Xfm5Y
The campaign’s goal is twofold: to provide boaters a safe, legal way to dispose of expired flares and to educate the public about safer, reusable alternatives that protect both people and the marine environment. https://ow.ly/MWcG50XhRmt
California Launches Statewide Effort to Collect Expired Marine Flares and Promote Safe Boating Practices | The Log
Mark your calendars, because there’s another important marine flare collection event that boaters across California should be taking advantage of. As California’s boating community prepares for another busy season on […]
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October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The campaign’s goal is twofold: to provide boaters a safe, legal way to dispose of expired flares and to educate the public about safer, reusable alternatives that protect both people and the marine environment. https://ow.ly/MWcG50XhRmt
State law mandates that retailers stop using plastic bags on Jan. 1. Flimsy single-use plastic bags were outlawed in 2016, and the thicker bags that were still allowed must be phased out at all California supermarkets and retail stores by the end of the year.
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Solano County shoppers endorse plastic bag ban
Plastic bags will soon be a thing of the past for grocery stores in Solano County and the state, and residents say they like the idea – though it appears that some may have to make an adjustment. S…
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October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
State law mandates that retailers stop using plastic bags on Jan. 1. Flimsy single-use plastic bags were outlawed in 2016, and the thicker bags that were still allowed must be phased out at all California supermarkets and retail stores by the end of the year.
https://ow.ly/wYey50XhRMM
https://ow.ly/wYey50XhRMM
How many of us have bought a costume that was perfect for the moment but completely dated by the next October? Like all plastic items, synthetic clothing sheds microplastics that harm the air, our soils, water, and our bodies. https://ow.ly/n5AG50XhRgT
Tips for Killer Plastic-Free Halloween Costumes
You don't have to sacrifice creativity or style to find solid plastic-free Halloween outfit options.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How many of us have bought a costume that was perfect for the moment but completely dated by the next October? Like all plastic items, synthetic clothing sheds microplastics that harm the air, our soils, water, and our bodies. https://ow.ly/n5AG50XhRgT
The Napa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a ban on retailers providing plastic carryout bags to customers in the county’s unincorporated areas starting next year, closing a loophole that had allowed thicker plastic bags marketed as reusable.
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Retailers face fines up to $5,000 a day under new Napa County plastic bag ban
Starting next year, retailers in unincorporated Napa County will no longer be allowed to hand out plastic checkout bags, part of a new county ordinance that also strengthens rules on foodware and f…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Napa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a ban on retailers providing plastic carryout bags to customers in the county’s unincorporated areas starting next year, closing a loophole that had allowed thicker plastic bags marketed as reusable.
https://ow.ly/eYAh50XhS7P
https://ow.ly/eYAh50XhS7P
Though global and domestic economic pressures are expected to continue into next year, there’s reason to be optimistic about longer-term economic trends that could spur future demand for recycled content...
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‘Innovative’ recyclers will weather economic challenges: National Recycling Congress
Headwinds from tariffs, labor and commodity markets are hitting recyclers hard, but some global manufacturing and domestic recycling infrastructure trends offer a silver lining, said ReMA Chief Economist Emily Sanchez.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Though global and domestic economic pressures are expected to continue into next year, there’s reason to be optimistic about longer-term economic trends that could spur future demand for recycled content...
https://ow.ly/yztn50Xfm39
https://ow.ly/yztn50Xfm39
BLT Enterprises, a privately held waste management and industrial real estate investment company, will invest $10 million in improvements at its Fremont, California, recycling and transfer station.
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BLT Enterprises to invest $10 million at California material recovery facility
Improvements are part of a 10-year contract extension with the city of Fremont.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BLT Enterprises, a privately held waste management and industrial real estate investment company, will invest $10 million in improvements at its Fremont, California, recycling and transfer station.
https://ow.ly/NHhy50Xfm72
https://ow.ly/NHhy50Xfm72