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Recycling

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Earth Day 2026: What you can to promote conservation

  • Apr 22
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Why SF can still use 'recyclable' plastic bags despite California ban

  • Mar 4

California sues plastic bag makers

  • Oct 18, 2025

SJ recycling facility fire now under control

  • Jul 11, 2025

Bioengineers turn plants into building material in Bay Area and beyond

  • Feb 26, 2025

ReStore in Oakland hosts 'Free Furniture Friday'

  • Dec 27, 2024

List of places to recycle or compost Christmas tree in Bay Area

  • Dec 26, 2024

Illegal dumping yards deep at Grizzly Peak, 'panda' group wants change

  • Dec 17, 2024

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Why SF can still use 'recyclable' plastic bags despite California ban

  • Mar 4
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Montgomery boutique turns trash into trendy threads

  • Apr 21, 2025
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Bioengineers turning plants into building material for Oakland housing development and beyond

  • Feb 26, 2025
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ReStore in Oakland hosts 'Free Furniture Friday'

  • Dec 27, 2024
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East Bay Trash Pandas volunteer group fed up with illegal dumping yards deep at iconic Grizzly Peak

  • Dec 17, 2024
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Eco-friendly business crafting drinkware from recycled bottles

  • Dec 10, 2024
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Petaluma's reusable cup project ending successful pilot run

  • Oct 22, 2024
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Consumers upset 400+ SF retailers don't give cash back for recycling

  • Oct 17, 2024

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Lithium battery recycling plant explodes in Missouri; no injuries reported | VIDEO

Dramatic video shows the moment an explosion rocked a large battery-recycling plant.

  • Oct 31, 2024

Petaluma's reusable cup project ending successful pilot run

Petaluma city officials say over 150,000 reusable cups were returned within the first two months alone. Many hope the pilot program will eventually come back on a permanent basis.

  • Oct 22, 2024

Consumers upset 400+ SF retailers don't give cash back for recycling. Here's why

More than $1 million is spent on a San Francisco program that's supposed to encourage convenient, easy recycling - but public records tell a different story.

  • Oct 17, 2024

UC Berkeley chemists discover new way to break down common plastics

UC Berkeley chemists say the new method can take apart some of the most difficult plastics to deconstruct, such as plastic water bottles, milk jug, and more.

  • Aug 30, 2024

Trex program recycles plastic bags, film and turn them into composite decking and outdoor products

Studies show that the overall recycling rate for all plastics is under 10 percent, and that number is likely much lower for plastic bags, but a new program tracks the process and recycles the bags into outdoor products and materials.

  • Aug 1, 2024