Serena’s Travels

First of all, a BIG THANK YOU to all the supporters, fans, friends, and new faces who gave us love last night at the Oakland Museum of California, I’ll have pictures to post shortly…

In other news, it’s been quite a year for Oakland’s budget (brewing over more than a decade of “unique” management techniques…as far as I can tell, but anyway…). Despite this, the county’s waste management program is resilient – everywhere I go I see signs of stopwaste in action.

My recent travels in Oakland paper recycling were made all-the-more easy by the recycling tool at their website (here) – type anything in the search field that you’re looking to safely dispose of and they’ll shoot out a list, inclusive of addresses, policies, hours, contacts, and websites. We found a spot to dispose of our work waste paper and even get paid back for it (when we bring more than a few hundred pounds).

Use the online tool, or order their recycling guide for free and it’ll be shipped to your address within a few days. I ordered another copy of their regularly-updated Bay Friendly gardening guide too. I am amazed at they way this great organization is able to use the resources it has, albeit limited at this time, to continue their efforts and hold back 75% of the county’s waste from the landfills.

It’s easy, and even a fun adventure, to do your part-

Interesting views of East Bay Recycling

Are those seriously all G3s they’re dumping, dismantling, recycling, reusing…?

AND…

East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, despite its hike in popularity, has remained an amazing and inspiring place. In fact, it is one of the very best places to donate or purchase random and unique stuff. (Disclosure: I have recently become re-smitten with this Oakland Guide Top Pick because I got a Gaiam ergonomic computer chair for under $30… it’s new and normally something like $150?!? I’m in love, and so is my back, and wrists, for that matter).

Whatever you don’t need in your life anymore, chance are there’s a new home for it at Creative Reuse, another resource Stop Waste directs countless inquiring recyclers to…

Great vintage table linens

Over the years I’ve found a few kitchen nick nacks (oldies but goodies) and a new “window…”

Happy 4Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Reycycle, Recover!

Tags: Oakland/Berkeley, Re-Find, Recycle Everything

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