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2. San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance

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   Both composting and recycling are less costly per month than the trash bill. [20] The city newsletter highlighted this fact and suggested diverting more waste to recycling and composting bins, lowering trash bills by requesting less frequent trash collection, and using smaller trash bins to lessen the financial burden on residents. [21]

3. Newby Island landfill - Wikipedia

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   It operated as an open burning dump until 1956 when it became a landfill. In 1956, the San Jose Scavenger Company started the landfill operations. In 1968, it was annexed into the city of San Jose as a non-conforming zone. [4] In 1973, Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) of Northern California began operation of this site late in 1973. [7]

4. Recology - Wikipedia

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   The company has a long history in the Bay Area, and holds a no-bid contract for garbage collection in San Francisco.In 1932, the city granted a permanent concession to the city's 97 independent garbage collectors; shortly thereafter those 97 independents banded together to form the company that would become Norcal Waste Systems. [4]

5. Is recycling worth it? - AOL

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   Recycling rates vary by location, plastic type, and its use, and most of the world’s waste ends up in landfills or is lost to nature. Sometimes, it is shipped to places where it is burned or dumped.

6. Informal waste collection - Wikipedia

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   Waste pickers at a landfill in Jakarta, Indonesia. The ragpicker's trade was known in Europe, particularly in France and Italy, until the 1960s. [2] There are municipalities, for example Gambettola in northern Italy, where the inhabitants have made a fortune from the recovery of old things and perpetuate this ancient profession by recovering metals for the steel industry.

7. How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades ...

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   California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...