- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym10GGidQU
- The town used 34 different recycling bins to fully seperate all of their waste.
- Roughly 80% of their waste is recycled, reused or composted.
- Plastic containers are washed to remove all food waste before recycling.
Can You Live Without Producing Trash
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDQcBQUDpw
- Composting and buying in bulk can save a lot of wadte. Bringing your own containers that can be refilled can remove the need for lots of packaging.
- 3 steps that are reccomened to reduce waste.
- Know your trash
- Use reusable bags and items
- Make your own products
How San Francisco is Becoming a Zero Waste City
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg3OA1s8-SI
- San Francisco collect 650 tonnes of food scraps and garden trimming every day that now gets turned into compost
- The watse is ground up and checked for plastic and other trash before being air-rated and watered. A piping system also filters out the green houses.
San Francisco Department of the Environment
- http://sfenvironment.org/zero-waste/recycling-and-composting
- http://sfenvironment.org/article/recycling-and-composting-residential-recycling-and-composting-business-recycling-and-composting/compost-recycle-in-san-francisco
- San Francisco waste and recycling is organised into 5 sections
- Compost
- Recycle
- Safely Dispose
- Landfill
- Give Away
- Compost
- Food
- Plant Trimmings
- Soiled Paper Products
- Recycle
- Plastic
- Metal
- Glass
- Paper
- Safely Dispose
- Batteries
- Light Bulbs
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Business Hazardous Waste
- Landfill
- Mylar Film (Glad Wrap)
- Aseptic Containers
- Special Glass
- Ceramics
- Give Away
- Donate unwanted items
- San Francisco aims to be a zero waste city by 2020
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