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We seek to eliminate waste by developing and discovering sustainable resource recovery practices that can be implemented globally.

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Growing in garbage: Bay Area farmers turning green waste to gold while helping the planet Image
Growing in garbage: Bay Area farmers turning green waste to gold while helping the planet

To the garbage collecting company Recology, not all trash is the same. There’s one type of waste that constantly trails behind us every breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and is increasingly showing up in our landfills: food scraps. Microsoft Start, Apr. 29, 2023.

Watch: “Back to the Core: A Compost Story” Image
Watch: “Back to the Core: A Compost Story”

A new video released by Recology follows the journey of food scraps from curbside green bins to compost facilities to local farms.

Recology nearly halves its fleet emissions Image
Recology nearly halves its fleet emissions

San Francisco-based waste and recycling firm Recology says it has achieved a goal it set four years ago to power its fleet with 90 percent renewable or alternative energy sources. Waste Today, Apr. 11, 2023

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Education & Outreach

We work together with you to ensure you have the tools you need to maximize diversion. Our goal is to always improve the percentage of waste diverted.

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Where We Serve

Recology has 26 collections companies that provide integrated services to more than 2.5 million individuals and more than 100,000 commercial customers in California, Oregon, and Washington.

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Sustainability

Recology is helping lead the resource recovery industry to a greener future by investing in renewable energy, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, and pursuing advanced collection and processing technologies.