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Rethinking waste: Recology’s methane reduction strategy Image
Rethinking waste: Recology’s methane reduction strategy

Landfills, the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, significantly contribute to the climate crisis. While the waste management industry traditionally relies heavily on landfills, an alternative approach that focuses on resource recovery—diverting material from landfills for recycling into new products or returning to the earth—is paramount in methane reduction. Reuters, Dec. 12, 2023. 

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Free Mattress Recycling Drop-Off

You can drop up to four (4) residential mattresses off for free at the Recology Auburn Transfer Station!  Visit the Mattress Recycling Council’s Collection Guidelines to see excluded products. 

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Treated Wood Waste Update – Updated Jan. 2022

On August 31, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 332 which takes effect immediately.  AB332 adopts new Alternative Management Standards (AMS) for treated wood waste.  As a result of the new bill, all treated wood waste variances issued by DTSC since March 2021 are now inoperative.  The variances are no longer necessary because they have […]

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