Environmental Services News
This local kickoff to the statewide “No Drugs Down the Drain” campaign during the week of October 4 to October 11 is the first of six free collection events in the San José area.
Event organizers in San José are composting or recycling almost everything, greening their operations and keeping waste out of local landfills.
San José Go Green Schools program will be recognized in September with an award for “Outstanding K-12 School Program” from the National Recycling Coalition.
This is the second year the City of San José is using grazing animals, bats and barn owls to achieve a sustainable, less-toxic land management system.
San José just doubled its performance with the July 1st launch of a new program to sort through garbage from all multi-family complexes in San José and extract everything that can be recycled or composted.
San José City Council approved a new City Policy limiting the use of public funds for the purchase of single-serve bottled water for consumption in City facilities.
Residents can exchange their old-fashioned glass mercury fever thermometers for a FREE digital thermometer (one per household) between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31 at Edenvale Branch Library, 101 Branham Lane East, in San José.
Residents and business owners in San José, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno are invited to apply to become a member of a newly formed Community Advisory Group for a Master Plan project at the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant.
Starting in May 2008, garbage from all City facilities and litter cans along sidewalks and at parks, libraries, and other public spaces will be sorted for recyclable and compostable materials.
Through an expanded recycling program and a new food waste composting pilot, the Museum will recycle, compost or reuse almost all of the waste it generates.
This free lunch-time event will take place at San José City Hall Plaza, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.
West Coast Green, the world’s largest residential green building conference, will take place at the San José Convention Center from September 25-27. |
