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Reports on the cooperative activity for recycling the waste paper products of the Bay View Federal Bank building tenants in San Anselmo, California. Cooperation with the 4R (reduce, reuse, recycle, restore) program by the San Anselmo Refuse and Recycling and the San Anselmo Solid Waste; Methods of separating waste paper products.

Provides information on the American Resource Recovery (ARR) vermicomposting operation in Newark, California. Discussion of the use of charred paper as a component of compost; Process of vermicomposting of feedstocks; Production capacity of ARR.

The article offers information on an Annual BioCycle West Coast Conference to be held from April 8 to 11, 2013 in San Diego, California and informs that abstracts for presentations are being accepted.

The article previews the municipal solid waste (MSW) management data analysis in California to improve the measurement methods for the 2010 State of Garbage In America (SOG) survey. It notes that the Franklin Associates methodology tracks the national trends of traditional curbside recyclables. It was designed for the direct-to-recycler tonnage estimation for paper fiber. It explains that the recycling tonnage of the state has a huge implication on its overall national figures due to its size.

The article offers information about the source-separated commercial program in Santa Cruz, California. A survey was conducted in businesses to determine its interest in the separate collection of food, food-soiled paper and wax-coated cardboard. Result shows that many commercial and residential facilities are interested in the idea of collection and composting of organics and have also supplied the needed information about the percentage of waste stream that can be composted. Because of the enthusiasm showed by residents and commercial establishments, the local government selected an appropriate site to initiate its program, a closed section of the County's Buena Vista landfill was chosen, and waste collection strategies are then laid out. INSET: BIODEGRADABLE BAG USE.

The article focuses on how Mad River Brewing Company of Blue Lake, California implemented their ten Waste Reduction Awareness Programs thus becoming a zero emissions brewery. Mad River recycles 98 percent of its residuals aiming at generating zero waste. The company calculates that it diverts about 600 tons of materials from landfills annually such as hops and grain, pallets, cardboard, glass, office paper and many others and saves $44,000 in the process while it costs $10,000 annually to divert such materials. Founder Bob Smith said that the by-products including spent barley malt, yeast and spent hops which are given away to farmers, gardeners and homeowners as feeds to local livestock, soil amendment or compost.

Presents news briefs on composting in the United States as of August 2000. Diverting food residuals and solid paper from Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California; Information on the Industrial Materials Exchanges in King County, Washington; Trials done on a compost unit in Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Reports that the city of San Jose in California hopes to build on the success of its residential yard trimmings recycling program by composting food residuals and nonrecyclable paper. Vermicomposting project at the University of California's Bay Area Research and Extension Center; Role of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. in the project; Permits required for the recycling program. INSETS: VERMICOMPOSTING PILOT;COMPOST PRODUCT ANALYSIS.

The article discusses the legislation SB 270, passed by the California State Senate, prohibiting the use of single-use plastic grocery bags, and includes comments by Mark Murray, Executive Director of Californians Against Waste (CAW).

The article reports that a bill, sponsored by California Senators Alex Padilla and Alex Padilla, has been proposed for imposing a statewide ban on plastic bags at supermarkets, liquor stores and pharmacies.

The article reports that Silver Springs Organics is pursuing contracts for the collection of waste from establishments in Silver Springs, California. The company is trying to win the contract for the hauling of waste from various food services entities including supermarkets, municipalities, hospitals, retirement homes and schools. Part of the organization's goal is to expand its collection of waste 120,000 tons per year by 2011 or 2012. It also accepts preconsumer and postconsumer food waste including cardboard, soiled paper and pallets. According to Greg Schoenbachler, the food wastes are tipped onto a bed of bulking agent, mixed and then put into the compost process.

Reports on the approval by the Compost Agricultural Steering Committee of the California Organics Recycling Council of a set of compost quality guidelines for general agricultural use by compost producers. Applicability to compost products made from any feedstock such as clean yard trimmings, food scraps, paper, wood, biosolids and other municipal solid waste (MSW) materials.

Reports on the triple increase in recyclables and yard trimmings collections in the West Valley area of Santa Clara County in California in 1995 as a result of program expansions. Addition of mixed paper collections in the curbside recycling program; Municipalities included in the program; Adoption of a variable rate refuse fee by certain municipalities.