Tag: Recology San Francisco

Turning Municipal Waste into Energy: Recology Runs on Alternative Fuel

March 3, 2014

Guest blogger, Chris Choate, VP of Sustainability at Recology, leads us through the dynamic world of creating biofuels. Recology is driven to find the social, environmental, and economical solution to power our fleet of vehicles with fuel produced from the residual resources (waste material) from your trash. We’ve spent a lot of time evaluating and researching ways to … More Turning Municipal Waste into Energy: Recology Runs on Alternative Fuel

San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

January 31, 2014

Happy Lunar New Year – Gung Hay Fat Choy! Join Recology in celebrating Chinese New Year at the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. When: February 15, 5:15 pm – 8:00 pm Location: Market and Second Street to Kearny and Jackson For more information, visit http://www.chineseparade.com/route.asp Recology Sunset Scavenger and Recology Golden Gate have … More San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

San Francisco Dump’s Artist in Residence Program Announces 2012 Residency Recipients

December 15, 2011

Recology San Francisco is pleased to announce recipients of artist residencies for 2012. The six selected artists are Beau Buck, Tamara Albaitis, Amy Wilson Faville, Michael Damm, Julia Goodman, and Jeff Hantman.The Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco is a one-of-a-kind initiative started in 1990 to support Bay Area artists while teaching children … More San Francisco Dump’s Artist in Residence Program Announces 2012 Residency Recipients

San Francisco Recycling Helps Make It Greenest City in U.S. and Canada

June 30, 2011

Src: Edward via flickr.com In a new study on the environmental sustainability of major cities, San Francisco ranked #1. The rankings were based on environmental policies that examined carbon emissions, energy, land use, buildings, transportation, water, waste, air quality and environmental governance. SF Has a Perfect Recycling Score San Francisco ranked near the top in six categories, but … More San Francisco Recycling Helps Make It Greenest City in U.S. and Canada

America Recycles Today and Everyday in SF

November 16, 2010

How can San Francisco, which has the highest recycling rate in the country, further reduce landfill? Let us count the ways. In San Francisco, Recology provides 18 separate and distinct reuse and recycling programs, more than any other city in the U.S.  New data shows reuse, recycling, and composting are more helpful at protecting the environment … More America Recycles Today and Everyday in SF

Working to Recologize!(TM) San Francisco

September 22, 2010

Last Saturday morning, September 18th, 156 sleepy volunteers made their way through the streets of San Francisco to the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA. Together, they painted the building’s new second and third story hallways, bathrooms, classrooms, and gym, created a garden, painted a mural, and cleaned. The majority of volunteers were Recology Sunset Scavanger, Recology Golden Gate, and Recology … More Working to Recologize!(TM) San Francisco

“Art at the Dump” Exhibition Reception Brings Out More Than 600 People

August 5, 2010

More than 600 people attended the opening reception for the exhibition, Art at the Dump: Twenty Years of the Artist in Residence Program at Recology at Intersection 5M. The exhibition, which runs through September 25th, is co-sponsored by Recology, Intersection for the Arts, and Hub Bay Area, and features a selection of work made from … More “Art at the Dump” Exhibition Reception Brings Out More Than 600 People