Garbage Waste Piling Up at the Landfill: Help Do Your Part With the '4-R' Sytem

SAN RAMON, CA- In an effort to reduce waste materials headed to the landfill, the City of San Ramon has teamed up with Waste Management to encourage recycling locally.

Here are some tips you can use to help by practicing the 4Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot

Reduce: Buy in bulk to avoid individual packages or products with excessive packaging. Whatever you don’t recycle or reuse is trash. What is trash?

Reuse: Avoid the use of disposable or single-use utensils, napkins, paper towels, and other disposable products. Buy durable items that can be reused over and over again.

Recycle: What is recyclable? Close the loop on recycling and buy products made with recycled materials. Items identified as containing “post-consumer” materials are made from things you tossed in your recycling cart or bin!

Rot: What is compostable? Americans throw away 44 percent of yard trimmings and over 90 percent of our food scraps. Help close the loop on organics by placing your food scraps and yard trimming in your green cart to become soil and plant nourishing compost. If you’re interested in composting at home, the City of San Ramon has many resources to help you.

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