Recycling Update: Strategies for Closing Berkeley’s Budget Gap

Recycling Update: Strategies for Closing Berkeley’s Budget Gap
This past spring, the Ecology Center’s Curbside Recycling Program found itself in peril: the City of Berkeley’s Solid Waste Division was facing a budget shortfall, and a consultant hired by Public Works staff recommended termination of the Ecology Center’s recycling contract, among other strategies to cut costs. The consultant’s report threw the Ecology Center into… Read more »

City of Berkeley partners with Catalog Choice to reduce unwanted mailings

City of Berkeley partners with Catalog Choice to reduce unwanted mailings
Catalog Choice, a former fiscally sponsored project of the Ecology Center, has partnered with the City of Berkeley to help community members and businesses eliminate unwanted catalogues and mailings from swamping your inbox. Sign up for this free service and choose which catalogues you wish to opt out of. Click here to get started.… Read more »