Ecology Center
  • About
  • Visit
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Calendar

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • About
  • Visit
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Calendar
  • Food
    • FARMERS’ MARKETS
    • FARMERS’ MARKET EBT PROGRAM
    • MARKET MATCH
    • FARMERS’ MARKET FINDER
    • FOOD POLICY COUNCIL
    • ALLIANCE OF FARMERS’ MARKETS
  • Zero Waste
    • BERKELEY CURBSIDE RECYCLING
    • RESOURCEFUL, YOUR PATH TO ZERO WASTE
    • THE PROBLEMS WITH PLASTICS
    • ZERO WASTE RESOURCES
    • PLASTIC FREE JULY
    • DISPOSABLE FOODWARE POLICY TOOLKIT
  • Climate
    • BERKELEY CLIMATE ACTION COALITION
    • CLIMATE ACTION EVENTS
    • CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES
    • CLIMATE EQUITY
    • ECOHOUSE
  • YOUTH
    • YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL ACADEMY
  • Sustainable Living
    • STORE
    • ECOHOUSE
    • CLASSES & EVENTS
    • FACT SHEETS & LINKS
    • ECODIRECTORY
    • LIBRARY & SEED LIBRARY
    • FARMERS’ MARKET FINDER
Supporting Sustainable, Toxic-Free Living
Supporting Sustainable, Toxic-Free Living
Delivering A Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Local Food System
Delivering A Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Local Food System
Berkeley Curbside Recycling: Use Less, Recycle More
Berkeley Curbside Recycling: Use Less, Recycle More
PrevNext
Inspiring and building a sustainable, healthy, and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond.

Donate

Subscribe

Get Involved

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Upcoming Events

  • July 15, 2025

    Farm Fresh Cooking To Prevent Food Waste Tuesday Market Summer Series

View All Events

From the Blog

In the Face of Federal Budget Cuts: Market Match Offers Food Security and Food Sovereignty

In the Face of Federal Budget Cuts: Market Match Offers Food Security and Food Sovereignty
At a time when Congress is trying to cut food security and healthy entitlements, the Ecology Center’s Market Match program offers thousands of families facing hunger the ability to overcome high food costs, by doubling their purchasing power for California’s… Read more »

Youth Environmental Academy Scholars: They get it

Youth Environmental Academy Scholars: They get it
After two successful months of the Youth Environmental Academy under our belt, we are digging deeper into our climate literacy curriculum. Our new scholars have been learning about a wide variety of topics ranging from the different aspects of our… Read more »

Plastic Recycling: How our past always catches up with us

Plastic Recycling: How our past always catches up with us
Some things work like a dream. Your household blue recycling cart, for example, —you put your recyclables in it, wheel it to the curb, and it gets picked up weekly. That routine translated into 6,365 tons of material recycled in… Read more »
More from the blog
RESOURCEFUL: SORT WASTE LIKE A PRO

Resourceful:
your path to zero waste

Use this easy tool to find answers to your waste questions! Find out what items go in which cart, here in Berkeley. Updated weekly by our helpdesk staff!

Berkeley Recyling Guide

Berkeley
Recyling Guide

Help our community
reach our Zero Waste
and Climate Action Goals

EcoDirectory

Looking for businesses and organizations that offer information or services related to environmental topics?



Ecology Center
  • Contact Information
  • Privacy Policy
© Ecology Center. All Rights Reserved. 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702

Ecology CenterLogo Header Menu


  • Ecology Center

  • About
  • Visit
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Calendar
  • Food
    • FARMERS’ MARKETS
    • FARMERS’ MARKET EBT PROGRAM
    • MARKET MATCH
    • FARMERS’ MARKET FINDER
    • FOOD POLICY COUNCIL
    • ALLIANCE OF FARMERS’ MARKETS
  • Zero Waste
    • BERKELEY CURBSIDE RECYCLING
    • RESOURCEFUL, YOUR PATH TO ZERO WASTE
    • THE PROBLEMS WITH PLASTICS
    • ZERO WASTE RESOURCES
    • PLASTIC FREE JULY
    • DISPOSABLE FOODWARE POLICY TOOLKIT
  • Climate
    • BERKELEY CLIMATE ACTION COALITION
    • CLIMATE ACTION EVENTS
    • CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES
    • CLIMATE EQUITY
    • ECOHOUSE
  • YOUTH
    • YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL ACADEMY
  • Sustainable Living
    • STORE
    • ECOHOUSE
    • CLASSES & EVENTS
    • FACT SHEETS & LINKS
    • ECODIRECTORY
    • LIBRARY & SEED LIBRARY
    • FARMERS’ MARKET FINDER