Author Archives: Pilar Zuniga

Healthier Foodware for the Planet and it’s People

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Sue Chiang visiting the Farmer's Market booth to share info with the public about one time use and reusable food ware.
As a recycler (we are a founding member of AMBR) in a zero waste organization, we always look through the lens of the waste hierarchy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Our organization gets a lot of questions about food ware for parties, take out, etc. and we want to speak to some of the questions and sometimes… Read more »

City of Berkeley Chipper Day Program

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City of Berkeley Chipper Day Program
The Berkeley Fire Department is proud to sponsor the new Berkeley Chipping Program! The program provides for the curbside pickup, chipping, and disposal of vegetation material from residential properties. To participate you MUST book a reservation no later than the Friday preceding the week of your neighborhood’s event.​ Piles are required to be ready at… Read more »

Explore the Ecology Center’s Disposable Foodware Policy Toolkit

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A large group of people standing together holding signs that read "Disposable Free Berkeley"
In the US we have been entrenched in a culture of consumption, with little consideration for what waste disposal entails, for decades. In fact, the convenience of disposable products and foodware has long been celebrated; in the 1950s a Time article coined the term “throwaway living,” naming that sentiment. But in recent years, cultural awareness… Read more »