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To date, BayREN has avoided over 166 million tons of carbon emissions, paid out $88 million in incentives, and upgraded more than 76,000 homes and businesses across the nine Bay Area counties. Promoting BayREN’s 10 programs throughout Alameda County is a key role our Agency plays that supports our goal of advancing energy and resource efficiency in the built environment to prevent waste, fight climate change, and improve the health of our communities.
On June 12, StopWaste honored the recipients of the 2025 StopWaste Environmental Leadership Awards. Celebrated for the 23rd time, this annual awards program recognizes Alameda County entities for their leadership and innovations in advancing environmental sustainability, waste prevention, and contributions to building healthy, climate resilient communities in Alameda County.
The California Green Business Network has recognized StopWaste once again as a certified Green Business. We are proud to join hundreds of other businesses in Alameda County and over 4,000 across California that are committed to being environmentally friendly and minimizing their impact on the environment.
StopWaste is honored to announce that we have been named a winner of Phase 2 of the Re-X Before Recycling Prize by the U.S.