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Topic BriefsManufacturers apply a wide variety of date labels such as “expires on,” “best before,” and “sell by,” to indicate the last date that a food will maintain its peak quality and flavor. However, with the exception of certain products like infant formula, these date labels are simply used to indicate peak freshness.
Join the StopWaste schools team and connect with other school champions and leaders at our first Open House event of the school year.
This quick how-to-guide provides a general overview of the steps to conduct a school waste audit.
This document provides an overview of the requirements for businesses and multifamily properties under California law SB 1383.
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StopWaste is requesting proposals from qualified firms and/or individuals for service as consultants to assist with its lobbying efforts in Sacramento.
Proposals are due by 5:00 pm on September 21, 2023 
This flyer provides all the information that residents need to drop-off their leftover household hazardous waste at the four county facilities that are open weekly for convenient free drop-offs.
| 07/31/2023StopWaste has awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding to 64 businesses, non-profits, and institutions in Alameda County for projects focused on food waste prevention, surplus food recovery, reusable foodware, community food systems, reuse, repair, and reusable transport packaging.
Topic BriefsQuestions around what is recyclable and what happens to our recyclables have increased since China’s National Sword policy and other changes in global markets disrupted recycling programs across the country.