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StopWaste and Partners Fight Climate Change with Compost
Updated Mar 19, 2026
Livermore, CA – A thin layer of compost applied to grasslands could help fight climate change by capturing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the soil, recent research shows. UC Merced Professor Rebecca Ryals and a team of researchers, ranchers, and public agencies will demonstrate this practice for the first time in the East Bay. The project, which began on December 3, is funded by a California Department of Food and Agriculture Healthy Soils Demonstration grant. The collaboration between Ryals, the Alameda County Resource Conservation District, and StopWaste (the Alameda County
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Agency Update - Fall 2019
Updated Oct 29, 2019
Fall Family Food-Saving Tips Food and family often go hand in hand during the holiday season. In a few days, we will launch our new fall Stop Food Waste campaign, with a focus on local families (including some of our very own StopWaste staff). We’ll share stories and tips on StopFoodWaste.org on how to get the most out of your food, holiday food traditions, and cooking hacks to use up leftovers (and please those picky eaters). Be sure to let us know when you see one of our new campaign posters on your next BART ride, and share your family's own food-saving tips on social media with the hashtag
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CDFA Awards StopWaste and Partners with Healthy Soils Grant
Updated Mar 31, 2026
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) recently announced its latest round of grant recipients for the Healthy Soils Program, distributing $12.48 million throughout the state. A team composed of the Alameda County Resource Conservation District (ACRCD), StopWaste, UC Merced, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Point Blue Conservation Science, is one of 23 recipients selected for an on-farm Healthy Soils Demonstration Grant to test the efficacy of compost application in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sequestering carbon on rangeland soil in eastern Alameda
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Agency Update - Summer 2019
Updated Jun 27, 2019
Congratulations Business Efficiency Awardees! Six Alameda County businesses representing a wide range of industries were selected for their efforts to reduce waste to landfill through waste prevention, reuse, recycling, and composting. They are: Honolulu BBQ – Alameda, Excellence in Disposable Foodware Reduction Isla Restaurant – Newark, Excellence in Recycling & Composting Semifreddi’s – Alameda, Excellence in Energy Efficiency, Recycling & Composting Sodexo at Fremont Unified School District – Fremont, Excellence in Food Waste Reduction UrbanBloc – San Leandro, Excellence in Waste Reduction
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StopWaste, Oakland to Participate in NRDC Food Matters Tour
Updated Jan 16, 2025
In June, two participants from StopWaste and the City of Oakland will participate in a study tour in Milan to examine how other cities are tackling the issue of wasted food.
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Agency Update - Spring 2019
Updated Apr 17, 2019
Spring Into Stop Food Waste Campaign Do you know the best way to store your fresh herbs? How about what pairs with potatoes to keep them from sprouting? In our latest version of the Stop Food Waste campaign, we’ll be sharing food-saving tips across Alameda County BART stations, movie theaters, and social media as well as in your community at farmer’s markets and events. Keep your eyes and ears peeled! Visit StopFoodWaste.org Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste will be hosting mobile one-day community drop-off events starting next month. Alameda
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StopWaste Recognized by EBMUD as Inaugural WaterSmart Partner
Updated Jan 16, 2025
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) recognized StopWaste as one of four inaugural WaterSmart Partners at a ceremony on March 12, 2019. StopWaste previously received WaterSmart designation in 2011 for on-site water-saving practices. The Partnership designation is new for WaterSmart, and EBMUD recognized StopWaste for its long-standing partnership with the utility, and for programs that have contributed to water savings, such as trainings and resources for landscape professionals. For example, EBMUD was an early partner with StopWaste to educate residents about the benefits of sheet
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Recycling is not 'Dead'
Updated Jan 16, 2025
Recently, some international headlines have proclaimed we're approaching an "end to recycling." While the recycling landscape has changed nationally due to China’s decision last year to stop importing some mixed plastics and mixed paper, it is far from dead, especially in Alameda County and the Bay Area.
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Agency Update - Winter 2019
Updated Jan 24, 2019
Waste Prevention Leads New Guiding Principles Last month, StopWaste, via its Waste Management Authority Board, adopted a new set of Guiding Principles that will help guide programmatic strategy and budget development through 2021. The priorities use an adaptive approach to strategic planning, focusing our efforts where we can achieve the greatest results in support of our mission, stakeholders, and member agencies. Explore guiding principles Food-Soiled Paper Still a Sticking Point StopWaste in partnership with research firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, conducted an Alameda County
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BayREN Multifamily Program Receives National Award
Updated Jan 16, 2025
On January 16, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a national nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., recognized the Bay Area Regional Energy Network’s (BayREN) Multifamily program with an Exemplary Program Award as one of America’s outstanding energy efficiency programs.