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The Truth About Recycling: 7 questions with the Recology Head of Sustainability Image
The Truth About Recycling: 7 questions with the Recology Head of Sustainability

In honor of this year’s Earth Month theme: “Planet vs. Plastics”, Julia Mangin, Head of Sustainability at Recology, recently sat down for a Q&A to dispel some of the myths around recycling, discuss the complexities around the recycling process, and explain the importance of contributing to the circular economy. Read on for Julia’s answers to […]

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Rethinking waste: Recology’s methane reduction strategy

Landfills, the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, significantly contribute to the climate crisis. While the waste management industry traditionally relies heavily on landfills, an alternative approach that focuses on resource recovery—diverting material from landfills for recycling into new products or returning to the earth—is paramount in methane reduction. Reuters, Dec. 12, 2023. 

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Compost: Easy and Odor Free

SB1383 is new legislation that requires all residents and businesses to divert organic material away from the landfill. As of January 1st, 2022 you are now required to compost. By reducing the amount of organic material sent to the landfill, you are reducing greenhouse gas emissions that speed up climate change! How to use your […]

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Businesses Organics Recycling

Recology Butte Colusa Counties now offers organic (food waste) recycling services to commercial customers in Chico and Oroville.

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Drop Off EWaste

Electronic and universal waste, such as fluorescent tubes and consumer batteries, are prohibited from the trash. Please drop them off at one of our transfer stations for safe disposal.

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Oroville Drop Off

Drop off extra materials or items that don't fit in your bins at the Butte Colusa Counties Transfer Station.