Publications & Resources

Wise About Waste Newsletters

March – May 2025: Reduce Food Waste – Understand Food Product Date Labels, Use Your Kitchen Pail to Fight Climate Change, 55 Years of Earth Day, Cart Placement for Quieter, Quicker, Waste Collection, When in Doubt, Find Out, Mark your Calendar – Spring Clean Up, Holiday Service Schedule.
September – November 2024: Limit Food Waste at Your Feast, What to do with Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG)?, Fall Clean Up November 9, Top Tips for Sorting at Home, Stanford Hit its Highest Waste Diversion Rate in 2023, Product Spotlight: Amazon Ditches Plastic, Rate Increase Notice, Holiday Service Schedule.
July – September 2024: The Perfect Curbside Setout, How Clean is Clean Enough? – Plastic Recycling, Spring Clean Up 2024, Stop Unwanted Mail, Online Portal Provides 24/7 Access.
April – June 2024: Earth Day 2024: Planet vs. Plastics, Mark Your Calendars for Spring Clean Up, Free Disposal of Household Hazardous Waste, Stanford Alum Hosts Composting Workshop for Stanford Residents.
January – March 2024: Start the New Year Sustainably, New Online Portal Provides 24/7 Access, Collection Day Reminders, Proper Sorting Makes a Difference, Compost to Fight Climate Change, Holiday Service Schedule, Proper Waste Sorting Tool.

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October 2023: New PSSI Services and Rates

Events & Programs

(NEW) Composting Education Program Class of 2026 Master Composter Initial Training
The Composting Education Program of Santa Clara County has been planning for the Class of 2026 Master Composter Training and has launched an interest survey. Learn more and submit an interest form here!