Recycling Programs

Business Recycling – AB 341 Requirements

The Town of Loomis encourages businesses to recycle wherever possible. Many local businesses and schools participate in recycling programs for cardboard, aluminum cans, glass, and office paper recycling. Some deliver their own recyclables directly to the Recycling Center behind Raley’s. Recology also provides special bins for materials to be recycled. For additional information, please call Recology at (530) 885-3735. Another business that recycles other materials is Auburn Recycling & Scrap Metals, 350 Sacramento Street, Auburn (530- 889-2267).

Green Waste Composting

Recology provides a 96-gallon green toter to be used exclusively for green waste at no extra charge. Recology picks up the green waste on a separate route and transports the material to the Western Placer Material Recovery Facility (MRF). The green waste is shredded, screened, then placed into large piles to produce compost for resale from the MRF.

You can also bring your green waste directly to the MRF and have it composted there for a significantly discounted rate compared to landfilling.The MRF is located at: 3033 Fiddyment Rd. (entrance on Athens Ave.), Roseville, CA 95747 near the Thunder Valley casino.

Grasscycling

Grasscycling is a method used to keep grass clippings out of the waste stream. It is the natural recycling of grass by leaving clippings on the lawn after mowing. A mulching mower allows the clippings to be left on the soil to decompose, returning valuable nutrients back to the soil. Grasscycling is simple, easy, and it works!

Reduced Rates Available

If you use one or more 90-gallon toters for your residential garbage and could cut down to a 32-gallon can by wasting less and recycling more, you could drop your quarterly bill by 40% or more. Just provide your own can and sign up with Recology at (530) 885-3735.

Reduce and Reuse

Reducing or reusing are other alternatives to help waste less:

Use www.CraigsList.com, www.eBay.com, and other electronic services to trade new and used goods

Donate furniture, goods and clothes to thrift stores and buy products from them.
Donate and buy stuff from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Roseville, 8280 Industrial Ave Roseville, CA 95678 (916) 797-8673
Look for less packaging in products you buy (e.g., buy cereal in bags)
Keep reusable bags in your car for shopping
Keep reusable food containers in your car for leftovers from dining out
Reuse materials used in packaging food products and reuse containers for storage
Exchange magazines with friends or neighbors, or donate to any waiting room
Businesses use returnable shipping containers and returnable pallets
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without (this was a slogan of the Great Depression – a reminder of how to get by in current economic times)

Takebacks

Since 2006, all retailers of cell phones and rechargeable batteries in California have to accept and collect used cell phones and rechargeable batteries for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal, at no cost to the consumer. Always remember to erase any personal information when donating or recycling a phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

Recycle car or lawn mower batteries at Riebe’s Auto Parts store located at 3851 Taylor Rd in Loomis for free – call 652-4433.

CalRecycle also maintains a website of 269 pharmaceutical and medical sharps take-back sites throughout California. See CalRecycle online database.

E-Waste

Electronic products nearing the end of their useful life (e-Waste) contain hazardous substances like lead and mercury and the State has banned them from being discarded in the regular trash, landfills or incinerators. Qualified e-waste collectors and recyclers offer collection events in Loomis periodically, including events at Loomis Elementary School and at Spring and Fall Cleanups organized by Recology at the parking lot of Del Oro High School. Loomis Self Storage, 5950 Jetton Lane (off Swetzer) works with Greenspot Dropoff to recycle e-waste regularly (Call 916-652-1314 for hours). Another local e-waste recycler is Sims Recycling Solutions, 8855 Washington Boulevard, Roseville, CA 95678, 916-746-7300. Others can be found via www.erecycle.org.

Household Hazardous Waste

Household hazardous wastes (HHW) are illegal to dispose of with household garbage and include: electronics, paints, household batteries and cleaners, automotive batteries and fluids etc. These items are accepted free for residents at the Western Placer Waste Management facility (and for a fee for businesses). There is a maximum of 15 gallons or 125 pounds per visit. For a complete list, disposal times, and proper transportation tips please call Western Placer Waste Management Authority: 916-543-3960.

Free drop-off for home-generated sharps is also available at the MRF. Sharps must be placed in a rigid plastic container to be accepted. Free containers are available while supplies last.

Why Recycle?

Recycling materials creates ten times more jobs than landfilling. Reusing products creates 75-250 more jobs than land filling. By reducing, reusing, recycling, and buying recycled products, every Californian can help protect our environment and provide resources to fuel the new Green Economy. A recent State study found that 25% of all Green Jobs in California are in the recycling industry.

All Zero Waste businesses have saved money. They save the most money by eliminating waste; the next most money by setting up reuse systems; and save more through recycling and composting. Zero Waste businesses also increase their efficiency and sustainability, decrease their liability and reduce their environmental impacts and greenhouse gases.

Help meet State recycling goals that are good for the environment, good for the economy and a good deal for you!

Other Recycling Information

Placer County Environmental Engineering – 530-889-6846, or email at recycle@placer.ca.gov.