Each year, UCCE Tuolumne County Master Gardeners suggest ways to reuse and recycle holiday trimmings. This year there is good news and there is bad news.
BAD NEWS:
GOOD NEWS:
In line with California residents’ concern about environmental effects, Dart Container is moving away from foam food containers into a line of recycled-content paper hot cups, compostable paper and compostable fiber dinnerware. Their products now bear a leaf logo to designate items that contain recycled content, are commercially compostable and designed for recycling. Congratulations to Dart Container Corporation!
If you still receive items packed in white foam, where can you recycle it? Try calling Foam Fabricators, (209) 523-7002, 301 9th Street, Building B, in Modesto, ( www.foamfabricatorsinc.com/) to determine if they still accept expanded foam products. According to Earth911.com, some transfer stations in Calaveras County accept #6 expanded polystyrene foam as well as #6 packing peanuts. Packing peanuts and other packaging materials may be taken to the UPS Store next to Safeway in Sonora or to Pac-N-Copy in the Junction Shopping Center.
If you decorated with a live, cut Christmas tree, it can be chipped at home to make mulch. Mulch provides nutrients to the soil, controls weed growth and reduces evaporation during our hot summers. Or, during January, drop off your tree for free at the Earth Resource Facility in Sonora or the Groveland Transfer Station. For more information, see Tuolumne County’s Christmas tree recycling web page at www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=844
Make a New Year’s Resolution to reduce waste during the holidays by reducing food waste and reusing holiday wrapping, boxes and bags. Wishing you a happy holiday season and a prosperous and peaceful New Year from UCCE Master Gardeners.
Rebecca Miller-Cripps is a University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener in Tuolumne County who brings her Charlie Brown living Christmas tree inside each year.
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