| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reducing Food Waste at Home | Olio |
An app to connect neighbors to share food, and other things, rather than thowing it away! |
| Reducing Food Waste at Home | MV - Silicon Valley Food Rescue |
Information about a local initiative to fight food waste and reduce hunger in Silicon Valley. |
| Reducing Food Waste at Home | Food Waste Reduction Tips |
Planning, storage, and prep tips from the EPA to reduce food waste at home. |
| Reducing Food Waste at Home | MV - Curbside Food Scraps |
Information on the curbside food scraps program in Mountain View, the multi-family food scraps pilot, and food scraps drop-off at the MV Recycling Center. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | MV - Resource Recycling Guide |
The guide for the City of Mountain View's Recycling & Zero Waste programs and events. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | Cut Down on Unwanted Junk Mail |
A guide from The New York Times. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | MV - Mountain View Recycling Center |
Information on the Buy-Back center for bottles and cans, as well as drop off services. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | MV - Split Carts |
How to recycle using the split carts, extra services, and more. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | MV - Garbage and Recycling in Apartments/Multi-Family Units |
Information on trash and recycling in high-density complexes. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | MV - What Goes Where |
Use these tools and guides to determine whether items belong in the recycling, trash, or compost. |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
