Tag: San Francisco

March 30, 2021

Of about 10.5 million tons of surplus food generated by food retailers in 2019, almost 35% was thrown out, with about 10% of it due to inefficiencies in storage and handling. Yet a majority of that storage and handling-related waste, […]

February 18, 2021

Fresno Congressmember Jim Costa has re-introduced a $32 billion bill to fund the completion of California’s High-Speed Rail project. “A modern infrastructure lays the foundation for a thriving economy,” said Costa in a statement about ‘HR 867: the High-Speed Rail […]

May 7, 2020

Whether it’s because homebound people are desperate for guidance in an open-ended emergency or they’ve simply exhausted their Netflix queues, some government officials have found themselves surprised by the sudden popularity of virtual meetings and news conferences. San Francisco’s virtual […]

December 4, 2019

San Francisco has been on a mission to reduce to zero the amount of waste it sends to landfills. And the city has been fighting an ongoing—maybe impossible—battle to make that goal a reality. Politico points out that San Francisco […]

July 11, 2019

San Francisco had planned on using $3 million in funding to run a mobile recycling center that would cover trucks and kiosks, processing, labor and marketing to help cover the loss of multiple recycling centers that have closed across California. […]

February 1, 2019

Indianapolis has been ranked one of the worst cities for recycling. It recycles only 7 percent of trash, and it’s the biggest municipality without a curbside recycling program servicing every household, according to a report by IndyStar. The city’s recycling […]

October 31, 2018

A proposed recycling ordinance that would force San Francisco businesses to recycle properly could end up slapping heavy fines on businesses that don’t comply. The proposed ordinance would force waste and recycling audits on companies that generate large amounts of […]

April 24, 2018

While Superstorm Sandy made energy resilience a priority, the devastating outage on Puerto Rico has taken it to a whole new level. Puerto Rico is only now approaching full power seven months after Hurricane Maria decimated the island, knocking out […]

May 1, 2017

A new wave of competition is coming to California, threatening to steal up to 80% of retail sales from the three big investor-owned utilities (IOUs). In a joint filing in late January, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), Southern California […]

August 10, 2016

MSN has a look at short video looking at how homeless residents in San Francisco rely on money earned from trading cans for cash, however this means of income is being threatened as hundreds of recycling centers are closing down. […]