Eco-tip: Surfrider ramps up cigarette butt recycling despite vandalism setbacks

VC Star By David Goldstein Feb. 7, 2025 Vandals repeatedly broke locks on cigarette butt containers along the Ventura beach promenade, sometimes dumping out the carefully stored cigarettes and sometimes stealing the entire container. Adding to the litter prevention program’s woes, a wrong-way driver exiting the nearby parking garage drove onto the promenade and destroyed…

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How the fire clean-up process works

Moorpark Acorn By David Goldstein 2/7/25 After the fire comes the cleanup, and Bakersfield-based Remedial Transportation Services—RTS—has begun work under a contract with the County of Ventura to remove debris from homes burned in last month’s Mountain fire. The company’s workers are looking for telltale green painted-letter identification on burned-out autos that alerts them whether…

Eco-tip: How and where to recycle your Christmas tree in Ventura County

VC Star December 26, 2024 Even though Christmas tree recycling is an annual ritual, differing rules, dates and deadlines in various parts of Ventura County can make collection and drop-off confusing. The advertisements, flyers and online outreach from each city are seen by residents of other areas, but each resident needs to know their own…

Eco-tip: Reduce plastic during gift-giving season

VC Star 12/14/24 Two opposing perspectives on the future of plastic clashed at the United Nations summit on plastics, which ended this month in Busan, South Korea. Over 3,300 participants, representing 170 nations and more than 440 observer organizations, vigorously debated a variety of options to craft an “internationally legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,…

Quick Green Tip: Managing Thanksgiving leftovers and avoiding food waste

VC Reporter December 5, 2024 Do you still have Thanksgiving leftovers, and are you wondering how long food lasts before it should be moved from your refrigerator to your curbside organics cart? Perhaps the tradition of overeating at Thanksgiving feasts can be tied to the age of the holiday. Thanksgiving commemorates a 1621 feast shared…