Green Santa Clarita

Join us for some quick lunchtime entertainment TOMORROW at 12:00 p.m. where the City of Santa Clarita’s Environmental Services team is hosting a public game of Kahoot! Make sure you have access to both Zoom and Kahoot on your devices and join us with the details below for a chance to win a prize! 🥇
https://santaclarita.zoom.us/j/87991976362
Meeting ID: 879 9197 6362
Passcode: GreenSC

Next Friday, December 8, Green Santa Clarita is hosting trivia on Kahoot! Are you ready to prove yourself as a Green Santa Clarita super fan and have a chance to win a prize? 📢 Tell your friends and family and plan to join us at 12:00 p.m. by clicking on the Zoom link below. Don’t forget to download the Kahoot app on your phone or tablet, or be ready to visit kahoot.it on your desktop or laptop during the game. Please note: you will need to have access to Zoom and Kahoot at the same time.

https://santaclarita.zoom.us/j/87991976362
Meeting ID: 879 9197 6362
Passcode: GreenSC

Last week, Green Santa Clarita staff were with contractors at a Drainage Benefit Assessment Area (DBAA). Soil and groundwater samples will be studied to determine if installed groundwater drainage infrastructure is providing for the current needs of the development. To learn more about DBAAs in the City, visit city.sc/dbaas

Pets might be the easiest family members to treat this holiday season! There are easy ways to provide your pet with natural, reusable, and low-cost gifts. Dogs love to explore and often find fun in sticks and crunchy leaves, so treat your dog to a hike in one of Santa Clarita’s many open spaces. For your cat, just save cardboard boxes for hours of entertainment they can enjoy at no extra cost to you! 🐈🐕

A great tip to know around the holiday cooking season is that cooking oil can be reused or recycled! Most cooking oils can be filtered through a fine mesh strainer or even a coffee filter and kept for future use. Once it’s past its prime, it can be recycled at any of the Los Angeles Sanitation & Environment SAFE collection centers.
https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Can-oil-be-reused-safely U.S. Department of Agriculture

Next Friday, December 8, Green Santa Clarita is hosting trivia on Kahoot! Are you ready to prove yourself as a Green Santa Clarita super fan and have a chance to win a prize? 📢 Tell your friends and family and plan to join us at 12:00 p.m. by clicking on the Zoom link below. Don’t forget to download the Kahoot app on your phone or tablet, or be ready to visit kahoot.it on your desktop or laptop during the game. Please note: you will need to have access to Zoom and Kahoot at the same time.

https://santaclarita.zoom.us/j/87991976362
Meeting ID: 879 9197 6362
Passcode: GreenSC

Are you shipping gifts to loved ones this holiday season? 📦 Consider purchasing plant-based or biodegradable packing peanuts! U-Haul has some available that are perfect to keep your gifts safe during transit and are made from potato and cornstarch, meaning they are 100% compostable ♻

Leftover cooking oil from your Thanksgiving feast? Most cooking oil can be strained after cooling completely and reused safely a number of times or you can toss it in the trash. If you have a large amount of cooking oil that needs to be disposed of, Los Angeles Sanitation & Environment's SAFE Collection centers will accept it and recycle it! 👩‍🍳

During this windy, winter season, don’t forget that your yard waste, including all raked leaves, belong loosely in your green organics container 🍂🍁♻ For any leaves that make it to the street or gutter, the street sweeping service will increase to weekly rather than monthly beginning November 27, 2023 for a period of six weeks. Street sweeping takes place the day after trash service so please make sure trash carts, vehicles and other objects are removed from the street for effective sweeping.

Valencia Plastics manufactures plastic bottles and jars for protein powders and vitamin products right here in Santa Clarita! Many of their containers are made from post-consumer resin (recycled plastic). Watch this video of a cool business doing great things in our city ♻

Valencia Plastics , Inc Valencia Plastics, Inc, Manufacturing facility in Valencia California.We are manufacturers of bottles and jars for the nutraceutical industry.

Do the environment a big favor – check your car’s recommended oil change interval in the owner’s manual. Remember when the standard was every 3,000 miles? No more! Even older model cars can be driven upwards of 10,000 miles before needing an oil change. Do your part, and also save time and money, and check the interval today. For more information visit https://calrecycle.ca.gov/usedoil/oilchange/. This message is funded by CalRecycle

To waste less, consider alternatives to use up the last bit of your condiments, and the possibilities could spark your next favorite recipe. Transform mustard into vinaigrette, peanut butter into a Thai noodle dish or use leftover pickle brine to make a brand-new batch of quick pickles! Check the blog below for some ideas on how to avoid wasting good food in your fridge! https://donnafreedman.com/good-to-the-last-drop-getting-full-use-of-condiments/

Decorating for the holidays can be fun! Except when you find dead batteries that need replacing 🔋 Batteries are considered Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) which have the potential to cause dangerous fires when transported or processed incorrectly and must be disposed of properly 🔥 FREE battery recycling is offered at various City facilities. Visit the HHW page at GreenSantaClarita.com for details.

Thanksgiving Day Service Update 👇

Burrtec will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 23 in observance of Thanksgiving. Residents with Thursday and Friday service days will experience a one day delay this week as follows:

✔️ Thursday services will occur on Friday
✔️ Friday services will occur on Saturday

City residents and SCV Water customers can participate in the City’s rain barrel purchase program AND SCV Water's rain barrel rebate. Visit yourscvwater.com/rebates for more information, and stay tuned for more information on the City’s next purchase program in Spring 2024. ☔

Save water and money this winter by investing in a rain barrel! Rain barrels provide a cost-effective way for homeowners and businesses to capture rainwater for irrigation and/or to water indoor plants. We offer a rain barrel rebate of up to $75 each, with a limit of 2 per meter. For more info, visit yourscvwater.com/rebates.

Metrolink trains have an important service update: Next month, starting Tuesday December 26, through Friday, December 29, trains will be out of service for maintenance. 🚫🚆 Regularly scheduled service will resume on Saturday, December 30. Mark your calendars now! 📅

According to Bye Bye Mattress, more than 10 million mattresses have been recycled in California since the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) launched the program in the state. If laid end-to-end, that is enough mattresses to stretch from California’s coastline to the middle of the Indian Ocean! 🛌♻

Properly disposing of used motor oil and filters is important to the health and safety of our residents and the environment we live in. To promote used oil recycling, City staff recently supplied College of the Canyons Automotive Technology Department with rags and other oil change supplies, to support their efforts in recycling used oil and used filters. COC staff and students are so thankful for these donations, they proudly display a rag year-round! Thanks College of the Canyons for ensuring future automotive technology workers learn how to help our environment through their career choice. 🚗🛢♻

If you’re planning to fry a turkey for the upcoming holidays, make sure to follow this helpful safety guide from the U.S. Fire Administration. Additionally, don’t forget to responsibly dispose of any used cooking oil by taking it to one of Los Angeles Sanitation & Environment's SAFE Collection Centers, which are listed on the HHW page at GreenSantaClarita.com. Any leftover turkey bones can be bagged and placed in your green organics cart! 🦃♻

It’s ! Did you know that nationwide over 530,000 jobs are attributed to the recycling industry? Recycling is a big deal in more ways than one! It’s important to know how to recycle properly and avoid wish-cycling items that actually belong in the garbage or organics container. You can become a by visiting GreenSantaClarita.com and familiarizing yourself with local guides on what belongs where ♻🚮

How many of these items did you know? Keep America Beautiful has a quiz on their website to test how much you know about recycling! Take the quiz and prepare yourself to be an advocate for next Wednesday, November 15 ♻

With cooler temperatures ahead, it’s time to adjust your outdoor irrigation schedule to water less often. Check the suggested watering schedule provided by SCV Water for guidance. yourscvwater.com/irrigation-help 💧

America Recycles Day is just around the corner! Keep America Beautiful has some great resources available on their website, including a Recycling Reality Check quiz, so you can test your knowledge on recycling in America ✅♻ Visit kab.org/our-signature-programs/america-recycles-day/ to take the quiz or learn about ways you can start recycling better!

In the process of cleaning up from Halloween? Avoid storing usable Halloween decorations you no longer want, and try gifting them through a local Buy Nothing group! Buy Nothing groups are great for giving décor, household items, clothing (like Halloween costumes!) and other items you no longer need, to give them a brand-new purpose and request something you might be looking for as well. Visit buynothingproject.org or search for a local Buy Nothing group on Facebook 🚯

Reminder: Tomorrow is the final day to enter the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts student art contest! 🎨🖼

Calling all 1st through 12th grade students! The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts are hosting an art contest to recognize 100 years of protecting public health and the environment. Enter by November 3 for your chance to win a gift card worth $100-300! ‍🎨

If you missed the last Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Electronic Waste Collection Event in Santa Clarita in October, there will be one last opportunity in the area for 2023! All Los Angeles County residents are invited to drop off their HHW and E-Waste for FREE and proper disposal on Saturday, November 11, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Val Verde Park. 💻📷📺💡🔋💊🎨

Green Santa Clarita wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween! 🎃 Don’t forget: Candy wrappers belong in the garbage, unless you have an approved location or facility for recycling 🚮🍭🍬🍫

In need of some last-minute Halloween ideas? Check out this blog post for ideas on how to upcycle items you already have at home, and make them into cute decorations for the occasion. Just look at these cool book page ghosts or toilet paper roll candles 🕯 https://www.pillarboxblue.com/upcycled-halloween-decorations/

Calling all 1st through 12th grade students! The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts are hosting an art contest to recognize 100 years of protecting public health and the environment. Enter by November 3 for your chance to win a gift card worth $100-300! ‍🎨

California has an official state bat!! Governor Newsom signed legislation designating antrozous pallidus as the official bat of California. Does that sound batty? Actually, the pallid bat plays an important role in sustaining California agriculture by consuming pests that destroy our crops. 🦇

We are in the thick of pumpkin season 🎃 all the way until Thanksgiving, because pumpkins are a great, seasonal choice for recipes and decoration around your home. This might be the time to learn how to make your own pumpkin puree with the opportunity to use every last part of the gourd, from skin to seeds. This is a great way to reduce food waste while creating something new and fresh! Check out this blog post from Zero-Waste Chef for recipe instructions and ideas!

Kick the Can[ned Pumpkin] - Zero-Waste Chef You can easily make fresh pumpkin purée for pumpkin pie, bread, soup and more. Roast the seeds and skin and you'll use every part of this seasonal treat.

Today is – what are some of your favorites? 🍕🍗🍔🍟🥓 Don’t forget, once your meal is finished, those greasy food soiled paper items, like napkins and paper plates, should be bagged with your food waste and disposed of in your green organics container. Pizza boxes, even if they have a little grease, can be disposed of in your blue recycling container ♻ But if your pizza box is heavily soiled (cheese and toppings stuck to the box) just tear off that soiled part and put it in with food waste or into the garbage container.

: Southern California Edison (SCE) Edison has a $50,000 scholarship available for 30 high school seniors looking to follow a pathway in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). The deadline for entry is January 23, 2024! , Ffor additional details on how to apply visit https://www.edison.com/community/edison-scholars?ecid=rls_entst013 🎓🔬👩‍🔬

Edison Scholars In 2023 Edison International awarded $50,000 college scholarships to 30 high school seniors to help them follow their dreams in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) and empower them to change the world.

Once you are done with your Jack-O-Lanterns, Burrtec Santa Clarita Valley says to just toss them in your green organics cart! ♻️🎃

🎃 Not sure what to do with those Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns and pumpkins? They are considered organic waste and can be placed directly in the green organics cart, without a plastic bag.

The City of Santa Clarita Government is joining communities across the country for on October 28! Got a project idea that volunteers can help with for this national day of community service? Visit santaclaritavolunteers.com to submit a project proposal for consideration.

: On California Clean Air Day (October 4), 111 sessions of free EV charging took place at City-owned charging stations, compared to 51 in 2022. Way to go! 🔋⚡🔌🚗 For a map of alternative fuel locations, visit GreenSantaClarita.com.

Heads up businesses, schools and local community organizations ❗ Did you know you can order a FREE recycling box for Halloween candy wrappers from Rubicon as part of their “Trash or Treasure” program? See how it works at www.rubicon.com/trash-or-treasure/

Trash or Treasure 2023 | Don’t Let Trash Go To Waste More than 600 million pounds of Halloween candy are purchased each year. The vast majority of candy wrappers end up in landfills due to an inability by most curbside recycling programs to recycle them.

The California Department of Water Resources recognized 44.69 inches of rainfall on the Newhall Pass from October 2022 to September 2023 🌦 Stroll down memory lane with a timeline of the wet weather events during this past 12-month period. Are you ready for the upcoming rainy season? Visit GreenSantaClarita.com to pre-register for this week’s rain barrel class and distribution event, held on Saturday, October 21. You can pick up your pre-paid rain barrel and learn how to install, so you will be ready to collect water from upcoming storms! https://signalscv.com/2023/10/department-of-water-resources-from-drought-to-deluge/