Eco-tip: Students can dig into Public Works Week with tons of online material by David Goldstein, PWA – IWMD Special to Ventura County Star This week is Public Works Week, and the American Public Works Association’s 2021 theme, “Stronger Together,” fits well with the way local educators are working. Despite the pandemic, they are collaborating…
Eco-tip: Ventura County compost competition rewards and educates David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star A new, local environmental group is organizing a competition to promote composting and hoping the competition will become an annual event. The Ventura County Compost Network, a group of local commercial composting businesses, gardening stores, nonprofits, farmers and others, recently…
Eco-tip: Reusable glass bottles are gone, but alternatives have advantages David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star Stan Wilson, of Ventura, recently wrote to me, “I don’t understand why we can’t just go back to reusable glass bottles. As a teenager I worked as a stock boy in a grocery store. I don’t remember there…
Eco-tip: How would you treat treated wood? Relaxed rules expire next month David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star “Why can’t every manufactured product just be non-toxic?” I am sometimes asked this question by people calling to find out about household hazardous waste collection events. Treated wood provides a good example of the complexities of…
Eco-tip: Grocery management to avoid food waste David Goldstein and Tobie Mitchell, Special to Ventura County Star Published 12:28 p.m. PT April 24, 2020 | Updated 6:04 p.m. PT April 27, 2020 Because of “stay well at home” orders, grocery shopping habits have changed. Grocery orders and produce boxes delivered directly to homes are gaining popularity,…
Eco-tip: Here are ways to reuse of construction and demolition debris David Goldstein, Special to Ventura County Star Published 10:00 a.m. PT March 21, 2020 Recycling is difficult in some rural parts of Ventura County, so people living in those areas have come up with innovative reuse ideas we can all benefit from knowing. Perhaps…
Eco-tip: If you can’t keep a gift, at least keep it out of the landfill David Goldstein, Special to Ventura County Star Published 4:38 p.m. PT Jan. 11, 2020 “Everybody liquidates,” says the tab heading on the web page of B-Stock Solutions, a Northern California-based company selling business software, systems and auction services to retailers…
Eco-tip: 2020 puts focus on a new frontier of recycling David Goldstein, Special to Ventura County Star Published 3:14 p.m. PT Jan. 4, 2020 Wednesday was not only New Year’s Day; it was also the dawn of what might signal a new era in California recycling. Until now, recycling has focused mostly on items…
Eco-tip: How and where to recycle your Christmas tree in Ventura County David Goldstein, Special to Ventura County Star Published 2:51 p.m. PT Dec. 28, 2019 | Updated 4:51 p.m. PT Dec. 28, 2019 Even though Christmas tree recycling is an annual ritual, differing rules, dates and deadlines in various parts of Ventura County can…