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🍊 Need to get rid of old furniture, mattresses, appliances, or other bulky items? Many local waste haulers offer bulky item pickup services for residents.
Not sure who your hauler is? Visit OCLandfills.com/haulers
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🌎 Every small action adds up. This World Environment Day, join us in making simple choices that help create a cleaner, greener Orange County. ♻️🌱
✔️ Sort it right, recycle smart
✔️ Compost more, waste less
✔️ Choose reusables, skip the waste
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♻️ Quick quiz… Where do old batteries belong? 🔋
❌ Trash can
❌ Recycling cart
❌ Landfill
✅ Battery recycling drop-off
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May 28
This summer, we teamed up with @pretendcity Children's Museum to bring hands-on vermicomposting education to young learners! ♻️🪱🌱Through interactive presentations and activities, kids explore how worms help recycle food scraps into nutrient-rich compost.
OClandfills.com/events
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May 26
A home run for OC students and sustainability ⚾🌱
This spring, we partnered with the @angels and @ocdeptfoed to bring the Angels Adopt-A-School program to five Orange County elementary schools pioneering environmental education and waste diversion.
See you next year! ♻️⚾
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May 25
In honor of Memorial Day, our landfills and offices are closed today, May 25.
We join our community in remembering the brave men and women who served our country with courage and dedication.
Regular hours for our landfills and administrative offices will resume tomorrow, May 26.
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May 24
Plan ahead, buy only what you need, and keep food waste out of landfills by placing leftovers in your organics cart for recycling. 🌿🍴
💡Reminder: OC Waste & Recycling landfills and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.
@calrecycle
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May 19
♻️ OC residents can recycle unwanted mattresses and box springs FREE at the Prima Deshecha Landfill or Olinda Alpha Landfill
Give your old mattress a second life and help keep reusable materials out of local landfills. Learn more:
oclandfills.com/mattress
@MattressRecyclingCouncil
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May 18
🌍✨ We had an amazing time cohosting Earth Day event with @ocpubliclibraries, celebrating sustainability and community! Across 32 branches, we shared fun, hands-on activities and resources that brought environmental awareness to life. 💚📚
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May 10
Happy Mother’s Day 🌸
If you’d like to gift your mom with compost or mulch for her garden, visit OClandfills.com/compost to schedule an appointment.
#MothersDay #Compost #Sustainable
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Your old batteries still have power… enough to start a fire if thrown away improperly.
That’s why batteries should never go in your trash, recycling cart, or landfill.
♻️ OC Waste & Recycling offers FREE battery recycling for Orange County residents.
oclandfills.com/battery
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⏰ Applications close May 15
OC Waste & Recycling is still accepting applications for the Regional Recycling and Edible Food Recovery Grant. Apply by 4:59 p.m. on May 15.
Questions?oclandfills.com/grants
#GrantOpportunity #SB1383 #FoodRecovery
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the OC Waste & Recycling Compost Giveaway! We love seeing our community come together to support a greener, more sustainable future. 🌱
Missed the event? Visit oclandfills.com/compost to schedule compost and mulch pickup year-round.
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Apr 30
This month, Project Zero Waste landfill field trips began ♻️🚌
This hands-on program empowers OC students to experience the world behind waste and tour one of OC Waste & Recycling’s active landfills.
OClandfills.com/ProjectZeroW…
@ocdeptofed
@insidetheoutdoors
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Apr 28
Great connecting with students at the Mission Viejo Children’s Environmental Fair!
Always a great day inspiring the next generation to care for our environment with @insidetheoutdoors!
FREE hands-on, standards-aligned curriculum about waste reduction ➡️ OClandfills.com/ProjectZeroW…
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Apr 22
If you have an old mattress, box spring, or futon 🛌🏽, there are several convenient ways to recycle ♻️ them across California.
🔗 Visit byebyemattress.com/californi… to learn more.
🔗 Visite byebyemattress.com/californi… para obtener más información.
@byebyemattress #DíaDeLaTierra
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Apr 22
Happy Earth Day! 🌎💚
From recycling right to reducing waste and reusing what we can, every step helps protect our environment for future generations.
🌱 FREE compost and mulch available at OClandfills.com/compost
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Apr 21
We had a blast at the Children’s Water Education Festival presented by @ocwd! 💧♻️
Thank you to our partner @insidetheoutdoorsfoundation for co-hosting our booth and promoting Project Zero Waste – free, hands-on waste reduction curriculum for OC educators!
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Apr 17
Nominations now open for the Green Heroes Contest!
♻️ Know a green hero? Nominate: mlb.com/angels/community/gre…
⚾ Win Angels home game tickets for your classroom or club!
A green hero = a student or educator leading sustainability.
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