Wanda Redic
Senior Recycling Specialist, City of Oakland Public Works Agency
- 250 Frank H Ogawa Plaza
- Suite 5301
- OAKLAND, California
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Re: Research on Campaign Promoting Reusable Mug Use
2019-09-24 16:41:52 UTC
Hi. I attended an online workshop where this issue was presented. The main takeaway was the need to provide students with free reusable cups to make this work. They started an education campaign with a campus event and passed out free cups. -
Re: Lunch Composting in Secondary Schools
2011-07-28 12:23:34 UTC
During my tenure with the City of Berkeley, we had good success with organics in the schools. Custodial staff provided lunch time monitoring and the school purchasing folks helped get prepared foods served in compostable packaging. Our contractor was Marcy Greenhut who now works for the City of Emeryville. She might offer you more details if she has time. Send her a message at [email protected] and tell her I said HI!
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Single Stream Signage for Receptacles
2011-06-20 14:08:15 UTC
City of Oakland has an ordinance banning polystyrene. Read the text of the ordinance here:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca/groups/pwa/documents/report/oak026045.pdf
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Promoting Sustainable Behaviour in a 'Frontier' Type Town
2011-03-08 12:13:26 UTC
I do public outreach for Oakland. What works for me no matter the population is to determine what is important to the population and how your initiative fits into that. Usually it is economic and fear of losing jobs - environmental initiatives are often called job killers. Find what makes them tick and tailor your message to address that. If tourism makes jobs, then talk about how litter adversely affects tourism and give examples. If they worry about job loss, talk about how new jobs are created by environmental stewardship.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Waste Reduction Attitudes & Behaviors
2010-12-09 12:45:25 UTC
You might try asking through California Resource Recovery Association (www.CRRA.com). They have a list serv of recycling professionals. Someone might have just the thing.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Stickers versus Brochures
2010-07-28 11:43:58 UTC
In Alameda County we've found that a well-designed sticker on the outdoor container serves well to educate residents about what materials they can deposit. We use combinations of photographs and words for recycling and plant/food waste. It also helps limit contamination from passers who are trying to find a place to deposit cans & bottles or trash. I know from experience with other mailers they tend to get lost in the mail, end up in the recycling or misplaced. Additionally we find the best course of action is to pay someone to place the stickers rather than allow residents to do it. When residents do it, stickers end up on cars, doors - anywhere but on the cart.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Reducing Recyclables being Placed in Plastic Bags
2010-05-10 13:37:16 UTC
During our Multi-family recycling campaign we provided a reusable "caddy" where recycling is collected inside the units and then deposited into the larger bin outside. We can't really say if it is effective to reduce the number of plastic bags you get but it's an idea. We do find that telling people what you want them to do with tools is generally more effective than telling them what not to do.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Mulching or Composting Paper Towels
2010-04-27 11:31:34 UTC
The type of paper towel does not seem to matter. The difference is that all our paper towel goes to a commercial compost facility. Generally, all food & food-soiled paper (including paper towel) is sorted, put through a grinder and then put into windrows (aerobic decomp) where water is applied periodically. The windrows heat up during the decomp process quite a bit so I guess the heat takes care of the paper.
I'm not sure how to apply this concept to your home composting bin. I think moisture and heat might be the key. Perhaps there is a master composter out there who knows for sure.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Mulching or Composting Paper Towels
2010-04-26 13:58:43 UTC
Nearly all the cities of Alameda County, California allow paper towels and food soiled paper in the plant debris and food waste collection system. It is composted with organic matter at local commercial composting facilities. Visit Stopwaste.Org for specific details.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com -
Re: Visibility of Participation in Apartments
2009-12-16 13:23:05 UTC
We used a window decal that has a small amount of vinyl in the content to promote our Bring Your Own Bag campaign. We tried other less toxic options for an electro-static decal but none of them worked very well. While we were loathe to use vinyl, we opted for efficiency over content.
Wanda Redic
Recycling Specialist
City of Oakland
United States
www.oaklandrecycles.com
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