Oceanside, CA News

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ON THE ROAD TO ZERO WASTE IN OCEANSIDE

            The Oceanside City Council unanimously adopted Zero Waste as a goal, and hopes to reduce the amount of materials buried or burned by 75% by the year 2020.  To help it develop a plan to achieve Council’s goal, the City is holding public meetings in November to get the best ideas from residents and businesses.

            This will help create more jobs by recycling more, and help residents and businesses save money by throwing less stuff away.  The Zero Waste Plan will provide a road map on how we should move down the road to Zero Waste.

            Every Zero Waste Business has saved money, become more efficient, reduced its liabilities and helped reduce greenhouse gases at the same time.  The Plan will be designed to help businesses in Oceanside obtain those benefits.

The City has organized a series of 4 public meetings to help residents and businesses to:

• Learn how Zero Waste initiatives create jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities
• Discover how their business can save money by better managing resources

• Find out how Oceanside has already diverted 66% of all discarded materials from landfilling

   

  The meetings will all be held at City Hall, 300 North Coast Highway, in the Civic Center Community Rooms.  Each of the meetings will include some background on Zero Waste, but will then focus on different aspects as follows: