Choose your favorite topic below and make a poster to showcase your ideas and creativity around that theme. Five winners will be awarded the status of Honorary Bat Kid for one regular season Angels home game in August or September 2013.
Unincorporated Anaheim, CA—The County of Orange's OC Planning / Neighborhood Preservation Unit in collaboration with OC Waste & Recycling, is inviting Anaheim residents to partner with our volunteers for a Community Clean Up Day...
To learn more about OC Waste & Recycling's active landfills, Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers, and Renewable Energy Programs, please visit our newly created Fact Sheet page to get started.
Community members can now sign-up to receive OCW&R updates, including landfill information, Newsroom content, the Recycling Coordinators List, and Waste Management Commission Meetings/Agendas via SubscribeOC.
The Construction and Demolition (C&D) Recycling and Reuse Program application is now available online. Achieve diversion by reusing, recycling, or composting C&D materials at County-approved facilities or through the use of a County Franchised Waste Hauler and ensure that materials are managed appropriately.
Staff from two County of Orange departments – OC Waste & Recycling and OC Public Works – will partner with residents to help create a safer, cleaner, and healthier Midway City at Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, March 3rd from 8 a.m. to noon.
Visitors to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana can take the Eco Challenge and master the skills of a green superhero! The environmentally-themed exhibit, created in partnership with OC Waste & Recycling, teaches visitors how to better reduce, reuse, and recycle.
The County of Orange's OC Planning/Neighborhood Preservation Unit in collaboration with OC Waste & Recycling are inviting residents of the Dale/Augusta Stanton Island to partner with us for Community Clean Up Day.
(Santa Ana, CA) —Chairman Bill Campbell today planted two Coast Live Oak saplings in their new home at Santiago Oaks Regional Park, taking part in a park restoration project that is also a mitigation measure being fulfilled by OC Waste & Recycling.
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadrock Renewables LLC, in partnership with the County of Orange, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new landfill gas-to-energy generating plant at Olinda Alpha Landfill in Orange County, California.
"Revolutionary design" is a term to be used carefully and sparingly when applied to earthmoving machines, but the Cat® D7E Track-Type Tractor qualifies for that distinction. The D7E uses an electric drive system that delivers 10 to 30 percent greater fuel economy, greater productivity and lower lifetime service costs, compared with conventionally designed crawler tractors of equal weight and horsepower. The D7E meets the increasing demand for powerful, maneuverable, fuel-efficient dozers that have the versatility to work effectively in both production dozing and fine grading applications.
Santa Ana, Calif. (November 30, 2010) – The County of Orange and Waste Management of Orange County (WMOC) unveiled today the first food dehydration recycling machine in a County building. Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Janet Nguyen was on hand to celebrate this important achievement and retrieve some high-quality fertilizer from the high-tech machine.
Santa Ana, Calif. (February 10, 2010) – OC Waste & Recycling and the Orange County Board of Supervisors today announced the launch of a new, interactive public awareness campaign to reduce everyday waste from entering Orange County landfills.
Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center in Irvine will re-open Tuesday, October 13, 2009 IRVINE, Calif. – The Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center in Irvine will re-open Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Regular business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with the exception of rainy days and major holidays.
IRVINE, Calif. – The Irvine Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center will be closed from August 2nd through approximately September 14th for facility improvements, including asphalt paving, security fencing and a concrete berm for secure containment of waste materials.
IRVINE, Calif. – Recently a series of heat vents were discovered at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in Irvine. These naturally-occurring vents release a combination of water vapor, gases and smoke that are visible from nearby communities.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (March 31, 2009) – Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Patricia Bates today led County officials in a groundbreaking ceremony at the Prima Deshecha Landfill here. The new 10,200 square-foot Green Office Building will replace temporary trailers that have been in use since 1998. The new building will serve as landfill office and crew quarters, in addition to providing conference and storage rooms.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (December 11, 2008) – If you are thinking of buying an artificial Christmas tree this year, OC Waste & Recycling encourages you to reconsider.
San Juan Capistrano, California — A Mitigated Negative Declaration for a proposed Material Recovery Facility (MRF) operation at the Prima Deshecha Landfill is available for public review through November 10, 2008.
Orange County residents have several options available to comply with a new state law taking effect September 1, 2008 that prohibits the disposal of medical sharps waste in household trash.
March 21, 2008 Irvine, California – Earth-moving equipment will begin mobilizing next week to begin a fourteen-to-sixteen-month excavation project at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in Irvine.
March 14, 2008 San Clemente, California -- Habitat restoration activities at the Prima Deshecha Landfill are now underway along the southern perimeter of the landfill, which is adjacent to the communities of Talega and Forster Ranch.
