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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnviroLink - March 20241 Tara Reyes From:City of Diamond Bar <listserv@civicplus.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:03 AM To:Tara Reyes Subject:City of Diamond Bar EnviroLink- March 2024 CAUTION: This message originated outside of our City of Diamond Bar network. CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. March 2024 2 Save the Date: 2024 Earth Day Celebration The City, in collaboration with Walnut Valley Water District, will be hosting the annual Earth Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the South Coast Air Quality Management District parking lot, located at 21865 Copley Drive. There will be a variety of workshops, vendor booths, food trucks, activities for children, free paper shredding, and a mulch giveaway. LA County HHW/E-Waste Collection Event A free drive-through Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste collection event is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 1300 block of Bridge Gate in Diamond Bar, rain or shine. To participate, pack your items in a box/disposable container and place them in your vehicle trunk or pickup bed. Once at the event, remain in your vehicle. LA County event staff will remove the box(es) when it is your turn. Please limit waste to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip. For more information and a complete list of acceptable items, visit the County’s website or call (888) CleanLA (253-2652). 3 Residential Waste Management HHW Services Waste Management customers are eligible for "At Your Door,” a free year-round household hazardous waste pick-up service. Residents can schedule service online or by calling (800) 449-7587. Once scheduled, a disposal kit for your materials will be mailed to your address. Simply place items in the bag provided and outside your door for pick up scheduled every other Tuesday. Items that are accepted for special collection include automotive products, paint products, garden and household cleaners, batteries, and light bulbs. Household Goods Donation Give your unwanted goods a new life by donating them to a local Goodwill. This helps reduce your waste and impact on the environment. Diamond Bar Goodwill is located 4 at 21070 Golden Springs Dr-2. Additional Goodwill drop-off centers are located in neighboring Rowland Heights and Chino Hills. For more information, including the operating hours of the local Goodwill, call (909) 348-5940 or visit the Goodwill website. Tree Care Guide Trees provide important benefits, including cleaning air, purifying water, and helping reduce electricity usage. Trees have even been shown to support our well-being. Taking good care of trees improves these benefits! Visit the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Care Guide to learn about pruning, mulching, watering, and much more to ensure a healthy tree. Arbor Day Poster Contest 5 Diamond Bar students are invited to showcase their creativity and celebrate the importance of trees by participating in the City’s 2024 Arbor Day Poster Contest. Organized in observance of Arbor Day, the nation’s oldest environmental holiday, the contest aims to increase the community’s understanding and appreciation of trees and their environmental benefits. The contest is open to Diamond Bar students in grades 4-7 in all public and nonpublic schools (private, charter, parochial, and home schools). Contest artwork must be created by hand on standard 8 ½” x 11” paper and illustrate a message that communicates this year’s contest theme – “Nature’s Climate Champion.” Art can be in color or black and white and created with crayon, colored pencil, marker, watercolor, or any other art medium. Glue, stickers, and glitter are not allowed. Submissions are due no later than Friday, March 29, and may be dropped off at or mailed to Diamond Bar City Hall located at 21810 Copley Drive. Complete contest rules and the entry form are available on the City website. Food Waste Prevention Most people do not realize how much food they throw away every day — from uneaten leftovers to spoiled produce to parts of fruits and vegetables that could be eaten or repurposed. One-third of all food in the United States goes uneaten. Preventing food from going to waste is one of the easiest and most powerful actions to save money and lower your environmental impact. 6 Planning, prepping, and storing food can help your household waste less food. Here are a few tips: • Making a list with weekly meals in mind can save you money and time. If you only buy what you expect to use, you will be more likely to eat it all. Download this handy shopping list from StopFoodWaste.org. • Produce that is past its prime, as well as odds and ends of ingredients and leftovers, may still be fine for cooking. Repurpose these ingredients in soups, casseroles, stir-fries, frittatas, sauces, baked goods, pancakes, or smoothies. Get inspired with ideas from Zero Waste Chef. • Learn the difference between “sell-by,” “use-by,” “best-by,” and expiration dates here to avoid throwing out perfectly good food. Here are examples of commonly used phrases: o "Best if Used By/Before" date indicates when a product will be of best flavor or quality. It is not a purchase or safety date. o "Sell-By" date tells the store how long to display the product for sale. It is not a safety date. o “Use-By" date is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality. It is not a safety date except for when used on infant formula. o “Freeze-By” date indicates when a product should be frozen to maintain peak quality. It is not a purchase or safety date. CRV Program Updates Consumers pay a California Redemption Value (CRV) fee when they purchase beverages and receive CRV refunds when they redeem containers at a recycling center or retailer. CRV-eligible beverages are packaged in aluminum, glass, plastic, 7 and bi-metal. The CRV refunds are 5 cents for containers less than 24 ounces and 10 cents for containers 24 ounces or larger. As of January 1, this includes beverage containers that are boxes, bladders or pouches containing wine, distilled spirits, wine coolers, or distilled spirit coolers. The redemption value for these additions is 25 cents for boxes, bladders, or pouches containing wine, distilled spirits, wine coolers, or distilled spirit coolers. Local recycling centers that buy back empty CRV beverage containers include: • Renovate Recycling Center Inc, 21080 Golden Springs Drive • Armbar Recycling Inc, 2825 S Diamond Bar Blvd. • Grand Mobile, 22628 E Golden Springs Drive Contact Information City of Diamond Bar | Environmental Services 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 For information about this newsletter, contact the City's Environmental Services Division at (909) 839- 7015 or greendb@diamondbarca.gov. If this newsletter was shared with you, sign up to receive your own copy at www.diamondbarca.gov/signup and select "EnviroLink Newsletter" Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 8 Copyright 2022 City of Diamond Bar. All Rights Reserved. 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you may Unsubscribe. Powered by Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.