from StopWaste.org: Today the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) adopted two ordinances that will help the county achieve its long-term waste reduction goals.

There’s an event where you can get rid of all of your tough to get rid of stuff in North Oakland.  You cannot take the person sleeping on your couch there or your roommate that keeps eating all of your groceries.  I’m sorry.  But you can get rid of Universal Waste and recycle difficult to recycle Styrofoam for a small fee (just block Styrofoam that usually packages that

The new phone book is here! The new phone book is here! Which means, in Oakland, you may be nobody -- several times over. (Joke hint)

This week new Yellow Pages were dumped on doorsteps in many parts of Oakland. But are East Bay advertisers getting the kind of distribution they're paying for? Oakland Local spotted one case where four Yellow Pages books were delivered to a house that was not only obviously abandoned and boarded up, but fenced and locked by the city.

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Have a tree you need to dispose of? The city's Holiday Tree Cycling Curbside Pickups are scheduled for Jan. 3-14.

The city says residents should place their clean, green holiday tree at the curb, next to your green yard trimmings cart on your regularly scheduled yard trimmings collection day.