Recology: A World Without Waste
We seek to eliminate waste by developing and discovering sustainable resource recovery practices that can be implemented globally.
News
How to Manage a Megacity
By 2050, 6 billion people could be living in cities. How should the challenges caused by rapid urbanization be handled in the world ahead? Economist, Nov. 23, 2021
San Francisco Celebrates Major Climate Success with 25 Years of Composting
The city’s curbside composting program leads the nation, providing all San Franciscans with easy composting at home and furthering the City’s zero waste efforts. Office of the Mayor, Oct. 20, 2021
SF’s ‘Zero Waste’ Goal Has Made it America’s Leading Recycling City
Few cities in the US, let alone the world, has the innovation legacy of San Francisco. Whether it’s the arts or cuisine, technology, or public transit, what happens in the Bay Area often establishes a blueprint for cities elsewhere. Rolling Stone, Oct. 15, 2021
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Artist in Residence Programs
Recology believes that art plays a unique role in educating and inspiring the public. By supporting artists who create work from materials that have been thrown away, the AIR Programs encourage us to see discarded materials in a new light and reflect on our own consumption practices.
Where We Serve
Recology has 26 collections companies that provide integrated services to more than 2.5 million individuals and more than 100,000 commercial customers in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Sustainability
Recology is evolving how we do business, expanding where we do business, and investing in our employee-owners who are essential to our business so we can realize our goal—a world without waste.