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The Environmental Programs Team in collaboration with the Cupertino's waste hauler, Recology, hosts a Waste Sorting Webinar, recorded May 27, 2020.
Are you finding yourself collecting more take out containers or generating more food scraps since the shelter-in-place began? Do you have questions about disposal of masks and gloves?
This webinar is intended to provide guidance to Cupertino residents on how to better manage their residential waste during the COVID-19 period. Tune in to learn more about general waste sorting and impacts of COVID-19 on the waste industry.
A
All
righty
so
welcome
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
taking
the
time
out
of
your
day
to
join
us
and
the
city
of
Cupertino
and
Recology.
For
this
webinar.
My
name
is
Nicole
and
I'm.
The
environmental
programs
assistant
for
the
city
of
Cupertino
and
I'll
be
the
host
for
today's
webinar
I'm
joined
today
by
a
couple
of
panelists,
who
will
be
speaking
so
with
the
city
of
Cupertino.
I
have
Ursula
arroba
and
Victoria
Morin
and
with
our
Haller
South
Pier
ecology.
A
So
the
webinar
will
be
recorded
and
if
you
do
have
a
question,
please
submit
it
using
the
Q&A
chat
box
down
below.
And,
alternatively,
if
you
are
calling
in
and
do
not
have
access
to
the
chat
box,
please
submit
your
questions
via
email
to
environmental
at
Cupertino.
Org,
we'll
be
addressing
as
many
questions
as
we
can
live.
B
Thank
you
so
much
Nicole.
This
is
very
exciting
to
see
so
many
participants
and,
as
Nicole
said,
I'm
Ursula,
serova
I'm,
the
environment
programs
manager
here
in
the
city
of
Cupertino.
The
outreach
of
this
webinar
today
is
really
focused
on
residential
customers,
especially
during
this
time,
as
more
of
us
are
spending
more
time
at
home.
B
Maybe
your
green
bin
is
actually
a
brown
bin,
but
still
we
have
our
our
organics
bin,
our
recycling
bin
and
our
yard,
waste
bin
and
our
I'm
sorry
garbage
bin,
so
material
that
goes
into
the.
The
grey
cart
is
going
to
head
directly
off
to
landfill.
After
its
collected
items
that
go
into
the
blue,
recycling,
cart
are
going
to
go
off
to
green
waste,
to
be
processed
and
organics
will
go
off
to
Recology,
x'
organics
processing
facility
and
made
into
compost.
B
But
before
we
launch
into
the
more
content,
we
wanted
to
kick
things
off
with
a
quick
little
poll.
This
is
a
3
question
poll
just
to
test
your
knowledge
of
a
couple,
little
concepts,
and
so
we're
just
going
to
roll
that
out
right
now
and
talk
about
the
results
in
a
minute
all
right.
So
we
have
three
questions.
You
should
be
able
to
scroll
through
them
and
answer.
B
B
Great
okay,
so
the
answer
to
the
first
one:
what
a
percent
of
the
garbage
is
organics
by
weight,
it
looks
like
most
people
were
thinking:
thirty
percent.
The
answer
is
actually
50
percent
and
then
the
MALDI
food.
Yes,
okay,
great.
We
have
some
great
knowledgeable
people
out
there.
The
organ
multi
food
can
go
in
the
organics
cart
and
actually
that
greasy
bag
of
popcorn
could
go
in
your
organics
cart
as
well.
So
it's
going
to
count
as
food
soiled
paper
and
that
can
go
right
into
the
organics
cart
all
right.
So
we
will
move
forward.
B
So
if
we're
thinking
about
that
50
percent
organics
in
the
in
the
yard,
cart
or
in
the
or
in
the
garbage
cart,
the
question
might
be.
How
do
we
know
that
right
and
the
way
we
know?
That
is
because
we
recently
did
a
waste
characterization
study
that
really
delved
into
it.
We,
we
were
looking
at
our
results
and
and
kind
of
given
ourselves
like
a
b-plus,
but
this
is
sort
of
a
this
is
a
single-family
view
of
sorting
results,
and
so
this
is
in
that
garbage
circle
for
single-family
homes.
B
You
can
see
that
about
52%
is
green
and
that's
the
organic,
the
compostable
aspect
of
the
garbage.
So
when
I
talk
about
a
waste
characterization,
what
am
I
actually
talking
about,
so
we
have
a
slide
that
shows
a
little
bit
of
that
process.
So
this
was
we
hired
a
company.
They
went
around
and
did
randomized
samples
of
single-family
waste.
They,
you
know
grabbed
cards
dumped
out.
B
The
contents
didn't
take
the
addresses
or
anything
just
took
the
contents
and
then
went
through
this
elaborate,
sorting
and
weighing
procedure
and
sorted
into
many
different
categories:
48
different
categories
of
different
types
of
materials
and
what
we
came
up
with
at
the
end
was
these
recoverability
charts.
So
we
can
see
that
for
single-family
about
you
can
look
at
that
garbage
column
and
you
can
see
how
much
organics
there
are,
how
many
problems
or
potentially
recoverable
materials.
There
are
how
many,
how
much
recyclables
is
ending
up
in
there.
B
B
B
The
part
that
that
we're
especially
interested
in
right
now
is
this:
these
green,
the
green
chunks
in
the
trash.
This
is
the
organics
that
could
be
going
over
to
the
to
the
yard
waste
carts.
So
that's
part
that
we're
very
interested
in
right
now
and
it
was
it
was
very
interesting
to
learn
that
from
the
waste
characterization
study,
so
we're
gonna
focus
quite
a
bit
on
that
today.
B
So
we'll
go
forward
and
we
see
this
is
what
this
is
really
what
we
would
like
to
see
in
a
yard,
waste
cart
and
a
lot
of
yard
waste,
plus
some
food
soiled
paper,
and
maybe
some
food
scraps
collected
in
a
BPI
certified
compostable
bag.
So
we
actually
did
lid
flips.
For
this
purpose
we
walked
around
neighborhoods
opened
carts
looked
inside,
tried
to
see
if
there
was
food
scraps
in
there
you
know
not
an
exact
science.
Sometimes
we
poked
around
with
like
a
little
grabby,
stick
and
tried
to
see
what
we
could.
B
But
these
are
a
couple
of
great
examples,
and
after
that
material
is
collected,
it
is
taken
off
to
South
Valley
organics,
which
is
our
ecology
owned
facility
and
made
into
the
compost.
That
is
then
provided
back
to
residents
at
the
compost
site,
and
we
are
opening
that
this
Friday
for
the
first
time
since
the
pandemic.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
B
Okay,
so
a
little
bit
more
about
what
is
going
into
your
bin
organics
that
should
be
going
into
your
bin
could
be
going
into
your
bin,
all
sorts
of
food
scraps
and
food
soiled
paper
bones.
Yes,
seashell.
You
know
seafood
shells,
yes,
that
pizza
box.
Absolutely
your
milk
carton,
antastic
food,
soiled
paper
like
napkins
paper
towels.
Those
are
all
great
to
go
in
the
organics
bin.
B
There
are
some
tricky
materials
that
should
not
go
in
the
organics
bin
and
top
of
that
list.
Well,
I
shouldn't
say
top
of
the
list,
but
one
of
my
least
favorite
ones
is
bio
plastics
because
they're
confusing
they
say
that
they're
made
from
maybe
plants,
maybe
they're
made
from
potato
starch.
They
say
they're
compostable,
they
say
they're
biodegradable
it's
attractive
to
want
to
put
them
into
the
organics,
but
they
just
don't
break
down
fast
enough.
I
think
it
was
Victoria.
B
Who
said
that
you
know
anything
that
looks
like
plastic
is
gonna
kind
of
act
like
plastic,
so
even
when
it's
getting
to
this
in
this
commercial
grayscale
composting
facility,
they're,
just
not
breaking
down
in
the
time
that
we
need
them
to
and
so
they're.
Ultimately,
getting
sorted
out
as
trash,
so
please
don't
put
those
in
your
organics
cart.
B
B
Waste
cart,
but
please
empty
out
the
contents
of
those
containers
and
again,
even
if
it
says
it's
bioplastic,
you
really
need
to
empty
those
out
and
then
also
we
don't
want
paper
towels
that
say,
you've
been
using
to
clean,
so
maybe
you're
sterilizing
something
you're
cleaning,
something
with
a
paper.
Towel,
don't
put
that
in
your
organics
cart
and
pet
waste
that
wastes
in
bags,
and
we
don't
want
any
of
that
in
the
in
the
organics
as
well.
B
B
Anything
that's
hazardous,
so
maybe
you
have
leftover
chemicals.
You
have
solvents
pesticides,
even
cleansers
that
you
want
to
get
rid
of.
None
of
that
should
go
into
the
garbage,
it's
it's
hazardous
waste
and
we
do
partner
with
the
county
for
their
hhw
drop-off
program
and
it's
a
really
excellent
Lee
run
program
that
is
by
appointment
and
you
get
in
and
out
very
quickly
to
drop
off
your
waste.
Unfortunately,
they,
like
many
of
us,
have
been
sidelined
by
the
pandemic
and
we
did
just
hear
that
they
are
going
to
start
start
up
again
in
June.
B
So
soon
there
will
be
appointments
available
and
you
can
make
an
appointment
at
hhw,
org
they're
super
friendly,
there's
a
phone
number,
if
that's
not
working
for
you,
but
you
can
choose
the
date
that
works
for
you
and
a
time
and
a
location.
They
have
a
permanent
location
and
they
have
pop-up
locations.
B
We
do
have
several
environmental
days
throughout
the
year
and
again
this
is,
you
know,
going
to
be
pandemic
specific,
but
Recology
runs
these
really
great
events.
For
us.
The
next
one
is
scheduled
for
August
15th,
we'll
see
what
happens,
but
on
in
a
normal
year.
That's
a
great
place
to
get
rid
of
documents
to
shred
a
waste
donatable
items,
even
extra
C&D
material
like
construction,
material
from
your
home,
so
you'll
just
have
to
check
back
on
that
and
and
see
if
that's
gonna
run
on
August,
15th
I
hope.
So
it's
it's
a
great
event.
B
If
you
have
leftover
paint,
there
are
locations
that
will
take
that
back.
A
lot
of
the
paint
stores,
some
of
the
hardware
stores,
they're
part
of
a
program
called
paint
care.
So
you
might
want
to
check
with
them
first
before
you
take
a
bunch
of
paint
over
there,
but
they
will
take
back
paint,
that's
in
the
original
container
and
that
original
container
has
to
be
in
fairly
good
shape.
So
it
can't
be
rusted
out
when
it
becomes
rusty
or
it's
been
transferred
into
other
containers.
B
You
want
to
get
back
to
the
hhw
option
and
then
meds
and
sharps
I
know
you
know
unused
medications,
expired
medications
and,
like
you
know,
diabetics
might
need.
Those
are
items
that
are
are
tricky
to
get
rid
of,
but
there
is
a
group
called
med
project
and
they
even
have
a
free
mail
back
option.
So
if
this
is
something
that's
a
regular
part
of
your
life
and
you
want
to
get
a
box
where
you
can
load
all
that
stuff
up
and
send
it
back
to
them-
that's
available.
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
Ursula
before
we
get
into
our
next
speaker
I
do
want
to
remind
individuals
that
we
will
be
conducting
the
Q&A
at
the
very
end
after
all
of
our
speakers.
So
if
you
do
have
a
question,
please
submit
it
using
the
Q&A
chat
box
and
if
you
are
calling
in
and
don't
have
access
to
the
chat
box,
you
can
submit
your
questions
via
email
to
environmental,
at
Cupertino,
dot,
org
and
with
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
hand
it
over
to
Victoria
hi.
C
C
It
is
okay
to
put
waxy
coated
paper
into
your
organic
part
and,
as
we
learned
earlier,
greasy
paper
is
okay
too,
so
this
would
include
things
like
hot
cups,
takeout
containers,
milk
cartons,
ice
cream
containers.
Those
are
all
okay,
I,
think
most
of
you
by
now
are
pretty
familiar
with
recycling,
but
a
lot
of
our
takeout
containers
are
recyclable.
C
Those
are
going
to
be
rigid,
plastics
and
metals.
You
do
want
to
make
sure
that
they
are
empty,
clean
and
dry.
We
often
get
asked
the
question
of
how
clean
do
they
need
to
be.
We
recommend
that
you
use
a
paper
towel
to
wipe
off
any
residual
food,
but
so
that
you're
not
using
an
excess
amount
of
water
and
running
it
under
the
sink.
C
C
The
next
thing
we're
all
facing
right
now
is
that
when
we
go
into
our
grocery
stores,
the
county
health
order
has
prohibited
us
from
bringing
our
reusable
bags
into
the
stores.
Right
now,
in
order
to
reduce
your
dependence
on
single-use
plastics,
you
can
put
all
of
your
items
back
into
your
cart
and
load
those
items
up
into
your
reusable
bags
at
your
car.
C
If
it
is
a
mixed
use,
item
like
a
padded
envelope
that
does
have
to
go
into
the
trash,
and
you
want
to
separate
any
plastic
films
and
then
you
can
go
and
take
the
bored
and
put
that
into
your
recycling
bin.
Or
if
you
have
an
abundance
of
cardboard,
you
can
take
it
flatten,
it
suck
it
very
nicely
and
lay
it
next
to
your
carts
for
Recology
to
pick
up
and
then
lastly,
personal
protective
equipment,
so
PPE.
C
This
is
one
of
the
biggest
shifts
that
we've
been
seeing
is
an
abundance
of
these
things
now
in
the
residential
sector,
before
many
of
you
may
think
of
them
as
typically
being
used
in
a
medical
setting,
and
sometimes
they
have
to
dispose
of
it
as
hazardous
waste.
But
they're
often
used
in
food
service
and
public
works
offices,
they're
handled
as
trash,
and
they
have
been
for
many
years
now.
C
So
we
do
want
to
reassure
you
guys,
don't
put
them
in
your
hazardous
waste,
don't
put
them
in
the
recycling
bin,
please
just
as
both
of
them
as
regular
trash
as
well
as
a
lot
of
Austin
that
we've
been
seeing.
People
take
off
their
gloves
in
the
parking
lot
they
get
out
of
the
grocery
store.
They
want
them
off
their
hands.
C
A
Thank
You
Victoria
I,
don't
know
about
all
of
you,
but
I've
definitely
been
seeing
a
lot
more
PPE
items
being
littered
in
the
streets
so
definitely
important
to
put
those
in
the
correct
bin
in
the
trash.
So
last
but
not
least,
we
have
Suzanne
Morrison
from
Recology
and
so
I'll
hand
it
off
to
you
Suzanne.
D
Thank
you
for
including
us
today
we're
here
to
tell
you
about
how
we
adapt
it
to
the
coated
19
and
explain
the
changes
due
to
the
pandemic.
So
Recology,
along
with
medical
workers
and
fire
department,
has
actually
deemed
an
essential
service.
Can
you
imagine
with
you
all
staying
home
if
we
were
to
continue
our
service
like
normal,
well
part
of
our
plan
included,
providing
the
with
daily
updates
and
protecting
our
employees
so
that
we
continue
business
as
normal?
We
communicated
strategies
for
staying
both
healthy,
both
at
work
and
for
our
employees
at
home.
D
Additionally,
we
provided
extra,
enhanced
protective
personal
equipment
for
inside
and
outside
the
driver
vehicle
out
of
an
abundance
of
caution.
We
did
ask
our
field
employees,
who
may
have
customer
contact
to
take
social,
distancing,
precautionary
measures
such
as
wearing
a
face
mask
and
gloves,
and
in-person
services.
D
We're,
unfortunately
suspended
such
as
environmental
day,
which
we
all
look
forward
to
and
is
highly
successful.
So
we
hope
that
will
occur
in
August
and
we
will
keep
you
updated
on
that.
Like
Ursula
mentioned,
also
any
community
community
outreach
was
suspended
in
person,
bill
pay
and
our
customer
service
center
and
San
Jose
was
closed
to
the
public,
but
ill
pay
and
service
questions
we're
still
being
answered
through
the
normal
customer
service
outlets
such
as
calling
our
office
directly
or
using
our
website
and
logging.
A
contact
us
email
to
our
website.
D
So
service
changes
during
the
shelter-in-place
effective,
Monday
April
6.
There
was
an
ordinance
from
the
county
telling
us
that
we
needed
to
limit
exposure
to
the
drivers
and
we
were
unable
to
service
materials
outside
of
the
residence
carts.
This
was
communicated
to
the
city
and
posted
both
on
Recology
and
city
websites
and
social
media.
D
So,
as
it
was
mentioned
before
and
more
people
said,
staying
home
residents
that
had
an
extra
trash
bag
that
did
not
fit
inside
their
cart
on
their
regular
day
was
able
to
call
the
office
and
schedule
a
free
extra
pickup
for
that
bag.
Any
recycling
we
were
asked
any
extra
recycling
was
asked
to
be
stored
and
then
placed
in
the
recycling
cart
for
the
following
collection
day.
D
Well,
the
time
the
time
is
coming,
we
have
resumed
the
service
and
also
to
assists
or
assist
our
drivers,
additional
safety
measures
or
minimize
minimize
to
minimize
contact
for
our
drivers
by
touching
the
card.
So
we
did
coin
a
new
phrase
called
social
cart
distancing.
So
we
do
like
to
have
two
feet
between
the
carts
on
call
bulky
items.
Unfortunately,
those
were
also
suspended,
but
they're
back
in
business
and
so
give
us
a
call.
If
you
need
those
scheduled,
we
did
ask
residents
to
either
store
them
or
to
we're
encouraged
to
use.
D
You
know,
put
the
best
in
highest
use
in
order
by
donating
them.
As
far
as
significantly
changes
to
the
waste
stream,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
residential
trash
recycling
and
organics,
with
a
significant
decrease
on
all
commercial
waste
streams,
indicating
more
people
are
staying
home,
doing
yard,
work
and
cooking.
D
A
Thank
You
Suzanne.
We
definitely
appreciate
all
of
your
work,
along
with
all
of
the
drivers
and
continuing
to
operate
during
this
time
to
serve
all
of
our
Cupertino
residents
and
businesses.
So
now,
I'll
go
ahead
and
hand
it
back
over
to
Ursula
to
go
over
some
last
comments
and
then
we'll
move
right
into
our
Q&A.
B
B
So,
oh
yes,
so
we
are.
After
this
webinar,
we
will
send
out
a
list
of
resources
to
all
the
participants
we
anticipate
that
will
be
within
a
week.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
have
a
nice
group
of
items
put
together
for
you.
We
have
a
new,
sorting
guide.
We
have
a
lot
of
great
links
to
all
those
places
to
get
rid
of
things
that
I
talked
about.
B
So
we
want
to
just
provide
you
with
all
the
resources
you
need
to
to
dispose
of
what
you
have
as
you're
there
at
home
and
then
one
other
thing
I
wanted
to
talk
about.
This
is
a
special
year
for
Cupertino.
We
are
embarking
on
negotiating
a
new
agreement
with
Recology,
and
so
as
part
of
that
process,
we
want
to
get
feedback
from
our
community
about
their
experience
and
their
how
they
feel
about
the
different
services
that
are
available
through
the
hauling
agreement.
B
So
there
is
actually
gonna
be
a
randomized
survey
and
if
you
are
one
of
the
lucky
400
people
in
Cupertino
who
are
contacted
for
that,
we
really
appreciate
your
responses.
I
know
answering
a
survey,
isn't
everyone's
idea
of
a
great
fantastic
way
to
spend
a
few
minutes,
but
we
really
appreciate
that
any
of
that
feedback
that
we
can
get
and
then
we
are
also
going
to
make
feedback
opportunities
available
to
anyone
who
wants
to
provide
them.
B
A
A
E
A
B
Well,
the
latest
I
I
heard
that
the
green
bags
are
allowed,
but
you
don't
have
to
you
and
throw
things
directly
into
your
cart.
I
mean
that
it's
kind
of
nice,
if
you
have
some
yard
waste,
that
you
can
you
know
kind
of
cushion
it
with
keeps
your
cart
cleaner.
So
that's
the
only
aspect.
It's
your
personal
experience
with
the
food
scraps
and
if
you
want
to
put
it
in
something
before
going
into
the
cart,
but
it's
perfectly
okay
to
put
them
in
plain
as
well.
A
B
A
C
B
B
B
B
That's
that's
a
good
one,
a
common
one.
You
know
if
I
guess,
theoretically,
if
something
were
completely
pure
100
percent,
you
know
cotton.
Maybe
that
would
be
one
discussion,
but
clothes
in
general.
Definitely
in
the
in
the
garbage
I
mean
if
they're
donated
well,
she
already
specified
they
weren't
donatable
condition
but
yeah.
If
it's
gotten
to
that
point,
they
are
gonna,
go
in
the
trash
in
Cupertino.
B
The
padded
envelopes
we
were
talking
about
in
the
slide
are
the
kind
that
are
paper
with
the
plastic
bubble,
wrap
lining
and
that
whenever
you
have
two
materials
like
that
smushed
together,
it
immediately
makes
them
problematic
for
recycling.
So
it's
like
the
plastic
is
contaminating
the
paper
and
the
paper
is
contaminating
the
class
fasiqun.
There's
really
no
way
to
separate
it.
B
So
that's
why
we
advise
those
to
go
in
the
trash
if
a
I
have
seen
some
padded
envelopes
that
are
had,
it
actually
was
shredded,
looks
like
shredded
newspaper
almost,
and
so,
if
it
really
is
a
hundred
percent
paper
like
that,
that
would
be
a
different
story
that
could
go
in
the
recycling,
but
those
ones
with
the
plastic.
Not
so
much.
A
B
Yeah,
we
tend
to
think
of
it
by
cart
right,
so
in
general,
in
Cupertino
we
do
a
great
job
of
getting
the
recyclables
out
of
the
garbage
and
into
the
recycling
cart.
Actually
more
than
enough
is
ending
up
in
the
in
the
recycling
cart.
So
the
recycling
cart
has
a
fair
amount
of
contamination
and
at
things
that
shouldn't
have
gone
there,
but
in
general,
we're
very
good
at
getting
anything
potentially
recyclable
out
of
the
garbage.
B
A
B
B
E
B
Yeah
I
would
say
definitely
reach
out
to
your
property
manager
or
the
city
can
possibly
assist
with
that.
If
you're
not
sure
quite
how
to
go
about
that
or
yeah
and
the
property
manager
would
be
the
one
to
contact
Recology,
and
we
can
all
work
together
to
figure
out,
what's
an
appropriate
size
container
for
that
situation,
and
then
I
did
also
get
a
reminder
to
just
remind
everyone
to
keep
your
bin
lids
closed.
B
B
A
E
A
Okay,
thank
you.
John
Poonam
Bhatia
asked
what
should
we
do
with
all
the
ground
brown
grocery
bags
and
the
plastic
bags
that
we
are
getting
at
the
grocery
stores?
Can
we
donate
them
for
something
like
for
pet
programs
or
what
it's
kind
of
the
best
use,
I
guess
for
our
grocery
bags
plastic
or
paper
that
we're
getting
Ursula.
B
I
was
thinking
what
I've
been
doing
at
my
house.
Is
we've
been
free,
cycling,
a
lot
on
and
getting
rid
of
things
at
home,
and
we
bagged
them
up
in
those
grocery
bags
with
the
people's
names
on
them,
but
in
general
you
having,
of
course
they
could
be
recycled.
You
could
be
using
them
to
the
paper
bags.
Paper
bags
could
be
recycled
and
you
could
also
use
them
to
help
collect
your
food
scraps
to
go
into
your
yard.
Cart.
The
plastic
bags
can
be.
B
E
B
But
yeah
I
don't
know,
I
haven't
heard
of
any
nonprofits
or
groups
that
are
looking
for
bags,
but
that's
a
nice
idea.
You
know.
Sometimes
the
food
banks
have
liked
paper
bags,
but
sometimes
they're
more
problematic
than
just
getting
new
ones
for
them.
So
you
can
always
call
one
of
the
food
banks
and
ask
if
that
would
be
helpful.
E
A
B
Yeah,
that's
a
good
question,
I
I
think,
basically
in
modern
production
times,
very
few
cups
are
actually
lined
with
wax
I
think
it's
always
some
sort
of
plastic.
It
might
be
PLA,
which
is
a
bio-based
plastic
or
it
might
be
traditional
petroleum-based
plastic,
but
it's
very
thin,
and
you
know
what
we've
heard
from
Recology
is
that
that's
acceptable
in
the
compost,
at
least
at
this
time.
So
presumably
it's
getting
screened
out
once
it
kind
wants
the
rest
of
it.
Compost.
A
E
Residential
organics
goes
to
our
South
Valley
facility
in
Gilroy,
where
it's
composted
and
then
the
commercial
food
waste
goods
or
commercial
compost
facility
in
Bern
Alice,
which
has
additional
sorting
equipment
since
commercials
more
contaminated
than
their
residential
and
turned
into
omni.
Certified
great
compost,
which
most
of
it
goes
to
the
farmers
out
in
the
valley
and
what
we
donate
back
for
the
residents
and
cupertino
for
the
pickup
program.
E
A
E
E
A
B
That
would
be
so
great,
but
unfortunately
we're
in
this
region
and
every
city
kind
of
has
its
own
little
dealy-bob
going.
So
it's
it's
part
of
the
maddening
aspect
of
this,
where
you
move
around
in
your
day
from
jurisdiction
to
jurisdiction-
maybe
not
so
much
lately,
but
you
know
in
general
and
everyone's
doing
it
a
little
bit
differently.
So
we
just
encourage
people
to
try
and
pay
attention
to
whatever
local
signage
has
been
provided.
A
B
B
B
B
D
A
B
Don't
know
of
a
resource
that
takes
them,
I
know
every
once
in
a
while
in
this
area
there
will
be
a
repair
cafe
that
pops
up.
So
you
know
that
might
be
an
opportunity
to
repair
an
appliance,
but
if
you
have
something
broken
you're
trying
to
donate
it
I'm
not
of
places
that
want
to
accept
non-working
appliances.
B
A
A
B
This
might
be
a
good
John
or
Suzanne
question,
but
I'm
thinking,
if
it
has
especially
moisture
or
food
residue
on
the
inside,
it's
probably
probably
would
rather
go
in
the
trash.
If
it
is
clean
and
dry,
you
know
it's
a
bread
bag
or
something
you
can
just
kind
of
shake
out.
Then
wad
it
up
with
the
other
ones
into
a
bag
for
recycling.
E
B
A
B
B
B
B
I
did
see
the
question
pop
up
about
glassware,
so
if
we're
talking
metal
pots
and
pans,
that's
one
thing:
if
we're
talking
Pyrex
baking
glass,
that
is
not
gonna,
be
recyclable,
right,
Suzanne,
right,
totally
different
kind
of
glass,
I,
don't
know
you
can
become
a
glass
engineer
and
explain
to
us
why?
But
Pyrex
is
different
from
like
the
spaghetti
jar
and
the
spaghetti.
Jar
is
different
from
the
drinking
glass
and
the
only
kind
of
glass
that
we
want.
They're
recycling
are
those
food.
B
A
B
B
E
B
And
has
a
number
six,
the
number
six
doesn't
make
it
magically
recyclable
if
it's
foam,
it's
still
trash.
So
the
numbers
people
may
know
this,
but
the
the
numbers
on
those
plastics
are
resin
codes.
They
don't
magically
mean
that
it's
recyclable
in
your
local
community
so
again
just
refer
back
to
your
locally
available
information,
but
we're
lucky
and
in
Cupertino
theirs
we're
taking
a
lot
of
the
plastics
almost
all
mm-hmm
I'm
noticing.
We
only
have
a
couple
minutes
left.
A
E
D
B
B
A
Okay,
so
with
that
we'll
go
ahead
and
end
the
Q&A
I
know
there
were
a
lot
more
questions.
So
just
as
a
reminder,
we
will
be
going
through
all
of
the
questions
and
answering
them
and
we'll
be
putting
together
a
whole
document,
all
the
Q&A
s
which
will
be
sent
to
participants
post
webinar,
along
with
the
recording
and
all
the
other
resources
that
Ursula
mentioned
earlier.