Waste Management Tour of Recology Recycling in San Francisco

[@tomhaymond707]

Take the real tour. You can call and sigm up. Great tour. Outstanding lunch served @ the end of tour. You can ask questions during tour and at lunch.

[@seeksustainablejapan]

I think I did a real tour, but it would be great if a tour was also offered to the general public that is true

[@ECgarbagetrucks]

So cool! saw the leach RL with the blue bin in the front Awesome video! i been to the recycling center it was so cool to see a lot of trucks dump the recycling and also the residual and compostables

[@seeksustainablejapan]

Agree! Recycling is a cool way to deal with our waste + so great to see companies like Recology make it work at such a high-quality level 💕

[@SangMatiz]

Amazing video!

[@seeksustainablejapan]

You are so kind! thank you- glad you liked it!

[@maynestacy3799]

25 years ago or so when I was studying all this, I heard Nova Scotia, Canada was a leader in recycling in North America. Municipal composting was happening there even then. I wonder how they compare to San Franscisco and Japan. Later, I lived in Busan, South Korea where there was a big stinky dumpster/tip behind our apartment building designated for compostables. Here in Japan, I toured two state of the art incineration plants, Clean Park Yokkaichi, Mie, and Clean Park Mobara, in Tochigi Prefecture. At Mobara, they save bicycles and furniture, fix them up and auction them off to locals. I know a single-mother in Canada who furnished her home from a re-use shed at a local dump. My dream is to have a re-use shed for every city, organized like any mega-store like Viva home but with only items people have no need for and donate; not only like a charity/good-will shop, run by volunteers, supported by the city, serving as a community hub/place to learn how to fix things, a go-to place for getting something more affordable than new, an artist`s hangout with classes and group projects in upcycling. Furthermore, I wish $1/100 yen items could last longer. I wanted to paint old plastic things ito make them unique and valuable, personalized, but I have yet to find the right kind of paint that does not chip off, waterproof, and is eco-friendly... Here is a good review of what is going on in Japan, a review of Clean Park Mobara by a lady I know: www.budgettrouble.com/2018/04/recycling-in-japan.html

[@seeksustainablejapan]

This is wonderful to hear- thank you so much for this information! Waste management is such an important aspect to establishing sustainable communities for sure. There used to be BIG GOMI day when people could pick up others trash freely and reuse it, I like your idea of the reuse centers- the reuse shops are good for some things, but often won't take a lot due to space limitations.

[@seeksustainablejapan]

I'm usually based in Japan, so this was a chance to see how California's sustainability initiatives compare to those in Japan. There are parallels here with the #zerowaste town of #kamikatsu in Tokushima (as I mention in the video), there are so many ways we can learn from one another as our lives (and trash) have so much in common (too much plastic!) I look forward to hearing your thought and challenges and successes in your area in terms of waste management :)

[@velkumar1375]

San Francisco - Recology seems to lead the world cities in recycling MSW with its modern recycling facility.

[@seeksustainablejapan]

it really does! It was so impressive- excellent to see how reuse and recycle can be scaled to cater to an entire city!