CVSan Coordinates Earth Day and Recycles Day Events

On Saturday, April 25^th, Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) coordinated Earth Day and Recycles Day events for the community.

More than 400 membersof the public participated in CVSan’s Earth Day projects throughout Castro Valley. CVSan donated 40 cubic yards of compost and 116 cubic yards of mulch. Alameda County Industries (ACI) collected 5,000 pounds of plant debris gathered by volunteers for composting. In recognition of their efforts, volunteers were invited to select a charity for CVSan to donate to on their behalf. The following charities were selected and will receive funds at the July 28^th CVSan Board meeting: The Center for the Dance (Dance Live Dream), $315.00; Castro Valley Adult & Career Education Strides Program, $440.00; and ForestR.org, $770.00.

More than 1,375 CVSan residential households and businesses attended CVSan’s Recycles Day event at Canyon Middle School to drop off textiles, documents for shredding, and e-waste for reuse or recycling. A total of 13,050 pounds of textiles were collected and more than 3,725 one-cubic-foot bags of compost were distributed to attendees.

CVSan connected Earth Day volunteers to the following five local sites coordinated by event sponsors: Adobe Park, Castro Valley Creek Trail, Downtown Castro Valley, Lake Chabot Park, and the Dragonfly and Monarch Park areas supported by ForestR.org. In addition, 11 schools organized volunteer efforts for the event: Canyon Middle School, Castro Valley Elementary School, Chabot Elementary School, Creekside Middle School, Independent Elementary School, Our Lady of Grace School, Palomares Elementary School, Proctor Elementary School, Redwood High School, Stanton Elementary School, and Vannoy Elementary School.

Earth Day would not have been possible without the generous support of event sponsors: Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program, ACI, Alameda County Resource Conservation District, East Bay Regional Park District, ForestR.org, Friends of San Lorenzo Creek, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, Pete’s Ace Hardware, and Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley.

Volunteers planted trees and native plants, spread compost and mulch, and removed weeds. For more information on Earth Day, please visit cvsan.org/ED.

The next Recycles Day and Compost Give-Away event will take place on Saturday, July 25^th. Appointments are required and will be limited, with registration opening June 22^nd at cvsan.org/RecyclesDay. Acceptable items will include textiles and household hazardous waste. CVSan residents and businesses may also pick up three one-cubic-foot bags of compost.

CVSan thanks all its volunteers, residents, businesses, and sponsors for helping keep Castro Valley beautiful and for making this year’s Earth Day and Recycles Day events a success!