You’re invited to join the City of Eureka’s ECO Eureka Program and Recology to celebrate Zero Waste Day!
Create fun zero waste crafts like beeswax wrap and recyclable gift wrap. Get a better understanding of how your recycling is processed here in Eureka with a recycling line tour. Recology staff will also be cooking up corn dogs- a zero waste food! This is a free and family friendly event.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS & Launch your Garden this Spring with some quality FREE Compost.
We’re very happy & enthused to announce that our annual compost giveaway will happen again in 2022. This year it’s entitled, The 3rd Annual Spring Garden Giveaway, since it’s evolved into so much more than giving out compost.
It’s Spring and that means it’s time to declare your food independence by kicking off your garden! Join the City of Eureka, Recology, and Cooperation Humboldt as we join forces to ensure everyone has access to nutritional food and is empowered to grow their own!
We are offering free compost to help kick start your veggie garden this Spring. All you need to do is show up with a shovel and container and take what you need. Compost is a nutritional amendment that helps supplement your soil so plants have all the nutrients they need to grow yummy fruits and vegetables.
**This is for residential use only- NO commercial use**
Did you know that you can recycle your Christmas tree?
There are free drop-off locations from McKinleyville to Rio Dell. Find the location closest to you for dates when trees are accepted.
Interested in curbside pick-up? Availability is limited so contact your curbside provider to see if this is an option and if there are any fees for this service. Make sure to remove all decorations (ornaments, lights, hooks, garland, tinsel). Sorry, flocked trees may not be recycled.ive Your Tree a New Life
Traffic Congestion Impacting Del Norte Street, Fetl Street and W. Hawthorne Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 3
(Eureka, CA) Due to the overwhelming demand and long lines of customers entering the Eureka Recycling Center for CRV Buyback services, Humboldt Waste Management Authority is closing CRV Buyback Service until further notice.
The closure is necessary due to traffic congestion, safety issues to businesses, lack of emergency access, and difficulty of trash customers, contractors, and franchise haulers able to access the Transfer Station. Continue reading UPDATE: Eureka CRV Buyback CLOSED Until Further notice
On Tuesday, September 1st, as part of our phased approach to re-opening, Humboldt Waste Management Authority’s Eureka Recycling Center will resume CRV Buyback redemption services with limited days and hours of service.
The Eureka Recycling is open Tuesday thru Saturday. Seniors and immunocompromised individuals may drop off CRV and other recyclable materials from 8 am to 9 am. All other customers may visit the site 9am until 4pm.
As the only CRV redemption center reopening in Humboldt, Humboldt Waste Management Authority’s Eureka Recycling Center anticipates a significant demand for buyback services. Customers are required to arrive with CRV materials pre-sorted, wear face coverings, and abide by the facility’s rules to maintain social distancing. Sanitizers will be available for customer use.
UPDATE AS OF WED SEPTEMBER 2: Due to the long lines of customers entering the Eureka Recycling Center for CRV Buyback services, Humboldt Waste Management Authority, and the City of Eureka are detouring customers so they enter the recycling center using Del Norte Street to Felt Street to W. Hawthorne Street.
This temporary detour will enable customers to line up without impacting Broadway Street/U.S. Highway 101.
The average wait time is currently 1 to 2 hours. HWMA encourages customers to have their recyclable materials presorted prior to arrival and face coverings are required.
Continue reading Eureka CRV Buyback Reopens With Limited Service
Starting August 11th, the Eureka Recycling Center will reopen Tuesdays thru Saturdays to resume acceptance of used appliances, electronic waste, TVs and screens, and source-separated recyclable materials such as cardboard, glass, paper, plastic, and metal.
CRV Buyback services remain suspended until further notice.
We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage customers to submit their concerns about the lack of CRV redemption sites in Humboldt County by calling I-800-Recycle.
When visiting HWMA’s Eureka Recycling Center or Transfer Station, all customers are expected to: Continue reading Eureka Recycling Center Reopens August 11
You already knew that we are offering free compost to help kick start your veggie garden this summer, but now we’ve added a seed exchange. Take some seeds, bring some seeds.
To take place in the event, all you need to do is show up with a shovel and container and take what you need. Compost is a nutritional amendment that helps supplement your soil so plants have all the nutrients they need to grow yummy fruits and vegetables.
This event is first come first served until we run out. Please bring your own shovel.
This is for residential use only – NO commercial use.
We are offering free compost to help kick start your veggie garden this summer. All you need to do is show up with a shovel and container and take what you need. Compost is a nutritional amendment that helps supplement your soil so plants have all the nutrients they need to grow yummy fruits and vegetables.
This event is first come first served until we run out. Please bring your own shovel.
This is for residential use only – NO commercial use.
Press release: EUREKA, CA – Businesses that support waste handling activities in Humboldt County are identified as “critically essential” under the current Covid-19 pandemic. Following local, state and federal declarations of emergency, Humboldt Sanitation, Humboldt Waste Management Authority (HWMA) and Recology have each modified operational schedules and practices to ensure the dependability of core essential services. Our primary focus is maintaining curbside collection services and disposal of garbage generated at our local transfer stations by Humboldt residents. In order adequately staff our modified operations, we have had to temporarily suspend portions of our business that do not represent critical infrastructure and essential services. CRV Buyback is one of those activities.
CRV buyback operations are typically very busy with close contact customer and employee interactions. Risks of exposure to coronavirus exist through the direct physical handling of used CRV beverage containers and cash payments to customers. Staff typically assigned to CRV are needed to support our modified operational schedules. There are also unusual obstacles in maintaining 6’ social distancing and ensuring face covering requirements. Making certain that onsite safety guidelines are followed by the public is beyond the scope of our employee’s duties. Because of these conditions, and the fact that there are other avenues of collection recyclable materials, buyback centers were closed in March and will continue to be closed.
We are actively monitoring conditions as the State of California and local governments move to relax the Shelter-In-Place orders. Humboldt Sanitation, HWMA and Recology will accept CRV containers when and if conditions allow. As operators responsible for handling Humboldt’s garbage and recyclables, we are committed to an incremental phased return of our non-essential services, and one that ensures the health and safety of our customers and employees during the pandemic, consistent with guidelines issued by the State of California’s Resilience Roadmap and public health officials.
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