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A few new things to share as separating plastics is a moving target: 1) Milk and milky style containers 2) clear plastics 3) colored plastics and lids You decide – separate at home, or separate here, but we are committed to DIY recycling on collection day. Cardboard? Broken down and […]
Updates for 2021
#Desplastificate Turtle Rating Program East Cape Recycling continues to grow and expand our recycling efforts in the East Cape community. After learning about the tremendous success with the #Desplastificate Turtle Rating Program in Todos Santos/Pescadero. East Cape Recycling is working with local businesses to protect our community, wildlife and environment […]
#Desplastificate Turtle Rating for Restaurants (and YOU)
Environmental education is at the core of our mission for the children of our community, and an important part of our work in Los Barriles. This is the only totally free summer camp in Baja, and we are delighted to be a part of it! The money donated during the […]
Summer Camp 2019
Check our website for future dates and get them on your calendar
2018/2019 Recycling Season starts Thursday November 1st
MOVIE NIGHT!! Tuesday, Jan. 16, East Cape Recycling is proud to kick off its 2019 season with a great movie for our community! You may place your chairs at the Parque Laguna (Community park) anytime after 5pm for a 7pm movie start. We have a new GIANT screen this year […]
See You At The Movies! Movie Night
Bring your recyclable items to our recycling center on Thursday November 2 2017! Our first day of the 2017/2018 season! Recycle Day is on first Thursday of every month, from 9.00am – 11.00am., when people bring their sorted and crushed items for recycling to our center at the East Cape […]
2017/2018 Recycling Season Starts Thursday Nov 2
From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam — none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of resources and landfill space, Ashton Cofer and his science fair teammates developed a heating treatment to break down used […]
Young inventor’s plan to recycle Styrofoam
Mexico was the largest recycler of PET plastic containers in the Americas last year, according to the non-governmental organization Ecoce. Recycled plastic amounted to 425,000 tonnes in 2016, up 50% from the previous year, said the organization, an umbrella group of food and beverage firms. The amount represents 57% of the […]
Mexico: largest recycler of PET plastic containers in the Americas
San Diego restaurants will stop serving plastic straws! Hopefully more restaurants will follow their lead! In the mean time, you can start by asking waiters to not put plastic straws in your drinks and/or ask your favorite restaurants to stop serving them. Americans use an estimated 500 million plastic straws a […]