The Education & Outreach Team is currently conducting a 10,000 household study for Collier County in an effort to increase residential participation in curbside recycling programs.

Services:

• Residential education & outreach

• Pilot program

• Motivational Interviewing / behavior change

In partnership with SCS Engineers, ReCREATE is managing the inspection element of the edible food program requirements of Senate Bill 1383 for 10 participating cities - Azusa, Covina, Duarte, Irwindale, La Canada Flintridge, Monrovia, Monterey Park, South Pasadena and Temple City.

Services:

• Edible Food Recovery

• Tier 1 & 2 Compliance Inspections

• SB 1383 Education & Outreach to Edible Food Generators

ReCREATE is supporting the city with its organic waste roll-out in commercial and residential sectors while increasing participation in the curbside organics recycling program through outreach.

Services:

• SB 1383 organic waste implementation

• Commercial & residential education & outreach

• Social media content development

ReCREATE is working with the city’s EFGs and FROs to increase edible food capacity and donations in the city with Careit and FoodCycle LA.

Services:

• SB 1383 edible food recovery

• Citywide capacity planning

• Commercial technical assistance

The JPA contracted with the team to create signage and conduct lid flip assessments in its member agency residential communities.

Services:

• Oops Tag lid flip assessments

• SB 1383 contamination min. monitoring

• Print collateral design & development

In collaboration with Abbe & Associates and Jybe, ReCREATE is providing technical assistance to 100+ food serving businesses to reduce single-use plastics and increase reusables in store.

Services:

• Single-use Plastic Policy Implementation

• Commercial Education & Outreach

• SB 1383 Waiver Exemption

The Education & Outreach Team is currently conducting a 3,600 household pilot project for the City of Hammonton, NJ to measure recycling participation.

Services:

• Residential education & outreach

• Motivational Interviewing

• Data collection using innovative apps

ReCREATE is assisting the city with a review of all of its businesses to determine AB 341 & SB 1383 waiver eligibility and recommended service levels.

Services:

• Exemption waiver assessments

• Business education & outreach

• Data tracking & reporting

As a subcontractor to Go2Zero, ReCREATE staff conduct AB 1826 waiver assessments to 100s of businesses and facility based waste audits.

Services:

• Exemption waiver assessments

• Business education & outreach

• Facility based waste audits

In collaboration with Cascadia Consulting Group, ReCREATE staff conducted commercial waste characterizations for a Los Angeles County countywide study at over 80 businesses

Services:

• Countywide waste characterization study

• Commercial waste characterizations

• Data gathering using innovative apps

In 2021 ReCREATE executed a 1,200 household pilot study to identify outreach strategies for reducing contamination in curbside recycling.

Services:

• Residential education & outreach

• CBSM behavior change strategies

• Cart based waste characterization

• Data gathering & report writing

For a private client, in partnership with Diversion Strategies, ReCREATE staff conducted nationwide research and interviews to guide organics recycling infrastructure development - informed by policies and existing facility capacity.

Services:

• Organic waste policy

• Organic waste facility capacity

• Regional capacity assessments and report

ReCREATE was hired to support the CalRecycle Edible Food Recovery Grant on behalf of food recovery service FoodCycle LA.

Services:

• Innovative technology solutions

• Food waste prevention

• Business technical assistance

The team conducted an analysis of Southern California recycling infrastructure to increase the Extended Producer Responsibility practices of a Santa Monica based outdoor sofa manufacturer.

Services:

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

• Recycling facility analysis

• Report writing

ReCREATE is subcontracted by Cascadia Consulting Group to conduct twice annual waste composition studies for the Calabasas Landfill, a facility owned by the County of Los Angeles and operated by the Sanitation Districts under a joint powers agreement.

ReCREATE is teamed with Cascadia to implement data collection and sorting fieldwork for a Washington statewide waste characterization performed for the WA State Department of Ecology.