Author Archive
Clarifying the Record on Recycling
Archive Entry Date: 10/26/83
A glance into the complexities and tone of the 80's recycling wars
Berkeley Gets State Grant for Expansion
Archive Entry Date: 12/28/79
The multiplicity of organizations narrowed as recycling developed into an industry
Kathy Evans Reflects on the Ecology Center
Archive Entry Date: c.1979
Kathy served as its head for two decades, overseeing a huge transition
Home Separation of Recyclables in Berkeley
Archive Entry Date: 03/76
A pilot program to asses recycling interest in three different Berkeley neighborhoods reveals class differences
Free Curbside Pickup Recycles Berkeley’s Old Newspapers
Archive Entry Date: 11/15/74
A year in, the Ecology Center struggled to keep running its newspaper recycling program
Newspaper Pickup
Archive Entry Date: 06/73
A historic moment: the Ecology Center organizes curbside pickup of newspapers, following the city's recommendation
Waste Management Commission’s Recommendations for Recycling
Archive Entry Date: 3/8/73
The City of Berkeley calculated that newspaper curbside pickup was a good financial investment
Here’s How to Recycle at the Co-Op Center
Archive Entry Date: 05/72
Though Ecology Action's founders left Berkeley, others kept recycling alive in the city
Recycling Needs Your Help
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971-72
Ecology Action, "swamped" by recycling, asked the public to pressure the city for more resources
New Center at Grove St and Dwight Way
Archive Entry Date: c.1970-72
Flyer by mystery organization to "lighten load" on other site
Recycle and Bicycle
Archive Entry Date: 05/70
How to address the threat to the environment? Be a wise consumer and rethink waste
Newspaper Troubles
Archive Entry Date: c. 1969
With good reason, newspaper was the first to be recycled
College Students Dumping Litter Ceremoniously
Archive Entry Date: 5/6/69
DVC students hoped, at their Ecology Fair, to stir their fellow students' consciences