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Use the EcoFinder to find out where to recycle just about everything! |
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 | Get Funding for Green Home Upgrades
|  Homeowners looking to make green improvements have a new helping hand in an exciting new City program called GreenFinanceSF. This program allows property owners to fund environmental improvements with the financing attached to the property and paid back on the property tax bill to overcome the large up-front costs of such improvements. At a recent internet town hall, Mayor Gavin Newsom noted that "these improvements will save property owners money on monthly utility bills, increase property value, and will help the city meet its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals." If you are an interested property owner, you can apply for funding online, as well as review eligible projects and pre-approved contractors at GreenFinanceSF.org. |
| Get a Bigger Better Blue Bin for Zero Bucks
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 Does this picture look familiar? If your blue bin is filled to the brim, you can request another container for all those recyclables that need a home. And these days in San Francisco that's nearly everything: all glass and plastic bottles, metal
cans, clean (dry) paper(even cereal boxes and envelopes with windows),
and hard plastic from cups to toys like Mr. Potato Head. Best of all, you don't need to worry anymore about those confusing numbers on plastics - we take them all! ( No
Styrofoam or plastic bags please.) Call Sunset Scavenger/Golden Gate for a bigger blue cart: 330-1300/626-4000. If you're a residential customer with curbside collection there's no extra charge. In fact, if you recycle enough to order a smaller trash cart, you could save a few bucks each month! |
| SF Dry Cleaners Go Green
|  Did you know that your choice of dry cleaners can help reduce your exposure to hazardous chemicals? Well it can! Now there are six garment cleaners in San Francisco that use specialized equipment to clean garments with water and detergent instead of a toxic, cancer-causing chemical called Perchloroethylene. It's called wet cleaning. Use this map to find a wet cleaner near you. You can also learn more about this environmentally friendly and effective process by visiting SFEnvironment.org/garmentcleaning. |
| Urban Forest Map "Logs" SF Trees
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 Can you save a tree by logging it? Yes, if you "log" it into the Urban Forest Map, a new online tool
developed to catalogue the city's leafy assets. Slated to launch on Earth Day, the map will allow anyone with a web browser to add information about specific
trees to the Urban Forest Map, such as their location, species, size, and
health. This data can then be used by urban foresters and city planners to
better manage trees in specific areas, track and combat tree pests and diseases,
and plan future tree plantings. Climatologists can also use the tree data to better understand
the effects of urban forests on climates, and students can use it to learn about
the role trees play in the urban ecosystem. |
| 3-1-1: One Call Does It All
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 Do you live in the city and need to know about garbage and graffiti? How about street and sidewalks? Or maybe transportation options in San Francisco? 311 is a free, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, city service to answer all those burning SF related questions. The City and County of San Francisco established 311 to provide an easy-to-remember telephone number that connects residents, businesses, and visitors to Customer Service Representatives ready to help with general government information and services. And now you can also use Twitter to contact 311 at www.sfgov.org/311.
Remember, though, for emergencies, use 911!
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