Monday February 4. 2013

Learn how to turn yardwaste and kitchen scraps into wonderfully rich compost to use as a soil amendment or mulch in your garden. Discover the basics of backyard composting, worm composting and grasscycling. Become familiar with tools, techniques, and types of composting bins. All this knowledge on home composting can be gained at upcoming free workshops right here in Napa County.

Tuesday January 8, 2013

WARN stands for Wide Area Rapid Notification. It’s a system used by public agencies throughout Napa County to alert residents when problems occur. It is used only for emergencies and urgent communications. Using WARN, agencies can send messages by telephone or text message. However, WARN can only call land-line phones unless residents add their cell phone numbers to the system.

UPDATED Wednesday October 3, 2012

1,603 Napa residents have now signed up with Nextdoor, the new, private social network for neighborhoods. 25 neighborhoods have officially launched and one more is in the pilot phase. The Browns Valley and Old Town neighborhood networks continue to be the largest so far, with 426 and 236 members respectively, followed by the Orginal Alta Heights neighborhood with 152 members. Find out how your neighbors are using this free, private social network to get acquainted and communicate. Go to www.nextdoor.com  to learn more and get started. 

Monday September 24, 2012

The City of Napa and Napa Recycling & Waste Services remind you that it saves time, energy and resources if you roll your blue recycling cart to the curb only when it is at least half full. Remember to flatten boxes, empty and rinse containers, leave caps on plastic bottles, keep recyclables loose, and don't put plastic bags in your cart. Have your cart at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on your service day. Learn more at www.NapaRecycling.com or in the phone book yellow pages under “Recycling.”

Tuesday July 31, 2012

Curbside recycling rates have improved by 25 percent since the roll-out of single-stream recycling. View this short video to learn about the City of Napa's successful composting and recycling program and discover how materials make it from your curb to the local facility and are eventually made into new, useful products. Since the year 2000, the City of Napa has consistently met or exceeded the state mandate to divert at least 50 percent of solid waste from the landfill. Building off this success, on July 24, 2012, the Napa City Council adopted a Disposal Reduction Policy, which established a goal that at least 75 percent of the solid waste generated by the city of Napa will be source-reduced, recycled, or composted by the year 2020. View the Disposal Reduction Policy here.