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Clean Community division launches textile drop-off, reusable-cup pilot and citywide yard-sale push
Summary
Environmental services staff described a new textile diversion drop-off (partnering with Homeboy Threads), a reusable cup pilot with Dune Coffee, expanded bulky-item pickup eligibility and a first annual community yard sale to encourage reuse.
Hillary Allen, an environmental specialist in the City of Santa Barbara’s Clean Community division, told the Sustainability Committee on April 3 that the division is rolling out a regional textile diversion pilot in partnership with Homeboy Threads and will expand reuse-focused pilots this year.
Allen said California discards roughly 1.2 million tons of textiles annually and that textile streams are among the fastest-growing components of state…
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