Environmental Services News
An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is being developed for the Plant Master Plan. Attend a Public Scoping Meeting to learn about the master plan and provide your input on what the EIR should address:
- Monday, June 6: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
700 Los Esteros Road, San José
- Wednesday, June 8: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Roosevelt Community Center
901 E. Santa Clara Street, San José
This free, family-friendly event features environmentally focused tours and workshops; live music; food trucks; a 22-foot Earth Balloon; a community art canvas; the nation's only Green Vision Clean Energy Showcase; and an all electric vehicle display.
Learn how to create vibrant landscapes that reduce waste and pollution, and conserve natural resources by experiencing the Bay-Friendly Garden Tour in San José on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Registration for the tour is required. Visit www.BayFriendlyCoalition.org by May 6, 2011 to register for the tour.
01-12-11 Compost Training for Landscape Professionals – January 27, 2011
The City of San José has joined with industry expert, Ron Alexander, as well as Newby Island Composting and Zanker Road Resource Recovery, to present a workshop on how compost applications create sustainable sites. Learn how compost can manage drought, stormwater and erosion through innovative site BMPs. Training will also feature lessons learned and soil improvement techniques. Choose from 2 Sessions, 12:30 pm-2:00 pm OR 3:30 pm-5:00 pm. Includes tour of Happy Hollow Park’s Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) landscape from 2:30-3:30 pm. Contact Erin McDaniel at Erin.McDaniel@sanjoseca.gov or (408) 975-2512 to RSVP by January 20.
Learn about the largest regional planning project and submit your comments on the draft recommended land use alternative at a two-hour workshop. Rebuilding the aging San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant and adopting new treatment technologies enables us to consider new uses for the 2,600-acre Plant site. For more information, visit www.rebuildtheplant.org or call 408-975-2606.
The City of San José and the U.S. Department of Energy announced today the opening of the San José Green Vision Clean Energy Showcase, an interactive new innovation center housing installations of cutting-edge clean energy technologies available on the market today and in the future.
Bring the oil or grease from your holiday feast to a FREE drop-off on Saturday, November 27th at the Environmental Innovation Center (1608 Las Plumas Avenue) from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Dispose of your cooking oil and grease properly by collecting it in a non-breakable container for drop-off at this event. Remember, pouring cooking oil down drains can clog them and cause raw sewage to back up into your home. For more information, visit www.baywise.org or call (408) 945-3000.
The City of San José is proposing a new regulation to ban both plastic and paper disposable shopping bags provided at all stores. Retailers may offer paper bags made out of 40% recycled content for 10 cents each. Customers would be encouraged to shop with reusable bags. Attend this public meeting to learn about the proposed regulation, before consideration by City Council.
The City of San José is hosting a series of National Pollution Prevention Week Resource Fairs – and invites everyone to be part of the green solution by learning pollution prevention measures that can protect the environment and make our homes, schools, and workplaces cleaner and safer.
A group of 130 City employees and retirees negotiated the group buy, which allows them to purchase residential solar electric and solar thermal systems at a reduced cost.
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the Silicon Valley Energy Watch (SVEW) program is launching an interactive online map that visually plots energy use, solar installation, and green building data for Santa Clara County.
Kill A Watt™ EZ meters will be available for free check out at all San José Public Libraries starting April 14.
Attend Thursday’s CAG meeting to learn about the Plant’s operational opportunities and constraints. CAG is a group of appointed community members that provide consistent feedback throughout the Plant Master Plan, the planning process to vision the Plant’s next 30 years. View meeting agenda, location and a map
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Solar America Cities grant funds to the City of San José for seven solar projects – the largest number awarded to any city in the nation.
Governor Schwarzenegger announced the City of San José has won the 2009 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) for its Zero Waste Events Program. GEELA is California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor.
The City of San José is hosting a series of resource fairs for National Pollution Prevention Week – and invites everyone to be part of the green solution by learning pollution prevention measures that can protect the environment and make our homes, schools, and workplaces cleaner and safer.
Mayor Chuck Reed and Councilmember Kansen Chu will be speaking on the City of San Jose’s efforts to move towards renewable energy as they unveil a new 3.36 kilowatt (kW) solar panel system at the Alviso Library. The event will also include a community resource fair to promote green job opportunities and simple, energy-saving tips.
The City of San José is conducting a study of its use of the Internet to increase its effectiveness in informing, communicating, and providing services via the Web. An important part of this study is to get feedback from users such as you about how well the City web site works for you. Please take a few minutes to take our survey and make your voice heard.
Free tours showcasing the science and technology behind the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant are available on the first and third Thursdays of each month, 10:00 a.m. to noon, and the first and third Saturdays 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. and from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., now through October.
Residents can now check out free energy meters from several San José public libraries to evaluate their energy use beginning July 20. Saving energy can save money and help reduce pollution and greenhouse emissions. This program is part of the City’s efforts to educate the community about energy use and efficiency.
The San José City Council has moved San José closer to becoming 100 percent energy independent by authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop guidelines and potential lease terms for the development of an organics-to-energy biogas facility on a 40-acre site near the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant.
Residents are invited this May 16 to tour the Plant and participate in a workshop where they can learn about a master planning process that could turn this facility into a regional asset and world-class showcase of the unique South Bay shoreline.
Celebrate Earth Day at Tuesday Market at City Hall, an environmentally friendly marketplace featuring locally grown produce, local arts and crafts, and information and resources to “green” your lifestyle. Tuesday Market will take place from 3-7:30 p.m. every Tuesday between April 21 and September 1.
San José’s Third Annual Schools Environmental Conference will help schools and school districts learn how to save money by protecting natural resources and fostering the next generation of environmental advocates. The Conference will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the San José Fairmont Hotel, 170 Market Street, San José.
In the nation’s center of green innovation, San José’s City Hall is one of the greenest buildings in town, achieving the top certification of LEED-EB Platinum from the U.S. Green Building Council.
This local kickoff to the statewide “No Drugs Down the Drain” campaign during the week of October 4 to October 11 is the first of six free collection events in the San José area.
The new website contains many resources to help event organizers green their events, including how to obtain recycling services in San José and find distributors of compostable food serviceware.
Event organizers in San José are composting or recycling almost everything, greening their operations and keeping waste out of local landfills.
San José Go Green Schools program will be recognized in September with an award for “Outstanding K-12 School Program” from the National Recycling Coalition.
This is the second year the City of San José is using grazing animals, bats and barn owls to achieve a sustainable, less-toxic land management system.
San José just doubled its performance with the July 1st launch of a new program to sort through garbage from all multi-family complexes in San José and extract everything that can be recycled or composted.
San José City Council approved a new City Policy limiting the use of public funds for the purchase of single-serve bottled water for consumption in City facilities.
Residents can exchange their old-fashioned glass mercury fever thermometers for a FREE digital thermometer (one per household) between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31 at Edenvale Branch Library, 101 Branham Lane East, in San José.
Residents and business owners in San José, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno are invited to apply to become a member of a newly formed Community Advisory Group for a Master Plan project at the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant.
Starting in May 2008, garbage from all City facilities and litter cans along sidewalks and at parks, libraries, and other public spaces will be sorted for recyclable and compostable materials.
Through an expanded recycling program and a new food waste composting pilot, the Museum will recycle, compost or reuse almost all of the waste it generates.
This free lunch-time event will take place at San José City Hall Plaza, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.
West Coast Green, the world’s largest residential green building conference, will take place at the San José Convention Center from September 25-27. |
