ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) invites Orange County residents to a countywide Community Compost Giveaway on Saturday, April 18, from 7:30 a.m. to ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) is now accepting applications for the Regional Recycling and Edible Food Recovery Grant, a competitive five-year grant ...

Santa Ana, California, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) has partnered with Agromin Corporation, California’s largest organics recycler and a leading manufacturer of ...

Orange County, California, Oct. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) is excited to announce a countywide Community Compost Giveaway event on Saturday, November 2, from 7:30 a.m. to ...

Trash bills in Fountain Valley are headed up this summer, and city leaders say they are taking the least painful route ...

Santa Ana, California, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) has been awarded the Dave Hardy Leadership in Organics Award by the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) ...

Mattress abandonment is a serious problem for local governments and their landfill operations. The numbers are staggering. In the United States alone, more than 50,000 mattresses are dumped illegally ...

When Orange County master gardener Bill Brooks lifted the lid of a composting bin, hundreds of red wiggler earthworms burrowed into the soil to hide from the light. “They like the dark,” Brooks said. ...

Even though the economics of recycling are increasingly shaky, Orange County expects to move forward next year with its plans for a new recycling plant, capable of processing 100,000 tons of plastic, ...

OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) invites Orange County residents to a countywide Community Compost Giveaway on Saturday, April 18, from 7:30 a.m. to noon, ...