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The roots of San Francisco's recycling and composting program can be traced back to the formation of the Scavengers Protective Union in 1879, when loose federations of scavengers began. Most were Italian immigrants from one region of Italy and they hauled municipal waste in horse-drawn wagons and hand-separated valuable discards for resale.
Between 1956 and 1970, the City of South San Francisco leased the site (approximately 57 acres (23 ha)) to the now defunct landfill operator The South San Francisco Scavenger Company. In 1956, Scavenger began disposal operations at the landfill. Initially, municipal solid waste was disposed of on the ground and burned.
The company has a long history in the Bay Area, and holds a no-bid contract for garbage collection in San Francisco.In 1932, the city granted a permanent concession to the city's 97 independent garbage collectors; shortly thereafter those 97 independents banded together to form the company that would become Norcal Waste Systems. [4]
Recology, Inc. is an umbrella company that holds contracts with San Francisco and other San Francisco bay area counties and cities for collection of trash, recycling and composting. In San Francisco, Recology's contract is a monopoly that originated from a voter-approved ordinance in 1932. [98]
An unspecified area south of its Richmond plant received 18,700 tons. The nearby Blair landfill accepted 6,200 tons. A hazardous waste landfill in Benecia received 3,700 tons.
District elections were repealed by Proposition A in August 1980 by a vote of 50.58% Yes to 49.42% No. [8] An attempt was made to reinstate district elections in November 1980 with Proposition N but it failed by a vote of 48.42% Yes to 51.58% No. [9] District elections were reinstated by Proposition G in November 1996, taking effect in 2000 ...
Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include rag picker, reclaimer, informal resource recoverer, binner, recycler, poacher, salvager, scavenger, and waste picker; in Spanish cartonero, chatarrero, pepenador, clasificador, minador and reciclador; and in Portuguese catador de materiais ...
Gordon Mar is an American politician from San Francisco. He was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2023, representing District 4. He is the brother of former District 1 supervisor Eric Mar. District 4 includes the western San Francisco neighborhoods of Central Sunset, Outer Sunset, Parkside, Outer Parkside, and Pine ...