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Composting Event!

Free Kitchen Composter to the first 100 attending.

The City of Sacramento Department of Utilities teams up with Atlas Disposal, the UC Master Gardeners, Green Restaurant Association of Sacramento, and Hot Italian Restaurant to host an International Composting Week Celebration on May 3, 2011 at 5 p.m. at Hot Italian Restaurant, 1627 16th Street in Sacramento.

Attendees will learn firsthand how they can compost in their yard or vermi-compost in their own homes.

Hot Italian will provide “Earth Tub” demonstrations which composts food waste from the restaurant, limiting their waste production and carbon footprint.

The first 100 attendees will get a free kitchen composter and other organizations will be on hand to share information about ways to reduce food waste in the community.

For more information on the City of Sacramento’s Composting Program, please visit www.cityofsacramento.org/compost.

Recycling Incentive

To promote involvement and awareness of best recycling practices, the City of Sacramento Department of Utilities launches the 2011 Recycling Incentive Awards, sponsored by AT&T Real Yellow Pages and the Sacramento Recycling and Transfer Station. Each week, the City will randomly select recycling containers in a selected Council District and check it for proper recycling and will award owners of clean recycling bins with $100 and the chance to win an iPad2.  Please see the attached press release for more details.

The City of Sacramento accepts clean, dry and usable items in its blue recycling containers. Here’s a list of accepted/not accepted materials and service guidelines:

(complete information found at http://www.cityofsacramento.org/utilities/solid-waste-recycling/residential/residential_curbside_items.cfm)

Hawk demonstration drew dozens

Hawk lovers came together Saturday morning to see Swainson’s close up and to walk along the river bank on a hawk quest. All comers were satisfied.

Robert Sewell guides a group

Local Naturalist, Robert Sewell, guided a group of more than fifty to spy on the Swainson’s hawk. The group crunched down the gravel on the levee. The birdwatchers stopped and set up scopes about a half mile from Sutter’s Landing. Kestrels, red tails, great horned owl chicks and the Swainson’s, stared back from the tree branches.

Christine Adams, California Raptor Center

The California Raptor Center was on hand with live Swainson’s Hawks to demonstrate the birds and answer questions.

Birdwatcher

Friends of the Swainson ’s hawk, Sacramento Audubon Society, Friends of the River Bank, and Save the American River Association were the sponsors.