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Wastebusters Program

Wastebusters Certification

The Wastebusters Program is open to every school within the CCCSWA’s jurisdiction. The Program has been changed to two levels – the Wastebusters-Winners and the Wastebusters Leadership Circle.

 

Application Forms (Click for Application)

 

Wastebusters Resources

Wastebuster-Winners can achieve Wastebusters status by completing a list of recycling and source reduction activities. If a school is successful in completing the activities, it is awarded $500. The application can be submitted every year and every school in the jurisdiction is eligible. Wastebusters-Winners’ schools include:

  • Burton Valley Elementary

  • Indian Valley Elementary

  • Murwood Elementary

  • Parkmead Elementary

  • Campolindo High

  • Miramonte High

  • San Ramon Valley High

  • Bentley School (Private)

  • Eagle Peak Montessori

  • Green Valley Elementary

  • Charlotte Wood Middle

Wastebusters Leadership Circle schools are ones that have been Wastebusters for three years or more and have been able to reduce trash service and increase recycling service. These schools have also developed annual special projects that have increased source reduction and recycling even more. A Wastebusters Leadership Circle school can be awarded $1,200 per year and qualify for free bus transportation (space is limited) to the new Material Recovery Field Trip. Schools already qualified as Wastebusters Leadership Circle are:

  • Happy Valley Elementary

  • Lafayette Elementary

  • Springhill Elementary

  • Stanley Middle

  • Camino Pablo Elementary

  • Donald Rheem Elementary

  • Joaquin Moraga Intermediate

  • Los Perales Elementary

  • Orinda Intermediate

  • Buena Vista Elementary

  • Walnut Heights Elementary

  • Walnut Creek Intermediate

  • Acalanes High

  • Foothill Middle

Contact us at (925) 778-8803 or lois@trgandassociates.com to show your school's custodian how much you appreciated their recycling efforts by nominating them for the Wastebusters Award for Custodians. Winners are selected from each school district and receive a $250 gift card redeemable at a local vendor. Download application below.  

 

Please contact Lois Humphreys at TRG & Associates for assistance and questions about Wastebuster certification. You can reach her at (925) 778-8803 or lois@trgandassociates.com