On Thursday, KSBW News interviewed Tim Flanagan, GM at MRWMD and Veterans Transition Center staff to learn more about the reopening of the Last Chance Mercantile, a favorite reuse store, MRWMD has operated for the last 30 years. The store is slated to reopen this summer. Flanagan, stated that the District’s partnership with VTC (Veterans Transition Center) allows the reopening of the store and the District to get back to the reuse portion of its mission. The VTC’s staff stated that “the new mission will be more than just re-use, it’ll also be about helping homeless vets reintegrate into society. The Veterans Transition Center will offer job opportunities and training to homeless veterans at the store.” Stay tuned for more details on the opening.
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In Recognition of Independence Day
The MRWMD site will be closed Monday, July 5th. We wish you a safe and waste-free holiday celebration.
Next MRWMD Board Meeting
The MRWMD Board will meet next on July 23rd at 9 a.m.
Attend virtually. The agenda will be posted the week prior.
Celebrate Earth Day All Year Long
We at the Monterey Regional Waste Management District are proud of the environmental services and programs we support which make every day feel like Earth Day. We recognize that we couldn’t do it without our dedicated staff, Board of Directors and YOU! We all have a part in protecting our world, conserving resources, and preserving our natural world for the next generations.
In celebrating Earth Day 2021, we would like to promote some “feel good” Earth Day activities that you can share with your family and friends virtually and in the great outdoors, from a film festival in your living room, to learning how to have a earth friendly household and be a more environmentally conscious ‘fashionista’, to giving a little TLC to the spots in our communities that could use a little love. (BTW- All groups are practicing safe COVID protocol, so please remember to wear your masks, wash your hands and keep a safe, but friendly 6 ft. apart.) Enjoy and celebrate our beautiful planet, today and always. Read More
MRWMD Barn Owl Project Update – Spring 2021
The MRWMD staff would like to provide an update to all those tuning into MRWMD’s Barn Owl Cam and interested in the lives of the owls who were making the MRWMD nesting box their home this breeding season. Luna (mother owl) and her mate had a clutch of six eggs which Luna had been incubating.
The week of April 5, it was observed that Luna’s mate had not returned to the nesting box after several days. Reason is unknown. The wildlife biologist did not think he would return. Thus, Luna began leaving the clutch of eggs to hunt. During this time one egg hatched, but unfortunately the chick did not survive, we believe, either due to cold or hunger.
As it is the male that provides the food during the incubation period, we realized that Luna would need support, so approval was requested from the Department of Fish and Wildlife to supplement Luna’s food supply. We received approval soon after, but unfortunately, were not able to begin the supplemental feeding before the clutch of eggs lost their viability.
Luna has now left the nest.
We will remain hopeful that Luna may return and be able to produce a second clutch of eggs this spring, as she did last year.
We thank you all for your interest and concern. The barn owl is a beautiful and important environmental steward. They provide environmental services to us, so let’s help protect them!
When we use rodenticides, we put owls and other animals at risk of being poisoned and dying. Please remember to only use safe and non-poisonous means of pest control.
You can learn additional ways to protect the barn owl and other owl species at
https://www.hungryowls.org/rescue-diaries/2019/9/12/10-things-you-can-do-to-help-owls
You can learn more about barn owl ecology at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/lifehistory
Last Chance Mercantile Still Closed
Recently, the State and County of Monterey have allowed retail businesses to reopen with restrictions. The District is currently evaluating safety measures that would be required for reopening the Last Chance Mercantile, for both customers and workers, as well as the financial viability of the store. We will provide updates on reopening of the store as they become available. Thank you for your patience.
Public Hearing Notice, June 19, 2020, for Proposed Rate Changes
The Public Hearing is for the purpose and intent of considering rate changes for specific material disposal, as well as an implementation of a fee for the processing of single stream recyclables for member agencies served by Greenwaste Recovery. Read more here.
Pandemic has shrunk donation recycling options
MONTEREY — Sheltering in place might seem like a great opportunity to finally tackle spring cleaning. But as residents purge their homes of non-essentials, they are faced with another side effect of shelter in place: few options remain for donating and recycling the things they no longer need. Read more
Lightness after Darkness
In response to the tragic death of “Baby Marina”, the infant found at MRWMD’s Material Recovery Facility on April 28th, the care, concern and generosity of spirit expressed from the MRWMD staff, board and community members has been overwhelming and so very heartening. The generous outpouring has been amazing, including, $3,425.00 of unsolicited donations from staff, board members and the public, cremations services offered by the Bermudez Family Cremations and Funerals and a final resting place offered by San Carlos Cemetery. The Coroner will ultimately decide how her remains will be cared for. What rises from this tragedy, is that we “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” — Desiderius Erasmus
In recognition of Memorial Day
Monday, May 25, we will close all operations at 2 p.m.;
including landfill, MRF, recycling and landscape product sales.