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Request for Proposals Modules 6 and 7 – Interim Fill Sequence Plan Development Release Date: May 17, 2021 Closing Date and Time: June 2, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. (Pacific)
RECYCLING 101 Workshop Nov 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

REGISTER Take a deep-dive into the world of recycling:

  • Learn what’s recyclable
  • Take a tour of our Materials Recovery Facility
  • Understand global trends and what items are turned into

Location: MRWMD,  Administration Building
Note: Attendees need to be 10+ years of age. Children accompanied by an adult.     

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Artist in Residence Installation on May 3-14, 2022

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Taylor Paige Prentiss, a Visual and Public Art (VPA) senior at California State University, Monterey Bay, has been selected to be the 2022 Artist in Residence (AIR) at the Monterey Regional Waste Management (MRWMD). The AIR Program is a partnership between MRWMD, CSUMB’s VPA department and the Last Chance Mercantile. Since 2016, student artists from CSUMB are selected for a fellowship at MRWMD. The artists work in the yard at Last Chance Mercantile. While on-site, they salvage for discarded materials in the store as well as the Materials Recovery Facility that processes the community’s recyclable items. Their discoveries are then upcycled into meaningful art.

Paige will present her project, “Home: The Things We Carry”, at a special installation from May 3-14 at Last Chance Mercantile, located at the MRWMD, 14201 Del Monte Avenue, north of Marina, in unincorporated Monterey County. The installation can be viewed during store hours, Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to a reception and meet-and-greet on Thursday, May 5 at 2 p.m. Paige will exhibit, discuss her work, and answer questions.

Taylor Paige Prentiss is a mixed media artist from Los Angeles. Her mediums include sculpture, illustration, digital art and photography. She will graduate with a B.A. in Visual and Public Art from CSUMB this May.

Artist in Residence Invitation

News Release in PDF

Holiday Hours 2021

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MRWMD staff wishes all a safe & joyful holiday season.
Please note that the site will be closed on
Saturday, Dec. 25th and January 1st.
Offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 24th and Dec. 31st.

Last Chance Mercantile will be closed for shopping
Dec. 24th – Jan. 1st.
Open to receive donations on Dec. 28th, 29th & 30th

 

Last Chance Mercantile Reopens July 31st

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Shop for and/or donate used and previously loved items again at the Last Chance Mercantile. Now operated by the Veterans Transition Center your purchases and donations benefit people (the VTC’s programs serving veterans) and planet.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Celebrate Earth Day All Year Long

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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

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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