Dan Schwarz, City Manager October 18, 2019
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Recycling Guide
Don't know what to do with unwanted items? Zero Waste Marin can help you figure it out! Use this recycling guide to find out how to reuse, donate, recycle, or safely dispose of just about anything.
There are two ways to use the Recycling Guide:
- Type the name of an item into the search bar, or
- Click on a category below to display a list of items. Select the item to find a list of drop-off locations.
We highly recommend contacting the location to check hours and accepted items before making the trek to drop your materials off. Please consider listing reusable items on services such as craigslist.org, next-door.com or freecycle.org.
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Rx Take-Back Day
Clean it out and drop it off! National Prescription Drug Take-back Day is Saturday, October 26. RX Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of your unused or expired prescription drugs. Old and unused prescription medications are a public safety issue, leading to accidental poisoning overdose, and abuse. Pharmaceutical drugs can be just as dangerous as street drugs when taken without a prescription or a doctor’s supervision.
The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. On the last Take-Back Day in April 2019, nearly 470 tons (more than 935,000 pounds) of unused or expired medications were collected nationwide.
You can drop off pills and patches at either of our stations between 10 AM and 2 PM on the 26th. Please, no liquids or sharp objects. The Larkspur station is located at 250 Doherty Drive, and our San Anselmo station is 525 San Anselmo Avenue.
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FIRESafe MARIN Home Hardening Workshop
Save the Date: Tuesday, November 19 for a free seminar hosted by FIRESafe MARIN on home hardening against fire. Recognizing that home-hardening through improved architectural design, ember and ignition resistant material selection, and retrofitting existing buildings are the most important factors in improving home survival during wildfires, FIRESafe MARIN has developed a seminar and training curriculum to introduce homeowners to these concepts.
Taught by experts in the field of wildfire, home hardening, and building science, this seminar will help Marin homeowners to:
- Identify their home’s vulnerabilities to wildfires and embers
- Introduce ignition and ember resistant design and materials
- Provide home-hardening and retrofitting resources
- Encourage building modifications to reduce the likelihood of structural ignitions during wildfires
- Manufacturer representatives will be on-site to display fire-resistant building materials
Weather permitting, a live fire demonstration will be conducted at 5 PM to demonstrate the differences between fire-resistant and ordinary construction.
Register at www.firesafemarin.org/events.
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Friends of the Library: "What's It Worth?" Roadshow
The Larkspur Friends of the Library invite curious collectors to bring their treasures to City Hall on Saturday, November 9th to see what they are worth! Sacramento Auctioneer Brian Witherell, COO Witherell's Inc., will give verbal appraisals for paintings, sculpture, silver, collectibles, luxury goods, watches, Mid Century Modern furniture, decorative arts, arms, and militaria. Photographs are accepted for fragile or oversize items. Limit 2 items per person. First come, first served. 9:00AM early access: $40. 10 AM - 4 PM $25. Proceeds go to the Friends of the Library. For more information, visit friendsoflarkspurlibrary.org or call 415-927-5005.
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Marin Commutes
From October 7 – November 17 you can win prizes when you log your green commute trips on Marin Commutes. Easily log trips, including bus and train rides, biking, walking, carpooling, and riding the ferry, and you'll be automatically entered to win weekly prizes. Top performers compete for $250 gift cards. Commuters have a chance to compete to see who can log the most trips and reduce the most emissions. It's a win-win for participants and Marin County commuters as Marin gets on the road to cleaner air and less traffic congestion. Here's what you need to know:
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