Composting made easy Saturday
The City of Mission Viejo and Waste Management are teaming up to host free compost workshops for residents Saturday, May 18 at Oso Viejo Park, 24932 Veterans Way. Composting is a simple and natural way to turn your yard and food waste into valuable organic fertilizer for your garden. On Saturday, compost and vermi-composting containers [...]
Trabuco Hills High School E-waste Collection, Recycling Day May 18
Recycle your old computer monitors, televisions, cell phones and more at Trabuco Hills High School’s Recycling Day event on Saturday, May 18. The PTSA is hosting the from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 27501 Mustang Run. Drop off computers, printers, laptops, LCD displays, hard drives, servers, wires, circuit boards, audio/video systems, fax machines, cell [...]
Mission Viejo’s Earth Day, Arbor Day celebration April 27
The City of Mission Viejo will celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day on Saturday, April 27 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way. The public will have the chance to participate in a creek clean-up along Oso Creek along with annual Arbor Day “planting” opportunities. [...]
Eco-art on display at Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center
The next time you drop by the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, be sure to check out a unique “eco-art” gallery on display. GreenLife Gallery is displaying works of art that are handmade using salvaged, reclaimed, organic and other renewable resources. The gallery’s owners, artists Pam and Chris Wagoner, collaborate with several artists [...]
Two-day free electronic recycling event April 24-25
In celebration of Earth Day, the Environmental Awareness Club at Saddleback College will host its two-day Living Green Electronic Recycling Event April 24-25. The free event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days in the college’s Lot 1 at 2800 Marguerite Parkway. Folks will have the chance to recycle televisions of all [...]
Mission Viejo named ‘Tree City USA’ for 14th straight year
With picturesque parks, open space and tree-lined neighborhoods, Mission Viejo has been named a “Tree City USA” community by the Arbor Day Foundation – the 14th year the City has received the national recognition for its commitment to urban forestry. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, a non-profit, environmental [...]
Newhart Middle School’s Earth Day Festival April 19
The public is invited to take part in Newhart Middle School’s 3rd annual Earth Day Festival on Friday, April 19 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 25001 Veterans Way. The festival will feature hands-on science activities that focus on the importance of caring for our planet through conservation, natural resource and land management, scientific [...]
Recycling this month will help the Mission Viejo Library
If you fill up your recycling cart with extra recyclables this month, you will be helping the environment and the Mission Viejo Library. Waste Management of Orange County donates $5 for every ton of residential recycled material collected from single family and multifamily homes in April to the Friends of the Mission Viejo Library, which [...]
Castille Elementary School to host free E-Waste recycling event April 20
Recycle your old computer monitors, televisions, cell phones and more at Castille Elementary School’s free E-Waste recycling event on Saturday, April 20. The PTA is hosting the event to benefit the school from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 24042 Via La Coruna. Drop off computers, printers, keyboards and other electronic devices for recycling. For [...]
Del Cerro Elementary School to host free E-waste collection April 27
Del Cerro Elementary School is teaming up with All Green Electronics Recycling on April 27 to host an E-waste recycling collection from 8 a.m. to noon at the school located at 24382 Regina Street. The free event, which benefits the school, gives the public the chance to properly dispose of E-waste like computers; laptops; monitors; [...]
