The ever-important negotiations over the City of Austin's budget are now starting to heat up. Late last month, the city's Budget Office released a draft proposal for the city's $3.7 billion budget for the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1st. For a refresher on what...
From Texas Campaign for the Environment - Join Texas Campaign for the Environment as we tell the Austin City Council: #CompostingNow! On Wednesday, May 18, the Austin City Council will hear a five year budget forecast from Austin Resource Recovery Department which we expect will include plans...
From Austin Resource Recovery - Join the Composting Community! Register today for a FREE composting class presented by the City of Austin Composting is nature's way of recycling. Rather than sending your food scraps and lawn clippings to the landfill, you can compost them to create a nutrient-rich fertilizer for...
Looking for a way to reduce the amount of waste you send to the landfill and make your garden flourish, all at the same time? Be sure to check out one of Austin Resource Recovery's free home composting classes. Composting is nature’s way of recycling. Rather than...
From Austin Resource Recovery - Join the Composting Community! Register today for a free composting class presented by the City of Austin Composting is nature's way of recycling. Rather than sending your food scraps and lawn clippings to the landfill, you can compost them to create a nutrient-rich fertilizer...
Guest Post - from Texas Campaign for the Environment Austin’s recycling department, Austin Resource Recovery (ARR), has released a survey asking residents about two proposed ideas for reducing waste - upgrading the existing curbside recycling program to weekly service, or launching a new service for city-wide curbside composting....
Guest Post - from Andrew Dobbs with Texas Campaign for the Environment We won! (For now). Thanks to letters, calls, emails, and social media actions from hundreds of residents, the Austin City Council today authorized the first pieces of a curbside composting program that will reach every...
[Energy] The US government wants you to improve the energy efficiency of your home. And, to make this as easy as possible, they’re deploying an army of trained professionals to cities across the country, all with one mission in mind - to give Americans a Home Energy Score.Kind of like...