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Anthrax, Exodus, and High on Fire Infect the Regency Ballroom, 3/28/13

Anthrax, Exodus, High On Fire, Municipal Waste, Holy Grail Thursday, March 28, 2013 The Regency Ballroom Better than: Actually getting Anthrax (the bacterial disease). You could smell the heshers all the way down to Van Ness and Geary. The air reeked of sweat and Pantene Pro-V. There be a metal sh ... More >>

Creepy Steve Jobs Sculpture Is Partly Made of Apple Guru's Trash

Steve Jobs has apparently inspired art just as much as he's inspired tech. Look no further than this newly created, freakish sculpture of the Apple CEO himself which, believe it or not, was made of trash collected from Jobs' residential garbage bins.According to Cory Allen Contemporary Art, artist X ... More >>

SF State's Hazardous Waste Cleanup Cost Millions More Than It Should Have

Yellow Pages Legislation Would be a Boon to Local Economy, Environment, Report Says

The economic analysis of the Yellow Pages legislation is a real page-turner​Earlier this year, SF Weekly concluded that Supervisor David Chiu's jihad to cutback on the number of Yellow Pages directories piling up in recycling centers is a keen political move. And a new report shows it's a smart ec ... More >>

Supes Want to Rescind Law that Bans Competition in SF Trash Collection

S.F. Might Start Outsourcing Its Trash to Cheaper States

Possibly heading to Nevada is one more thing to be grouchy about​San Francisco's current waste management service, Recology -- formerly known as NorCal -- wants to ship the 20,000 tons of garbage we produce per week (not including weekends) on a freight train to a proposed landfill near Winnemucca ... More >>

Calling All Altruists: District 5 Cleanup on Saturday. As Always, If You Get Trashed, You Can't Pick Up Trash.

Clean up all the garbage areas in District 5 -- no, clean them all up!​If you've ever had a hankering to clean feces off the mayor's doorstep, then, boy, have we got a deal for you! In yet another test of one's altruism -- or stamina -- the Department of Public Works is tossing us a dilemma: Get t ... More >>

State Enviro Cops, Recycling Industry in Toxic Showdown

Headed to a landfill near you?It has taken millions of people's jobs and houses. Could the global recession now threaten our health? This theoretical question is at the heart of a regulatory standoff between California toxics police and the automobile recycling industry. State regulators want auto ... More >>

Dumping Improper Crap in an Outhouse Is a Federal Offense. Burning 21 of Them Is Not

Certainly it's caught your eye -- the ubiquitous notice in most outhouses that "dumping hazardous materials" down the loo is a federal offense. When juxtaposed with the interior of a porta-john, the verb "dumping" and the notion of "hazardous materials" have definitely inspired their share of laughs ... More >>

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Willie Brown's A-list donors and what they may want