Nevada City Rotary took the lead to partner with Trex Company, Inc. to recycle stretchable plastics that Waste Management (WM) will not accept. The public response has been amazing! In less than 6 months we will have collected 4,000 lbs -- far exciting our goal of 500 lbs.

BriarPatch Co-Op says "Clearly this plastics recycling collection is one our community wants to support!" People are collecting plastics at home and bringing in bags to put in 50 gallon bins at 10 commercial and residential sites around Nevada City and Grass Valley. 

Club volunteers empty the bins and deliver them to SaveMart grocery who has graciously agreed to add the collected plastics to their collections which are trucked to a location in central California for distribution to Trex. The stretchable plastic then becomes material for the production of Trex decking, furniture and other products. The Club received a Trex bench made of recycled plastics that will be installed with a Rotary label in Nevada City.

Our plastics recycling program is one of a number of environment projects we host throughout the year. With other local Rotary Clubs we hosted a lithium ion battery recycling.  In the aftermath of the Jones fire, we helped replant Woolman farm at Sierra Center.  

Educating ourselves and community, we actively joined Rotary's ESRAG Plant Rich Diet Challenge.