Most restaurants easily comply with the State and County Recycling requirements. Recycling 99 represents GRAS' attempt to a achieve a 99% recycling accuracy.

GRAS AIMS
• Ascertain exactly what is and what is not recyclable
• Resource for restaurants and public for current standards
• Establish relationships with waste haulers and city and state
• Lobby for Zero Waste Zone in Sacramento

Right now, it is somewhat unclear exactly what is recycleable and what is not. Questions regarding specific items sometimes require numerous calls and get different answers, and standards may actually vary between waste haulers.

GRAS wants to be a definative source for Recycling in the Food and Restaurant industry as well as in related public recycling issues. GRAS hopes to achieve the highest standards of recycling (99%) through having accurate and current knowledge and raising consciousness with staff and patrons.

LINKS
NYTimes/Science From Less Waste to None: Zero-Waste

CA Dept. of Conservation - Beverage Container Recycling

CA Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (pdf)
Effective on January 1, 2009.

WRAP (UK) - Material Change for a Better Environment - Resource Efficiency Loop

California Integrated Waste Management Board - Recycling Resource

Waste Management - Inc. (NYSE: WM) is a waste management, and environmental services company in North America head-quartered in Houston. WM's network includes 413 collection operations, 370 transfer stations, 283 active landfill disposal sites, 17 waste-to-energy plants, 131 recycling plants, 95 beneficial-use landfill gas projects and 6 independent power production plants.

ATLANTA'S ZERO WASTE ZONE
EPA Release - Atlanta to Launch Southeast's First Zero Waste Zone

Downtown Atlanta recycles self into a Zero Waste Zone - CNN.com - "Last year, downtown Atlanta lost a convention to another Southern city because the visiting group perceived the other city as "greener" than Atlanta."