SEPTEMBER 2025

Rancho Murieta CSD

Residential Newsletter

Fall Tips for Rancho Murieta Residents

As the seasons change, fall in Rancho Murieta brings cooler evenings, foggy mornings, and plenty of leaves. Here are some simple tips from Cal-Waste to keep your home and neighborhood clean, safe, and sustainable this season:

Leaf & Yard Waste: Place fallen leaves, branches, and other yard trimmings in your green waste cart. Keeping debris out of drains helps prevent flooding and protects the Cosumnes River watershed.

Pumpkin Disposal: When Halloween is over, pumpkins belong in your green waste cart, not the trash. They break down naturally and are turned into compost.

Foggy Morning Safety: Shorter days and foggy mornings mean reduced visibility. Please set carts out the night before or by 5:00 AM and make sure they’re clearly visible and spaced 3 feet apart for safe collection.

Holiday Waste Prep: With Thanksgiving and the holidays around the corner, remember: food scraps can go into your green waste cart, cardboard boxes should be flattened and placed in recycling, and lids should always close completely.

Stay Fire-Safe: As you prepare for cozy fall evenings, don’t place fireplace ash in your carts until it has completely cooled. Hot ash is a fire hazard and can damage collection trucks.

A little preparation this season goes a long way toward keeping Rancho Murieta clean, safe, and beautiful.

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Supporting Rancho Murieta’s Summerfest

Cal-Waste was proud to help sponsor this year’s Rancho Murieta Summerfest—a fun-filled community celebration with food, music, and entertainment for all ages .

Events like this bring neighbors together and highlight the strong sense of community that makes Rancho Murieta so special. We’re grateful for the chance to contribute and to be part of such a memorable gathering.

Cal-Waste is Sponsoring the Clements Stampede!

Mark your calendars for the Clements Stampede Rodeo, happening October 18–19, 2025 at 19813 E. Hwy 88, Clements, CA. This exciting two-day event is a local favorite, featuring rodeo action, community fun, and family entertainment.

Cal-Waste is proud to sponsor this year’s Stampede and support a tradition that brings together residents from across the region. Rodeo start times are Saturday at 3 PM and Sunday at 1 PM—don’t miss it!

For tickets and more information, visit clementsstampede.com.

Are You Recycling Hazardous Waste?

Leesa takes you onto the tipping floor of our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where all of Rancho Murieta’s recycling is dropped off. Lately, we’ve been finding a dangerous trend: batteries in recycling carts.

Here’s why it’s a big problem:

Batteries are heavy and sift to the bottom of the pile.
When our front loader crushes them, they spark and start fires in the recycling.
Even small batteries can ignite a fire inside our trucks when the compaction paddle breaks them open.

Please handle batteries and other hazardous waste properly by taking them to a Household Hazardous Waste facility.

Simple Battery Storage Tips at Home

Store used batteries in a sturdy box or plastic container.
Cover the ends of batteries with tape to prevent sparks.
Keep the container in a cool, dry place until drop-off.

Battery & Hazardous Waste Disposal for Rancho Murieta

Residents can safely dispose of batteries and other HHW at:

Kiefer Landfill

📍 12701 Kiefer Blvd, Sloughhouse, CA 95683

📞 (916) 876-9458

This facility accepts batteries and a wide variety of HHW materials for proper disposal. Please call ahead if you have questions about what’s accepted or how to prepare items.

Why It Matters

Keeps hazardous materials out of landfills and the environment
Prevents fires and equipment breakdowns
Protects drivers, staff, and the Rancho Murieta community

Thank you for helping us keep hazardous waste out of carts and ensuring a safe, sustainable future for Rancho Murieta!

Team Spotlight

Meet Our Education Team

Nina, Leesa, and Adolfo

From Stockton to Sacramento to right here in Rancho Murieta, our Education Team is on the road inspiring the next generation to care for the planet. By visiting schools across the region, they bring lessons in science, math, social studies, and technology through the lens of waste reduction. Their interactive presentations not only teach students about recycling and food waste, but also encourage critical thinking and real-world problem solving.

From engaging assemblies on recycling and food waste to hands-on activities that connect students to the environment, our Education Team does it all. They are proud to be active in the Rancho Murieta community, helping students understand the importance of giving back to the planet and building sustainable habits that will last a lifetime.

Why Hoses And Wires Can't Go In Your Recycling Cart

Not everything belongs in your recycling cart. Some items can actually cause serious damage. Garden hoses, extension cords, and wires wrap around recycling equipment, break machinery, and can even snap back to shatter truck windshields. This puts our drivers at risk.

Watch this short video to see why it is so important to keep hoses, cords, and wires out of your recycling cart. Please remember to place these items in the trash, not in recycling.

By keeping hazardous items out of your recycling cart, you help protect our drivers, keep equipment running safely, and support a stronger recycling program for the Rancho Murieta community.

Rancho Murieta Residents — Tidy Up This Fall

Fall is the perfect season to clear out bulky, unwanted items and make space before the holidays. Whether it’s an old loveseat, mattress, carpet, or exercise machine, Cal-Waste is here to help you enjoy a cleaner, clutter-free home.