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🎉 Congratulations Tomás Lopez, Employee of the Year! 🎉


Tomas has worked with SVR for over four years, and was nominated by his colleagues for his dependability, patience, and great attitude. Tomás has demonstrated these attributes while helping his colleagues in day-to-day operations and cross-training other staff members.


Tomás, you are truly a value to the team, and we thank you for all you do! Congratulations! 🎉

Compost Workshop with Compost Giveaway


In partnership with the City of Salinas and Republic Services, we have two more Salinas composting workshops with a new added feature - free compost giveaway! Come prepared with a sturdy container or truck, shovel, and gloves to get your free compost to apply to your gardens and plants.


Registration not required but suggested to secure your spot and ensure we have enough materials reserved for you. See you there!

Register Here

Save the Date!


Wally's Recycle Fest (in conjunction with America Recycles Day) will be here before we know it, and we want to spend it with you! Save the Date for Saturday, November 16 as we celebrate our shared successes in diversion with games, food, workshops, compost, and giveaways!


Thank you to our partners at Greenfield Community Science Workshop, RCDMC, PG Museum, WM, Republic Services, Tri-Cities Disposal & Recycling, Save the Whales, Atlas Organics, Blue Strike Environmental, Blue Zones Project MC, and Ecology Action for helping to make this event a success!

Wally's Recycle Fest

Hit the Brakes on Tire Waste

Bring your unwanted tires in for FREE until September 30th! Thanks to funding from CalRecycle, residents can bring in their tires for free to be recycled. This program is for Salinas Valley residents only (no businesses) with a limit of 9 tires per trip. Visit us at any of our three locations.

Free Tire Recycling

2024-25 Grant Funding Now Available!

ReGen Monterey and Salinas Valley Recycles are excited to announce the renewal of their Edible Food Recovery Grant Program. The SB 1383 Edible Food Recovery Program – Grant Funding Opportunity, FY 24-25 intends to award a total of up to $90,000 to non-profit organizations, businesses, or public entities that collect, generate, and distribute food to those in need within the County of Monterey.


Application Period: August 22, 2024 – October 31, 2024 (10/31/2024)

To Apply: Click on the link below for application description of the purpose for this grant opportunity.

For questions, please contact: katy@bluestrikeenvironmental.com.

Edible Food Recovery

We Don't Have to Live Like This


Seeing scattered trash along business districts shouldn’t be normal. Let’s normalize clean business fronts, because our small business owners and taxpayers should not bear the responsibility of other’s misplaced trash. 


Help keep our community clean by disposing of waste correctly and reporting litter & illegal dumping to KeepMontereyCountyClean.Org.

Help Keep it Clean

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Salinas, CA 93901

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