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Marin Sanitary – Curbside Clean-Ups

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Marin Sanitary Service offers residential curbside clean-ups twice per year (fall and spring). These preset dates are determined by the town you live in.

During your clean-up week, you can put out up to 14 bags of extra material at no extra cost on your normal service day.

WHAT YOU CAN PUT AT THE CURB FOR CURBSIDE CLEAN-UP

  • Up to 14 extra bags or cans (2 cubic yards) of garbage, recycling, and compostables (yard/food waste)
  • Extra cans/bags can’t weigh more than 60 pounds
  • Extra cans/bags can’t be larger than 32 gallons in size
  • No bulky items like mattresses, appliances, and furniture (see Bulky Items pickup)

CURBSIDE CLEAN-UP DATES

Material will be collected on your normal service day during your areas’ scheduled clean-up week.

Curbside clean-up weeks are listed in the table below. If you do not see your area listed, you can use the cycle and tax body codes from your bill to determine what week we’ll be servicing your area.

Billing Cycle Tax body Area Scheduled Week
R1 MASA San Anselmo March 4-8, 2019
R1 MARN Unincorporated Ross Valley North March 4-8, 2019
R1 MAGS & MASR San Rafael March 11-15, 2019
R2 MAGS & MASR San Rafael April 1-5, 2019
R2 MARS/MACO Unincorporated Ross Valley South April 8-12, 2019
R3 MAGS & MASR San Rafael April 15-19, 2019
R3 MALK Larkspur April 22-26, 2019
R3 MAFF Fairfax April 29-May 3, 2019
R3 MALG Unincorporated Las Gallinas May 6-10, 2019
R3 MARO Ross May 13-17, 2019

Fairfax Take Back Day

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Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Fairfax Pavilion Parking Lot, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, CA

All Fairfax Residents! Do a little spring cleaning, and come to Fairfax Take Back Day for a one stop shop for recycling and safe disposal of these items:

→ Prescription Drugs and Medications- collected by the Fairfax Police

Household medications are the number one cause of childhood poisonings. And, they pollute our waterways when they are flushed. The DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back program safely disposes your medicines.

→ Electronics Waste- collected by Conservation Corps North Bay

Examples: computers, microwaves, iPods, printers, cell phones, TVs, remotes.  Please no batteries or bulbs.

Note: Bulbs and batteries will not be collected. Fairfax Lumber, Good Earth and United Markets collect used batteries. Fluorescent (CFLs), Halogen and LED light bulbs and batteries can be taken to the Marin Household Hazardous Waste Facility for safe disposal or recycling. Incandescent bulbs may be disposed of in your trash. 

→ Free Paper Shredding- service provided by Marin Sanitary Service

For Fairfax Residents Only. Shred your sensitive documents (up to 2 bankers boxes). Please no plastic, folders or binders. Staples/paperclips OK.

→ Mattress Recycling- collected by Conservation Corps North Bay

Drop off your old mattresses for recycling!  Bye Bye Mattress® is a program of the Mattress Recycling Council.

Also.... FREE COMPOST FOR FAIRFAX RESIDENTS!

Bring it Home! Free compost will be available for Fairfax residents at Take Back Day. This will be the first of several deliveries to be made by Marin Sanitary Service in 2019. This compost is made from the food and yard waste collected in your green curbside carts. Since the delivery is shared with all Fairfax residents, please do not take more than five 5-gallon buckets (which provides about a one inch cover for a 40 square foot garden).

Use of Compost: Compost is a soil amendment that improves the water-holding capacity and structure of your soil, but too much of it can harm your plants! It is recommended that you use no more than 1-2 inches on your annuals & perennials.

GETTING THERE: Walk, Bike or Drive through the drop off spots in the Fairfax Pavilion Parking lot. Please enter from Bank Street.

Sustainable Fairfax, Marin Sanitary Service, Conservation Corps North Bay and the Town of Fairfax bring this opportunity to Fairfax residents once a year.

Earth Day Community Conversation: Sustainable Fairfax & Zero Waste

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Please join a conversation with board members of Sustainable Fairfax, learn about our four primary volunteer “Hubs,” and discover exciting ways to get involved. This is your opportunity to take community-based action to minimize our environmental impact.

The focus will be on our Zero Waste Program and the important paradigm shift taking place from disposable to REUSABLE! Bring your burning questions! This is an opportunity to get down and dirty about the truths behind the recycling crisis.

Refreshments will be served at 6:45pm.

Free to All.

Film Night: Wasted! A Story of Food Waste

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Join Sustainable Fairfax and the Environmental Forum of Marin for a screening of the film WASTED! Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming “scraps” into incredible dishes that creates a more secure food system.

See how food waste directly contributes to climate change and how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st century.

Free Raffle for $100 Good Earth Gift Certificate!

Film will be followed by a discussion with the Sustainable Fairfax Zero Waste Team.

6:30pm: DOORS OPEN
6:30-7:00pm: Raffle and tabling
7:00pm: Film

Suggested donation: $10.

FRIDAY JAN 25: Film Screening of “WASTED! The Story of Food Waste” featuring Bourdain

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Join Sustainable Fairfax and the Environmental Forum of Marin for a screening of the film WASTED! Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming “scraps” into incredible dishes that creates a more secure food system.

See how food waste directly contributes to climate change and how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st century.

Submit your pledge to reduce food waste before the film and enter a free Raffle for $100 Good Earth Gift Certificate!

Film will be followed by a discussion with the Sustainable Fairfax Zero Waste Team.

6:30pm: DOORS OPEN
6:30-7:00pm: Raffle and tabling
7:00pm: Film

Suggested donation: $10.

The Fairfax Craft Faire is Here!

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<p align="left">The <a href="http://www.fxcraftfaire.com/"><strong>Fairfax Craft Faire</strong> </a>returns on Saturday, December 8th, 11am-5pm at the Fairfax Pavilion. The Craft Faire has become a local tradition, and we hope you can all join us again for another great year! The event features 50 vendors selling handmade crafts and sustainably produced products.</p>

SHOP TO FESTIVE LIVE MUSIC

Our favorite craft faire bands will return this year:

11:30am:   Ukulele Friends Ohana
1:00pm:    Liz Stires and friends
Last set:   Jack Irving

CRAFT FAIRE RAFFLE 

Try your luck at our Craft Faire Raffle! Get your raffle tickets from theSustainable Fairfax or Fairfax Recreation table, and bid on your favorite items donated by our Craft Faire vendors.

CALLING ALL BAKERS!

Wondering how you can support the Fairfax Craft Faire? That’s easy! Bake your favorite goodie(s) for the Craft Faire Bake Sale. All bakers will receive free raffle tickets to the raffle. Drop off your item at the Pavilion kitchen between 9:30-10:30am on Saturday morning. Thank you!!!!

Sign-up here! 

ZERO WASTE CAFE

Visit the Zero Waste Cafe and enjoy some fantastic CHILI and delectable gluten-free MAC & CHEESE donated by Good Earth Natural Foods. Be sure to treat yourself to something sweet at our bake sale too. The Cafe does not generate any landfill waste! We serve the food in reusable dishes with real utensils.

WARM UP WITH SOME KEY TEA

Don’t miss Key Tea’s delicious locally grown chai teas and other wondrous beverages.

GIFT WRAPPING BY INDIE ALLEY

NEW THIS YEAR! Get your gifts wrapped at the Indie Alley booth at the entrance to the Faire!

>>Learn more

The proceeds from the Craft Faire benefit Sustainable Fairfax and Fairfax Recreation, the organizers of the event.