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When you start cleaning out your planting beds and preparing for spring, make sure to add mulch to help to retain moisture during the summer season. Visit the Less is More website for the location of free mulch piles throughout the county or contact your City for more details.

Did you know that the local household hazardous waste collection events are FREE for residents? Bring your unwanted chemicals to your City’s next event. Visit your City’s Solid Waste webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang), your waste disposal provider’s website (Waste Management or Marborg), OR the Less is More website for information about hazardous waste collection events in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Schedule a FREE bulky item pick-up or participate in a Community Clean-up or Shred Day. Visit your City’s Solid Waste webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang) or your City’s waste disposal providers (Waste Management or Marborg) website or watch for more details in your local paper or Chamber of Commerce E-Newsletter.

Did you know stormwater or irrigation runoff is not treated when it goes into the storm drain? Learn what you can do at your home or business to help eliminate stormwater pollution. Visit your City’s Stormwater Management webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang) to learn about Best Management Practices.

Help prevent odor, vermin, and stormwater pollution around your restaurant by keeping used cooking oil storage areas clean. All wash water used to clean kitchen equipment should be discharged into the sanitary sewer. Visit your City’s Stormwater Management webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang) to learn more about Stormwater Pollution Prevention!

Two easy ways to conserve water at home: 1) Install a rain barrel to capture runoff for reuse; 2) Direct downspouts away from pavement and into vegetation. Thanks for doing your part! Visit your City’s Stormwater Management webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang) or the Central Coast Low Impact Development Initiative to learn more about water conservation practices.

When trimming back vegetation, place all your unused landscape waste in your green curbside bin. Unmanaged debris stockpiles attract vermin and pollute stormwater. Visit your City’s Stormwater Management webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang) to learn more about Stormwater Pollution Prevention!

When you pick up after your dog and toss the waste in the trash, you are helping protect your pet, community and the environment. Visit your City’s Stormwater Management webpage (City of Buellton or City of Solvang) or Close the Poop Loop to learn the Truth About Dog Poop.

Southern and Central California’s remarkable number of clear sunny days and its east-west lines of latitude make it a great natural receptor bowl for solar energy. “We have the potential to become the solar capital of California,” says Don “Cam” Campbell. “Your community could certainly produce most of its own electric power and become a model for energy sustainability.” A father of three, “I’m doing it for our children’s sake,” he says. “Sustainable business and energy practices are the only way our world is going to make it.”

Use fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides as instructed only. Identify the specific problem or pest by taking a sample to your local nursery.