A sea of trash and recycling bins at the former Pudding Creek Transfer Station in August, 2022. (Kate Fishman/Bay City News) Credit: s.e. smith/The Mendocino Voice

FORT BRAGG, CA, 3/16/23 — Redwood Waste Solutions (RWS), the company now under contract to manage waste and recycling in the city of Fort Bragg and much of Mendocino County, has good news for Fort Bragg residents with nowhere to recycle following the closure of the Pudding Creek Road Disposal & Buy Back Center. RWS announced in a news release that by Apr. 8, CalRecycle would either accept or reject its application to participate in a California Redemption Value (CRV) Pilot Project that would allow RWS to operate a mobile buyback center at “multiple locations along the coast.” 

“Local jurisdictions can apply now to turn their recycling deserts into hubs for convenient bottle and can redemption with California’s Beverage Container Recycling Pilot Project Program,” CalRecycle advertises on its website. Culver City, Irvine, San Francisco, and other locations have implemented recycling pilot projects through the program. 

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