Residential Topics

For Residents

Bike to Work
Provides incentives, free breakfast, and support to get you hooked on bicycling as transportation.

Cabrillo College Go Green
Choose an alternative to driving alone and you can make a difference in reducing traffic congestion and greenhouse gases. For Cabrillo College students, staff and faculty members.

Central Coast Graywater Alliance
Provides information about installing legal graywater systems, how to obtain a graywater permit, links to professional graywater installers, and graywater training opportunities in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.

Clean Beaches Coalition
Ongoing beach cleanups including the Annual Coastal Cleanup

Electric Bike Information
There are several local retailers who sell affordable electric bikes for steep hills and longer distances.

Folding Bikes in Buses
Several local retails sell a variety of folding bikes for easy and secure parking and use.

Green Business Program
Offers free technical and promotional assistance to help you become a certified green business.

Green Gardener Program
Provides professional training and certification in ecological landscaping and helps customers find certified Green Gardeners.

Home Composting Program
Offers a wealth of home composting resources and opportunities for the residents of Santa Cruz County.

Household Hazardous Waste
Provides information about local and regional drop-off facilities and alternatives to traditionally used chemicals.

Integrated Pest Managment
Provides information and technical assistance about less-toxic alternatives to traditional pest management.

Livestock and Land
Provides technical assistance and cost share dollars for manure and land management approaches that protect water quality.

Multifamily Recycling
A partnership with twelve local agencies and haulers, implementing comprehensive recycling and waste reduction programs at low income multifamily housing complexes.

Oil Recycling
Provides information about local and regional used oil and filter drop-off facilities for cars, boats, and farm equipment.

RideSurance
Emergency ride home insurance for the green commuter

Safe Routes to School
Includes program information for Bike to School, Bike Smart!, Bike ‘n Hike, Walk to School and more!

Santa Cruz County Recycles
Provides information that enables people and businesses to reuse, recycle, and buy recycled in Santa Cruz County.

Transportation Membership Services
Encourages member employees to use other ways than driving alone to commute to and from work.

Zipcar
Zipcar Santa Cruz Expansion allows more Santa Cruz locals to get ‘wheels when you want them’ and use sustainable transportation when you don’t. Click to learn more.

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