From Scraps to Soil: Vermicomposting Workshop

Build a worm composting bin for your home and learn the importance of diverting food waste from our landfills!

Learn to reduce your food waste and compost at home! Join I Love A Clean San Diego for our free From Scraps to Soil: Vermicomposting Workshop at the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens on Saturday, August 22 at 10:30 a.m. During this workshop, we’ll cover:

  • How to reduce food waste in the kitchen
  • Why it’s so important to keep food waste out of landfills through composting and the organic waste recycling program
  • Tips and tricks on how to use the curbside green bin

Attendees can make and take home a vermicomposting bin (worm composting) during the workshop – all supplies and information will be provided to start easily composting at home! *Please note that supplies are limited to one bin per household, with priority given to residents of the City of Vista.

We’ll also have the Sprouting Station open for attendees to plant fruit and vegetable seeds to take home and grow – use the finished compost from your vermicomposting bin to fertilize!

Registration is required. Thank you to the City of Vista for sponsoring this event!

Watershed Warriors: Vista Community Cleanup

Join ILACSD and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in Vista on Saturday, September 1, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Volunteers will meet at 143 Hannalei Drive, Vista, CA 92083. We will collect trash and recycling along the Carlsbad Watershed to divert waste from traveling to our coast!

We will have cleanup supplies and water. We encourage volunteers to bring their own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region! We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers.

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

For a map and directions, click HERE.
For the waiver, click HERE.
Register today!

Save Your Scraps Workshop

Registration is full for this event. Please check out our events calendar to find another upcoming workshop! 

Join ILACSD as we team up with the City of Vista to bring you a Zero Waste 101 Workshop focused on organics! On Saturday, August 25, 2018, we will be hosting the Save Your Scraps Workshop from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens located at 1270 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista, CA 92084. The workshop is complimentary and open to the public!

Come by and learn how to keep organics out of the landfill by shopping smart, storing food properly, and composting your scraps. We will also cover water conservation topics, such as ocean-friendly gardens and laundry-to-landscape systems. Visit educational booths, participate in one of the hands-on activities, and bring in gently used items you were planning to donate and participate in the Swap ‘n’ Shop! Swap ‘n’ Shop participants can exchange or donate those items giving them a second life and keeping them out of the landfill. Activities include a ‘make and take’ food waste project and an eco-friendly kids’ craft.

Registration is full for this event. Please check out our events calendar to find another upcoming workshop!

Vista Oil Filter Exchange Event

The City of Vista in collaboration with AutoZone will be holding a free Oil Filter Exchange Event on Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the AutoZone located at 573 W. Vista Way, Vista, CA 92083.

Bring in a used oil filter and receive a new one free of charge! Free offer valid only during the event date and time at the location listed above.

LIMIT 1 FREE FILTER PER PERSON.
LIMIT 5 GALLONS USED OIL PER DAY, PER PERSON.

Funded by a grant from the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
Please note: This is not a volunteer opportunity.