Refill over landfill is just one step you can take to help our Earth, and we're lucky to have a variety of earth-conscious solutions available to us! Here's list of sustainable businesses and initiatives, local to Long Beach and surrounding areas, providing eco-friendly services and events.
CLEANUP
- 30 Min Beach Clean - every 3rd Saturday
- Long Beach Surfrider - cleanups every first Saturday
- City of Long Beach - neighborhood cleanup assistance program and support
- Care Closet - cleanups and support for long beach unhoused citizens
REPURPOSE
- Food Finders - food rescue & food share
- Human-I-T - repurposed tech donations
- Freecycle - giving people stuff for free
RECYCLE
- Earth911 - search engine for recyclables
- Terracycle - brand sponsored programs to recycle the unrecyclable
FIND FOOD
- Long Beach Fresh - affordable access to local, nutritious food
- Ethikli - package-free vegan grocery refills
- Good Veg - find local farmers markets
- Happy Cow - vegan & vegetarian food finder
COMPOST
- Long Beach Community Compost - food waste drop off, compost pick up
- Share Waste - find food waste drop-off sites
- City of Long Beach - home composting support
GROW
- Long Beach Organic - turning vacant lots into community gardens
- Long Beach Beekeepers - education for beekeeping and environmental impact
- City Of Long Beach - free mulch, native plants, fruit trees
- Lawn 2 Garden - LB Water Dept program to educate how to transform lawns into drought-resistant gardens