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12/21/2025

Happy 7th night of Hanukkah! 🕎

12/20/2025

The Village has been busy this year! In 2025, the Village achieved several major milestones, including advancing sustainability initiatives such as:

- The Village Board adopted the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and the Energy Action Plan. Both can be found at https://www.riverside.il.us/325/Green-Initiatives
- The Natural Resource Management Plan that was developed and adopted along with the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The Management Plan can be found on page 81 of the Master Plan at https://www.riverside.il.us/758/Parks-and-Recreation-Master-Plan
- There were 23 different agenda items that addressed sustainability and environmental health initiatives.
- The continuation of the Village's agreement with WasteNot Compost's year-round services. As of the end of 2025, 41,452 lbs. of compost was collected from Riverside. This is equivalent to 1,838 gallons of gas offset by diverting food scraps from the landfill using WasteNot’s electric vehicles and not driving 41,102 miles.
- The continuation of the Village's Green Electric Aggregation Program with MC Squared. More information can be found at https://www.riverside.il.us/367/Electric-Aggregation

Just to name a few! Thank you to everyone that contributes to the Village's green initiatives.

12/19/2025

Even Chicago winters can’t slow down the WasteNot commercial team ⚡️ ❄️

If you see one of our 100% electric vehicles on the road, make sure to wave to our compost collecting superstars behind the wheel 👋

12/18/2025

Santa’s sleigh is welcome in WasteNot’s zero-emissions fleet of vehicles 🎅

12/16/2025

WasteNot Partner Spotlight:

At Dollop, composting and coffee are key to providing a sustainable cafe experience. Their NEMA location in the South Loop has made a huge impact by composting over 11,000 pounds with WasteNot since 2022!

Make sure to find the Dollop location nearest you next time you’re looking for a hot beverage to keep you warm this winter ❄️ ☕️

12/10/2025

WasteNot Partner Spotlight:

Penelope’s is an easygoing boutique shop in Wicker Park with a stylish selection of clothes and gifts for anyone in your life. Carley, the shop’s general manager, makes shopping at Penelope’s sustainable through her dedication to keeping the shop’s plastic waste out of landfills ♻️

12/08/2025

Save your holiday tree from the landfill 🎄♻️

Nearly 6 million trees are sent to the landfill every year. Lower your impact this holiday season by giving your tree a new life with WasteNot.

This year, any Chicago resident can have their tree collected by our team in January - no WasteNot membership needed!

Click our link in bio to save your spot now 💚

12/04/2025

Let’s work together to reduce textile waste ♻️

WasteNot, in partnership with Cradles to Crayons, collects textiles from our members to ensure they are diverted from landfills. Go to the WasteNot Shop to get a Textile Collection bag to fill with your unwanted clothes, linens, and shoes!

12/02/2025

Happy Giving Tuesday 💚

The WasteNot team made our first delivery today from our Food Relief Drive! With the help of WasteNot residential members, we were able to collect over 3,100 pounds of food to share with and to help support Chicagoans currently facing food insecurity.

Thank you to all the members who contributed!

11/25/2025

Don’t let broken lights dim your holiday cheer 🌲 🌟

If you find any broken string lights as you bring out your holiday decorations, make sure to order a Holiday Light Collection on ! WasteNot has partnered with again this year to recycle your broken string lights 💡

11/24/2025

The free community compost drop-off bins will be available through December 31. This service is a pilot program and is being evaluated for 2026. Learn more about the program and view a full list of acceptable materials and drop-off locations here: https://loom.ly/s_nTWpM

Drop-Off Reminders - Please avoid adding yard waste or pumpkins due to the size of the containers. Additionally, do not leave any materials outside the carts. This can attract wildlife and any materials left outside the carts may not be composted.

11/20/2025

Last night, we had the opportunity to talk with our community at the Plastic Panel in Wicker Park ♻️

We discussed everything from soft to circular economies. Check out our Tiktok for what you may have missed!

Big thank you to everyone who came out to learn and grow 💚

Host:
Carley - General Manager of

Panelists:
Aria - Outreach and Education Manager
Aleksandra - Founder of

Venue:
Gemini - Wicker Park

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