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Y - educing waste starts with not generating it in the first place. Selecting the right plants for the right place, as <br />;;' '~ well as watering and fertilizing judiciously are important ways to reduce the tons of plant debris that end <br />up in the landfills in the Bay Area. <br />Reusing plant trimmings as mulch, grasscycling, and using compost improves soils, creates healthier landscapes and in <br />addition, keeps materials out of local landfills. <br />Material use is an important factor in the landscape. Using recycled content, salvaged, durable or local materials <br />conserves resources and can reduce the amount of embodied energy that is consumed by the landscape. <br />Landscaping for less to the landfill will help you create a beautiful, relatively trouble free landscape that yields years of <br />benefits for you, your client and the San Francisco Bay. <br />_~ <br />• <br />w . ~~ <br />75% ofsingle-family households <br />always or almost always recycle <br />their plant waste. Recycling plant <br />debris is important to your current <br />customers and potential new <br />clients. <br /> <br /> ~ <br /> . ~ ~- r ~~ <br />'~ w. +" <br /> <br /> <br />r ~ <br />ti <br /> <br />~r <br />L t` <br />~ , <br /> <br />*' ~ : ,M <br />a <br />^ -.c -.! <br /> ~~s~ ^ ~~~~ <br />'t <br />~, i <br />~ 5 <br /> <br />' <br />•, a~+ <br />, /' Mr <br /> F R y r <br />YS Ur ~*~ f ~ ~ ~w <br />Plants are more likely to thrive, which <br />reduces their susceptibility to disease <br />and other pests and their need for <br />fertilizers and pesticides. Water can be <br />conserved. Callbacks and plant replace- <br />ment are often reduced. Debris is not <br />generated in the f rst place. <br />8 <br />x <br />y <br />z <br />~y <br />z <br />W <br />~o <br />i <br />a <br />"U(~e are trying to recycle more of our green waste <br />on our sites. One major benefit is that we don't have to haul it <br />of~ j`'site to a dump. Second, it helps to cut down on worker's <br />compensation claims from back injuries due to heavy tarps of <br />material being picked up for disposal. " <br />- Manuel L. Gonzales, Director of'I~aining, Cagwin & Dorward, Novato <br />I. Select appropriate plants <br />A. ~.-ose plants to match <br />~icroclimate & soil <br />__ ~tions <br />Selecting the right plants is linked to <br />understanding the site-specific conditions <br />of the landscape. Plant selection is the <br />foundation of environmentally sound <br />landscaping and thus an important <br />practice for meeting many of the other <br />principles of Bay-Friendly landscaping. <br />^ Select flora that is compatible with <br />the exposure, temperature, moisture, <br />and soil in microsites within each <br />particular landscape site. <br />^ Consider appropriate plant <br />communities and how one <br />community may succeed another with <br />time. <br />Z~ <br />