We are grateful for all the great coverage and recognition of our work in the San Diego region and beyond. View links to our recent media coverage and awards below.
KPBS Interview: SB 1383 organics recycling law. What are the impacts and how is Solana Center involved?
Encinitas Magazine: A glimpse at Solana Center's journey through the years
Awards & Recognition
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- 2023 Organics Diversion Program of the Year National Award, US Composting Council
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- 2022 50 Most Influential Women Over 50 awarded to Jessica Toth Solana Center Executive Director, San Diego Business Journal
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- 2019 Outstanding Service in Composting, US Composting Council
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- 2019 Dave Hardy Leadership in Organics, California Resource Recovery Association
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- 2018 EMIES UnWasted Food Awardee, San Diego Food System Alliance
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- 2017 Top Business Women in San Diego, San Diego Business Journal
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- 2016 California Governor's Environmental & Economic Leadership Award
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- 2015-6 Proclamations from City of Encinitas, San Diego County Supervisors, State Legislators
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- 2015 Encinitas Environmental Award
Recent Media Features
How San Diego restaurants are recycling food waste
January 2022
July 2022
Building Local Power: Composters Dreaming, Investors Scheming, May 2023 Institute for Local Self-Reliance podcast
Environmental Innovation Center at Forefront of Providing Waste Diversion Education to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Landfill Space, March 2022
Drew Schlosberg "Spotlight on the Community" podcast
Award-Winning Center at Forefront of Environmental Innovations, November 2022
Drew Schlosberg "Spotlight on the Community" podcast
101: Food Scraps, E-Waste & Rain - Oh My!, April 2021
Sustainability is Sexy podcast
The Climate Champions Podcast
Additional Media Coverage
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- Del Mar Times: Nonprofit Solana Center for Environmental Innovation recognized for 40th anniversary, August 2023
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- Encinitas Advocate: Solana Center honors volunteers with Toast to Compost, July 2023
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- Voice of San Diego: Environment Report: Food Waste Bins, June 2023
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- Rancho Santa Fe Review: RSF Garden Club Hosts Celebration of Giving Event, May 2023
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- ReFed: Food Waste Action Network Member Spotlight, April 2023
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- Ramona Sentinel: Ramona Earth Day Festival focuses on sustainability and entertainment, April 2023
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Times of San Diego: Opinion: As Earth Day Nears, It’s Time to Get Serious About Organic Waste Recycling, April 2023
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- San Diego Business Journal: New Green Organic Waste Bins – and a Bunch of Questions NONPROFIT: Solana Center Helping Ease the SB 1383 Rollout, April 2023
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- US Composting Council: USCC 2022 Annual Awards Announced, February 2023
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- NBC 7: Saving San Diego's Rain for a Non-Rainy Day, January 2023
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- UCI News: UCI receives funding for recycling research project, January 2023
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- Sustainable Jungle: 9 Bulk & Zero Waste Stores In San Diego, January 2023
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- WASTECON SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America) keynote presentation: Recovering Organic Resources Public-Private Collaboration, December 2022
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- BioCycle: California Food Businesses Tackle Climate Law Compliance, October 2022
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- San Diego Daily Transcript: OpEd: Recycling isn't working; here's why we need California's new law to reduce the use of plastics, September 2022
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- Spectrum News LA: Cutting down your food waste with worms, August 2022
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Times of San Diego: Opinion: Food Waste Can Worsen the Drought — Here’s How You Can Help, August 2022
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- Chula Vista Today: Solana Center for Environmental Innovation shares water conservation tips, July 2022
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- San Diego Business Journal: 50 over 50 Women of Influence - Jessica Toth, Executive Director, July 2022
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- Times of San Diego: Opinion: It's Not Too Late to Slow Climate Change if We Recycle Organic Waste, April 2022
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- Unavision San Diego: Consejos durante el mes del planeta para cuidar el medio ambient (Tips during the month of the planet to take care of the environment), April 2022
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- Voice of San Diego: Cities Now Have to Collect Our Food Waste. The San Diego Region is Scrambling to Comply, January 2022
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- Environment + Energy Leader: California Law Aims to Significantly Cut Food Waste, January 2022
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- KUSI-TV: New California Law Requires Food to Be Donated, Not Tossed, January 2022
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- KOGO News: SB 1383, January 2022
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- Unavision San Diego: Residentes de California deberán reciclar sus desechos orgánicos de acuerdo a la nueva ley, January 2022
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- Fox 5 San Diego: Food waste prevention and SB 1383, December 2021
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- Del Mar Times: Q&A with Jessica Toth, executive director of Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, December 2021
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- KPBS: Food-scrap recycling starts Jan. 1, but most San Diego cities aren't ready, December 2021
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- Ramona Sentinel: County officials tour composting project at San Diego Country Estates equestrian center, July 28, 2021
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- The Coast News: Encinitas adopts organics collection rates for EDCO's new facility, May 2021
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- Encinitas Advocate: New curbside organics pick-up program to be launched, May 2021
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- San Diego CW CBS 8 News: Earth Week: Learning the basics of composting
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- The Coast News: Organic waste advocates praise industrial solutions, but more action required, April 2021
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- Edible San Diego: How to Start Composting, No Matter Where You Live, April 2021
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- Edible San Diego Magazine: Solving the Takeout Conundrum (page 24), March 2021
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- Denver 7: From landfills to the soil, California food waste law aims to reduce methane emissions, February 2022
Media Inquiries
Jessica Bombar, Marketing & Communications Manager
jessica.bombar@solanacenter.org
(760) 436-7986 x705