The below photos are of the garbage pit at Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. in one of their locations in San Francisco, CA. This comes from when we decide to put trash in our black bin, recycling items in our blue bin, or compostables in our green bin. The trash from the black bin gets dumped by trucks into this garbage pit, mashed down by a big machine that drives around on it, and then trucked out to a landfill facility. There is no sorting of the garbage pit.

I've recently posted eight interviews about building green. These interviews are with architect Eric Corey Freed and Jordan Hardy. They are all below:

The new series of more than 5 videos on GoGreenSave.com is all about saving money while building green. Building green doesn't have to mean spending more or building green from scratch. You can do these things at home! Go to our Green Building page from our left navigation to watch the videos and learn!

Yes, it is possible to go green and save! What can you save? You can save money. You can help save the environment. You can save gas, other fuel, food, energy, or more. Going green and saving is for sure our future.

Learn from this book about going green and saving money.

Learn from this book about going green and saving money.