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What's New!
3rd Annual Compost
Giveaway Day!
Tri-CED, the City of Union City and Allied Waste are joining together to provide Union City residents with 2 free bags of compost.

Saturday, May 31, 2008
9:00am-3:00pm
*Proof of residency required. Look for mailer in your mailbox!*

** LIMIT 2 BAGS PER CAR ONLY **

About Tri-Ced

Mission:
Tri_CED's mission is to reduce the waste stream, employ youth and needy adults and to share residual proceeds with the community.
Tri-CED forms partnerships with community based organizations, schools, teachers, and faith based organizations to promote source reduction, recycling collection. composting and community education programs designed to reduce waste and raise awareness about our environment.

Our Story:
Tri-CED Community Recycling is California's largest non-profit recycling organization dedicated to hiring hard to employ individuals and reintegrating them back into the workplace and community since 1980 by providing job training, work experience and permanent jobs.

Tri-CED was formed in 1980 by Bert Perez, Frank Roesch, Richard Valle and several other members of the Union City community and other volunteers from the Tri-CED board of directors. Volunteers started by collecting aluminum cans, glass bottles, newspaper and cardboard at a small buy-back recycling center located under a Pepper tree at the Union City Youth Program on Mission Boulevard. Tri-CED also began picking up recyclables at churches and schools in Union City and eventually was able to secure a location on Central Avenue in Union City for its buy-back operations. In 1992 Tri-CED moved to its current location at Western Avenue. The current site (4.5 acres) is now an asset of Tri-CED.

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Recycling is Easy
Tri-CED provides weekly residential and multi-family collection service to residents of Union City and Hayward
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Tri-Ced Community
Projects
Tri-CED provides employment to young people who work in the Buy Back Recycling Center.
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Get Involved!
Support our community outreach and youth employment programs by making a tax deductible contribution.
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