The Ecology Center

With Berkeley’s waste collection facility in a state of disrepair, the city is moving toward a long-awaited, state-of-the-art facility.

Vessel provides free reusable cups to consumers through an app and allows customers to keep the cups for up to five days before returning them to any participating business. Once implemented, Vessel will be available at at least 10 businesses on and around the UC Berkeley campus.

Try shopping for your produce locally — the Ecology Center hosts three weekly, open-air farmers markets in Berkeley year-round.

The Ecology Center, a nonprofit organization in charge of Berkeley’s residential curbside recycling program, announced on Wednesday that it has been working with the city to now accept more types of plastics for residential recycling.