We’re teaming up with the Olympic Academy and City of Newport Beach to celebrate the 26th Annual Coast Clean Up on Saturday, September 25th, 2010. Professional athletes and USA Olympians, along with friends of Newport Beach will be Picking It Up and logging some solid beach time. Join us! Read more

First off, thanks to everyone who came out for our holiday edition of 1st Saturday. We had about 80 folks come out and cleared over 500 lbs of trash off Newport’s streets & beaches. The biggest culprits, once again, were cigarette butts (stay tuned for a special on this from  ZTN’s own Dr. Wdowin). Again, thanks to all of you for fighting the good fight with us and spreading the word. Read more

ZeroTrash Heroes-

Momentum continues to build as we approach spring time in Newport Beach.  For our upcoming First Saturday, March 6th, we are proud to offer a new storefront location in Baja Sharkeez of Newport Beach.  Sharkeez will join Avila’s El Ranchito as our next ZeroTrash Headquarters.  Both establishments will serve as our 10AM meeting point to pick up shirts, pickers, bags, and friends for our monthly community pick up.  Like El Ranchito, Sharkeez will be offering food and drink specials for the ZT army upon completion of our two hours of volunteering.

Who? You, your friends, your family, your neighbors…

When? Saturday, March 6th at 10 o’clock AM

Where? Either Avila’s El Ranchito or Sharkeez  (Newport Beach)

Enjoy some good food, good drinks, and great company while giving back to the community.

Join us Saturday, February 6th and team up with members of your community at Avila’s El Ranchito for the ZeroTrash Coalition Kickoff!  This First Saturday of epic proportions will feature booths and exhibits from local businesses, $5 “all you can eat lunch buffet” courtesy of El Ranchito, and dozens of local heroes determined to keep our streets and beaches free of trash.

The day will begin with our traditional 1st Saturday pick up.  We’ll get you set up with the pickers, bags and a free ZeroTrash Newport T-shirt. After the pick-up, come back to El Ranchito  for our “Taco Tuesday” style buffet.  Five bucks gets you an unlimited amount of food so bring your appetite!  At 12:30 we will have our ZeroTrash Coalition press conference.

Who?  You!  Bring your friends, your family, your co-workers!

When?  10:00 AM – Saturday, February 6th,  2010

Where? Avila’s El Ranchito on the Peninsula – 2800 Newport Blvd

Volunteer Here

See you there!

Californians use 19 Billion Plastic Bags Every Year..

Be a part of the solution tomorrow, December 17th, for A Day Without a Bag. It’s an education and grassroots event coordinated by Heal the Bay that involves businesses and individuals throughout Los Angeles County.  ZeroTrash Newport is teaming up with Surfrider NB to bring the event to our community to ask holiday shoppers and retailers to forgo single-use, plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable bags.

We’ll be set up at Albertson’s on the Peninsula (3100 West Balboa Boulevard) all day, handing out free reusable shopping bags & other enviro swag. We will also be taking pledges for Surfrider’s Rise Above Plastics project. Join us in raising awareness and promoting more sustainable practices during the holidays and coming year.. and let us know what you are doing to Rise Above Plastics.

Join us at Avila’s El Ranchito this Saturday at 10am for ZTN’s 3rd installment of 1st Saturday.

If you’re new to the program, we do this on the 1st Saturday of every month.. and It’s pretty simple. 1st Saturday is about community. It’s about residents rallying around local businesses and taking back the town from trash that litters our streets & beaches. We provide you with trash pickers, bags & your own free ZeroTrash Newport T-shirt (while they last). At Noon, we all meet back at El Ranchito for 50% off the entire menu and ZT drink specials.

When: Saturday, December 5th from 10 am ’til Noon

Where: Avila’s El Ranchito – 2800 Newport Blvd.

It’s our community. PICK IT UP!

Our friends at Surfrider’s local chapter in Newport Beach have invited us to join forces at their October meetup. We’ll be talking trash on Wednesday, October 21st at Hurley headquarters in Costa Mesa. This will be a great chance for us to discuss our collaboration efforts here in town. Surfrider NB focuses a lot of their resources on protecting our waterways and working upstream to keep the Santa Ana River clean.

Many of you have come to us about in getting more involved with ZeroTrash. This will be a great place to start.

If you want to come, just meet us at Hurley (1945 Placentia Avenue) at 6pm. You can RSVP here in the comments section below or via the facebook invite.

See you there!

We are ZeroTrash Newport; a community clean-up project dedicated to ridding streets of trash, supporting local business & taking personal responsibility for the environment.

A few ZT Newport members in front of El Ranchito

The cornerstone of ZeroTrash is our 1st Saturday program. We bring the community & local businesses together on the 1st Saturday of every month to clean up the town. This past weekend marked the inauguration of 1st Saturday here in town. We met at the front door of our first Storefront Supporter in Newport, Avila’s El Ranchito on the Peninsula. It was a great turnout and succesfull event. A big thanks to everyone who showed up!

A special thanks to XS Energy, Newport Beach Magazine, Avila’s El Ranchito & Surterre Properties for making this thing happen!

We’ll be back at El Ranchito on November 7 at 10 am for next month’s 1st Saturday. Come check it out! Reach out to us here on the blog if you’d like to get involved.

PICK IT UP!