If you're not for Zero Waste,how much waste are you for?

Yes! Urban Ore sells clothing!

Ever since our lovely employee Erica took on our clothing department, it looks better than ever! She combs through daily shipments of clothing and hand... more

Getting to 90% Diversion or Better in Berkeley

Urban Ore’s design team has proposed a rebuild of our 1983-vintage transfer station.  It was designed to feed a garbage burner that was never built,... more

Bioconversion - Garbage In, Garbage Out

There are many nuances in the new garbage-to-energy initiatives. In May a conference is coming to San Francisco put on by the new wave of... more

Put a little color in your life!

Move into a new apartment? Have a large loft that has bare walls? A fan of classic prints or original weirdo outsider art? Well the... more

Read about Urban Ore in The New York Times!

We are pleased to announced that we were recently featured in The New York Times! The article, written by Hank Pellissier, gives a quick breakdown... more

Reintroducing the Lone Recycler!

The Lone Recycler is a comic book dating all the way back to 1984. It was created by Nancy Gorrell, a children’s illustrator and longtime... more

From Recyclables to Robots!

Artists from all over the Bay Area flock to Urban Ore not only for materials, but for inspiration as well. Take Nemo Gould for example.... more

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