If you have a smartphone or tablet, you can now download a free Culver City app that puts refuse, recycling, special waste collection details and more at your fingertips, anytime you want them.
This free mobile web app contains all of the information residents need to know about waste, recycling, and organics services tailored specifically to their neighborhood and street address.
“This is a new way for us to connect with residents about recycling programs,” said Mayor Jeff Cooper.
“City staff will be able to update the information on the mobile and web app as necessary during the year. It will always be current. Residents will never forget a collection day. That should lead to increased recycling diversion rates.”
The mobile web app, developed by Recycle Coach, provides residents with a full range of information that is normally on the website or in the collection schedule that the city distributes.
But now, residents don’t have to go hunting for the printed schedule or sit in front of their computers. Instead, by downloading Recycle Coach, Culver City residents may check details for regular and special collections and events for household hazardous waste or e-waste days, and more.
Special features of the Recycle Coach mobile and web app include a search function that lets residents quickly find information about what to do with a regular or out-of-the-ordinary item, plus there are tips for reducing and recycling waste in apartments and condominium buildings.
The Culver City Recycle Coach Mobile and Web App includes a special Report-a-Problem function that enables residents to report non-emergency municipal problems like missed collections, illegal dumping, overflowing public garbage or recycling bins, potholes, burned out traffic or street lights and more.
The Report-a-Problem feature connects the user to ACCESS Culver City. It uses the smartphone’s GPS positioning system and built in camera. All people have to do is select the Report-a-Problem function, take a picture, and the problem is automatically emailed to city staff.
Once residents have downloaded the app, they can set it up to give them regular reminders for any of the collection programs. For example, they can set a reminder for the day that recycling is collected, or they can set up alerts just for household hazardous or electronic waste collection days.
Culver City is adding the Recycle Coach mobile and web app to its communication outreach activities. The city will continue to distribute printed materials and have information on the website for residents who prefer traditional methods to find promotional and educational resources.
For more information about Culver City’s Recycle Coach, please click here to visit the City’s website. The Recycle Coach app is free to download, and it is available from by clicking/tapping here to visit the iTunes Store or by clicking/tapping here to visit Google Play. For more information about the city’s refuse and recycling programs, call 310.253.6400.
Ms. Vargas may be contacted at www.catherine.vargas@culvercity.org