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The Corcoran Neighborhood integrated waste reduction education and action into their existing annual events. They conducted two Green Sweeps with 298 homes participating. As a result of their education efforts, there was an increase in the number of items recycled and donated for reuse at the Green Sweeps, and a reduction in the amount of garbage collected -- from 17,660 to 13,320 tons. They offered Reuse information at their Housing Fair and turned an annual volunteer dinner for 100 into a low waste event. They also started a weekly e-newsletter offering at least one waste reduction message each month for 372 resident subscribers. Waste reduction information is also put in each monthly print issue of the Corcoran News reaching 4,228 people. They hired an illustrator to create waste reduction comic strips called “Acorn Logic” for their e-newsletter and newspaper. They will continue most of these activities and incorporate new waste reduction activities as a second year Community POWER grantee in 2007-08.