Outreach Materials & How to Use Them
Openers to use if People are walking by to get them into our booth
As people approach the table, stand up and engage them in friendly conversation--just
standing or sitting there is not enough. Suitable openers might be,
 “Do you use fluorescent bulbs? Do you know where to recycle them?”
 “Do you have a storm drain on your street? Do you know what is printed on the storm
drain? What’s allowed to go into a storm drain?”
 “Are you interested in volunteering for a beach or creek cleanup?” or “Would you like
a chance to get a free stainless steel water bottle? (if they show up to a site, they have
a chance to get one)
 “Do you change your own motor oil?” “Do you also remember to recycle your oil
filters” (show list of recycle centers)
Stormwater
Watch Out…for Water Pollution
New brochure – hope (fingers crossed) to have by the County Fair. This is the only SMCWPPP
residential brochure specifically dealing with overall stormwater; the problem and solutions. Read
through and memorize some of these “quick facts” to share with people at the booth.
 Watershed definition
 Stormwater pollution: list of pollutants
 List of ways to prevent pollution by category: Chores, Home Improvement Projects,
Automotive, HHW Disposal, Lawn and Garden, More Ways to Help
Our Watershed
BASMAA Residential BayWise brochure,
 1-888-BAYWISE, www.baywise.info – has general information for all bay area
stormwater programs
 Useful to give out if the person is NOT a County resident – back of brochure has phone
numbers and websites for Bay area County programs
 Pesticides & Fertilizers, Used Motor Oil, Litter, Mercury
Bookmark
 Lists information that can be found on our newly designed website
HHW and Used Oil
Too Toxic To Trash brochure:
 List of items County HHW accepts from the public by appointment – remind residents
that they can’t throw any of these items out, they must be handled as hazardous waste.
 Items not accepted with solutions: electronics, cell phones, sharps, pharmaceuticals
 Free paint and household products at Redwood City Re-use warehouse: have residents
call for details (time and days)
HHW business card:
 Appointment line and website for online appointments
 Back of the card has Re-Use Warehouse information
HHW Matrix: “Recycle your used motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, car batteries, latex paint,
fluorescent lamps, and household batteries”
 Ask resident where they live & show them how to use matrix to find drop-offs
Mercury Brochure:
This brochure has the old logo and website, and old Environmental Health phone number - but
the information printed about mercury is still relevant
 What it mercury? Where is mercury found? What are dangerous to our health? How do
I dispose?
 Use in conjunction with the HHW Matrix for disposal information for lighting.
Used Oil Brochures: “Oil and Water Don’t Mix”
 How to recycle used oil
 To find a center: 1-800-CLEANUP, www.1800Cleanup.org, and HHW hotline
Used Oil Pen
 1-800-CLEANUP number – residents can get recycling information when they call the
number and put in their zip code; not just for used oil & filter drop-offs.
Pest Control
Fact sheets: Our Water, Our World
Less toxic controls for pests; Ants, Aphids, Cockroaches, Fleas, Mosquitoes, Snails & Slugs,
Spiders, Yellowjackets
 Less toxic controls & prevention; products and resources on the back of each
 For help with pest problem that we do not have a fact sheet on, refer people to the Our
Water, Our World website to click on the “Ask the Expert” button.
Healthy Home & Garden
Has all of the Our Water, Our World fact sheets.
 Give these to people who are taking one of every fact sheet from the rack so that they can
have them in one booklet.
 Back cover has resources for: Bug ID, Composting, and HHW disposal.
 Native Plant and Invasive plant information in resources section page 41
 Online resources for purchasing products, page 41
 Definition of IPM on page 3-4
Store Locater
San Mateo County Partner Stores for “Our Water, Our World” program. Refer people to these
stores to purchase non- or less-toxic products. To purchase online refer them to the references in
the Healthy Home & Garden book.
 Stores sorted by region
 Description re: shelf talkers
Our Water, Our World Business Card
Website for fact sheets and information on less-toxic pest control bay area-wide. If resident not
from our County, refer them to www.ourwaterourworld.org website for locations by County.
 “Ask the Expert” feature on main page of website for help with pest problems not
described in the FAQ or fact sheets. Answers from Bio-Integral Resource Center in
Berkeley.
 How to Dispose of pesticides on back of card
Pests Bugging You? Pocket-guide
Place this pocket guide in wallet for use the next time you go to the store to buy a pest control
product.
 Common pests with example product names
 Less toxic active ingredients (look at AI on product labels)
 Things to Avoid and Why
The 10 ‘Most Wanted’ Bugs in Your Garden
 Pictures of the adult and larval stage of the good bugs
 Pictures & list of Flowers that attract good bugs
 Resources (on back) for bug id, bee gardens, invasive plants, native plants, natural enemy
(good bugs) photo gallery on the web
Yard & Garden
Fact sheets: Our Water, Our World
 Lawns; preferred grasses for CA, white grubs, lawn substitutes
 Roses; choose the right rose, rose pests & diseases, fertilizing
 Weeds; non-chemical strategies, less toxic herbicides
Bay Friendly Gardening Guide
 Common plants for the Bay area (pgs 14-15)
 Sources to purchase California Natives (pg 31)
 Climate change (pg 22-24)
 Composting (pg 41-45)
 Mulching (pg 52-54)
 Water Use – Irrigation (pg 57-59)
 Butterfly attracting plants (pg 73)
Litter Reduction: Coastal Cleanup Day
 Postcard with date, time, website for locations
 Sign-up sheet – email or mailing address; we will send the location list