Green Riverside Marcy Branch Library

"When I appointed the Clean & Green Task Force, in 2005, I asked them the create a report on how to become a clean, green, more sustainable city. The result of excellent work by the Task Force was these simple guidelines: Save Water, Keep it Clean, Make it Solar, Make it Shady, Clean the Air, Save Fuel, Make it Smart, and Build Green."

Ronald O. Loveridge, Mayor

Californians recycled a record 7.6 billion beverage containers between January and June 2008 raising the six-month California Refund Value (CRV) recycling rate to 76 percent. The jump is an increase of nearly 600 million beverage containers over the same period in 2007 when the recycling rate was 72 percent.

– California Department of Conservation

Riverside's Marcy branch library has found a new and spacious home in the old Auto Club of America building at 6927 Magnolia Avenue. The 9,000 square foot full-service library features state-of-the-art technology, including 33 public-access computers. The library also houses a large environmental wall display, designed by Riverside Public Utilities, that educates children on the water cycle and our city's water delivery system.

Marcy library even has a rooftop solar system that supplies the branch with 19 kilowatts of clean and sustainable energy.

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