West Marin’s waste education coordinator, Madeline Hope, was awarded a contract renewal by the county that will extend her current 10-year tenure as the region’s zero-waste watchdog for another year. As West Marin’s representative on the Marin Hazardous and Solid Waste Joint Powers Authority, Ms. Hope has been in charge of organizing county waste-reduction events such as Toxic Away Days and the annual Recycle Circus, as well as outreach to help decrease single-use garbage waste. “It’s about raising awareness that these tools exist,” Ms. Hope, who lives in Inverness, said of her position. “And different sectors of the community can help promote that.” A sculptor by trade, Ms. Hope serves as the director of the Tomales Bay Youth Center, the administrator of Gallery Route One’s Artists in the Schools program and the coordinator of the West Marin Coalition for Healthy Kids. Through all four of these organizations, she has amassed a wide network of West Marin individuals and organizations for whom she provides strategies to reduce waste. To help the county achieve its stated goal of eliminating all waste sent to landfills by 2025, Ms. Hope plans to increase her efforts to promote zero-waste practices in West Marin’s school districts, some of the region’s largest waste producers. On April 17, she will oversee the 22nd annual Recycle Circus, West Marin’s popular free materials exchange where residents saddled with unwanted reusable items like clothes, toys, electronics and building supplies can drop off for other residents eager to pick them up. It starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 17 outside the Dance Palace Community Center.