BIG BIN EXPECTED TO BOOST RECYCLING IN WEST VALLEY.Byline: Theresa Moreau Daily News Staff Writer There's a new Big Blue on the horizon. In an effort to promote recycling and reduce waste, the city of Los Angeles' collection services will roll out big blue containers this week to residents of Granada Hills and the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . As demonstrated in a pilot program this past year, the lidded, 90-gallon bins - to replace the greatly unused, yellow, 14-gallon bins - have proved an easy and popular way to recycle. ``Within weeks of this pilot program we knew we had this home run out of the park, because immediately participation went up 150 percent,'' said Daniel Hackney Hackney, inner borough (1991 pop. 164,200) of Greater London, SE England, on the Lea River. Clothing manufacture (in Hackney) and printing and furniture making (in Shoreditch) are the borough's chief industries. London's first theater was built in Shoreditch (c.1575). , customer relations manager for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Bureau of Sanitation. The objective of the big blue bins, Hackney said, is to increase recycling participation, which had declined steadily in recent years because the capacity of the yellow bins was too small, and too inconvenient in·con·ven·ient adj. Not convenient, especially: a. Not accessible; hard to reach. b. Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs: inconvenient to have no phone in the kitchen. with its rules for bundling and cutting bulky items. And an increase in recycling means a reduction of waste to landfills. State law now requires that all California municipalities reduce the amount of waste to landfills 50 percent by January 2000. Although West Valley residents will be the first to participate in the single-stream recycling program, other Los Angeles neighborhoods will soon follow. By August 1999 the blue containers will be phased in citywide to 720,000 homes. Each resident will receive one 90-gallon recycling container, free of charge, and may keep the yellow bin or return it to the city by placing them in the new blue bin. The following items can be mixed together inside Big Blue: bbox Aluminum, tin and steel cans - including empty steel paint and aerosol aerosol (âr`əsōl,–sŏl): see colloid. aerosol System of tiny liquid or solid particles evenly distributed in a finely divided state through a gas, usually air. cans with lids and caps removed. bbox Glass bottles, jars, plastic bottles - including soda, juice, milk, shampoo shampoo a cleaning agent, usually liquid, for hair; usually consists of a detergent and perfume. Some, usually referred to as medicated shampoos, contain therapeutic substances such as parasiticides, antimicrobials, ketatolytic agents, and antiseborrheic compounds such as selenium and dish-washing liquid bottles. bbox All clean paper, plain paper free from food waste, unwanted mail, telephone books and newspapers. Recycling collection is the same day as trash and yard trimmings collection, and the bins should be placed curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: by 6 a.m. on the day of collection, and removed from the street by 8 p.m. that same day. For further information about curbside recycling, call (800) 773-CITY. |
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