BINS TO HELP KEEP SANTA CLARITA BEAUTIFUL.Byline: Daily News In an effort to keep Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, looking beautiful and clean, the city will begin placing trash and recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. collection bins for bottles, cans and newspapers at 60 locations throughout Newhall, Saugus, Valencia and Canyon Country. The trash and recycling receptacles are currently being placed adjacent to bus stops and are specifically designed for outdoor public use. The containers, manufactured by Toter, allow for collections with the use of automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. trash collection vehicles. The collection of trash and recyclables will be provided through a contract with Atlas Disposal Co., the lowest bidder in a competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. process. Atlas will be paid through a Beverage Container Recycling grant the city received from the California Department of Conservation The California Department of Conservation provides services and information that promote environmental health, economic vitality, informed land use decisions and sound management of California's natural resources. . When the city's new residential franchise agreements are in effect, the chosen trash company will be required to permanently collect the trash and recycling free of charge. |
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