CAMARILLO TO START COLLECTING GREEN WASTE FOR RECYCLING.Byline: Kermit Pattison Daily News Staff Writer Beginning next month, more than 10,000 Camarillo residents will be able to recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. green waste like yard clippings and dead leaves from their 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: . ``Most people now make recycling part of their daily routine,'' said Rebecca Guay Rebecca Guay is an artist specializing in watercolor painting and illustration. She is mostly known for her work commissioned by , White Wolf, and DC Vertigo comics, though she has also done work for World of Warcraft TCG, the out of print Middle Earth CCG and in Wizards of the , the recycling coordinator for the city. ``We want this to be part of people's routines as well.'' The city's trash hauler, E.J. Harrison & Sons, now is distributing barrels for green waste to customers throughout the city. Green waste collection will begin May 6 at no extra charge. Residents may fill the 101-gallon containers with grass, tree trimmings and wood scraps. The hauler will take the waste to California Wood Recycling for mulching or composting
Trucks will continue to pick up trash every week, but will alternate the green waste pickup with curbside recycling every other week. Collection schedules will be attached to the new bins. The program marks the first time Camarillo will pick up green waste from the curbside, although similar programs exist in Ventura, Ojai and parts of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , said Guay. Now most residents simply dump their green waste into the trash, she said. ``We want them to start thinking of it as a resource, not waste,'' she said. ``We can grind it up and use it again as mulch mulch, any material, usually organic, that is spread on the ground to protect the soil and the roots of plants from the effects of soil crusting, erosion, or freezing; it is also used to retard the growth of weeds. or soil amendments as opposed to putting it in the landfill, where it never biodegrades.'' Guay said the green waste recycling program will divert 12 percent of Camarillo's waste from the landfill. State recycling laws require the city to recycle half its trash by 2000. ``The response so far has been very positive,'' said Guay. ``A lot of people are calling up to request a container. A lot of people are calling up just to say, `Hey, I like the idea.' '' |
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