CANYON HIGH TO ACCEPT E-WASTE.Byline: Daily News 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, -- Technology has created a whole new kind of trash -- the kind that is hazardous when dumped in landfills -- but it can be left Saturday at Canyon High. The campus is serving as a free collection spot for electronic waste. Old computers, monitors, printers, televisions, VCRs and other obsolete e-waste can be dropped off from 6a.m. to 7p.m. on campus, 19300 W. Nadal St., Canyon Country. Fresno-based Electronic Recyclers will pick up the waste in this fundraiser for Canyon's cheer and song programs. At the same time, the city of Santa Clarita continues its free 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: pickup of e-waste. Residents can call City Hall at (661) 259-2489 to schedule appointments. The service is available once a year per household and does not cover businesses. The city also has placed 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. bins for used household batteries and old mobile phones at three locations -- City Hall, the Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country and the Community Center in Newhall. Recycling keeps toxins from electronics from leaching into the soil. Residents can drop off standard batteries, rechargeable batteries A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. from power tools, phones, digital cameras and other small electronics and button batteries found in hearing aids Hearing Aids Definition A hearing aid is a device that can amplify sound waves in order to help a deaf or hard-of-hearing person hear sounds more clearly. or watches. For information on recycling batteries, call the city's Environmental Services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, office at (661) 286-4098 or visit http://www.santa-clarita.com. |
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