California County turns to C&D recycling ordinances.* An increasing number of cities in California's Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Contra Costa Times The Contra Costa Times is a daily newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California. The paper serves Contra Costa and eastern Alameda counties, in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. (Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.). Antioch, Calif., has enacted a C&D recycling ordinance, and other Contra Costa County cities, including Moraga, Concord and Martinez, are expected to approve or propose similar mandates within the next few months, according to the report. Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda and Brentwood have also approved C&D recycling ordinances. According to the report, the state is encouraging the ordinances as a way for California communities to comply with statewide recycling laws that require a 50-percent recycling rate. Failure to meet that standard can result in fines of up to $10,000 a day. |
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