County-Wide Task Force Presents Free Mower to Raffle Winner.Business Editors WHITTIER, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 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. Mow Down Pollution Partnership, a county-wide task force promoting grass recycling, presented Pico Rivera Pico Rivera (pē`kō rĭvĕr`ə), city (1990 pop. 59,177), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., SE of Los Angeles on the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers; inc. 1958 with the union of Pico and Rivera into one community. resident Susan Parrish a free electric, mulching lawn mower as the winner of a Los Angeles County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair (also called simply the L.A. County Fair) is an annual event held in the Fairplex in Pomona, California, held every September. It is a carnival with rides, merchants, food vendors, cooking contests, and livestock. The 2007 L.A. raffle. "I'm really looking forward to trying this grasscycling thing," noted Ms. Parrish. "It sounds so easy." "We're delighted to be a part of this environmental program," said Erick Price, Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box representative. The Pico Rivera Home Depot generously donated the mower. Parrish was one of more than 1,000 entrants who were required to answer questions about the personal and environmental benefits of mowing without a grass catcher. Using a mulching mower to mow without a bag allows the clippings to fall back into the lawn; this provides lawns with a natural fertilizer, and saves water and time. The Mow Down Pollution Partnership is one of several task forces State-wide working on a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board to help reduce the amount of green waste taken to local landfills. The Los Angeles partnership includes the City of Los Angeles
pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the cities of Glendale, Santa Monica, Long Beach and Torrance. Note: Photo available upon request |
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