DIAPER RECYCLING TO BEGIN CITY TO BE FIRST IN U.S. TO TEST EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer 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, - The city's first-in-the-nation diaper recycling program is expected to start Nov. 1 after months of delays caused by the dispute over Santa Clarita's trash franchise agreement. About 500 families will participate in the six-month test of the unproven unproven Dubious, nonscientific, not proven, quack, questionable, unscientific adjective Relating to that which has not been validated by reproducible experiments or other scientific methods for determining effect or efficacy technology that critics say is too risky for a city as small as Santa Clarita. ``It is innovative,'' said Nazareth Chobanian, vice president of Knowaste, the company that will run the program. ``I'm looking forward to showing everyone that diapers don't belong in landfills.'' Construction will start soon on the state-of-the-art diaper-recycling machine, which will be installed at Browning Ferris Industries' Sun Valley yard in 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. , Chobanian said. In coming months, the city of Santa Clarita will survey the communities selected to participate in the trial to find families with babies and toddlers and gauge their willingness to participate in the program, said Jason Smisko, the city's interim 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, manager. The diaper-recycling service will be provided at no additional cost to residents. Santa Clarita/Blue Barrel Disposal Co. is expected to haul the diapers - to be set aside by residents in new 34-gallon drums - to the processor, Smisko said. Blue Barrel representatives have told city officials that its participation is contingent on Adj. 1. contingent on - determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on, contingent Knowaste purchasing the new bins, he added. Negotiations with Blue Barrel are ongoing, Chobanian said. The city's other trash company, Atlas/Consolidated Disposal Service, will not participate in the program, Smisko said. Because Knowaste has not yet obtained the permits for the processor, Atlas could not commit to the program, General Manager Matt Terrell said. The pilot program was delayed by the City Council's dispute over whether to ink a new 10-year franchise agreement with the two current haulers, or solicit bids for the lucrative contract from other companies. After an inconclusive INCONCLUSIVE. What does not put an end to a thing. Inconclusive presumptions are those which may be overcome by opposing proof; for example, the law presumes that he who possesses personal property is the owner of it, but evidence is allowed to contradict this presumption, and show who is audit of the contracts and the haulers, the City Council voted 3-2 earlier this year to rewrite re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. the contracts worth $135 million over 10 years and ask for proposals from other companies. Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster, obtained $250,000 in state funds for the pilot program, an amount that will be matched by city funds. If the pilot program is unsuccessful, Knowaste will give the city a $100,000 rebate. Councilman Bob Kellar voted against the program, saying Santa Clarita should recognize its limitations. The city staff had also recommended that the City Council reject the plan because the ultimate cost of the program is unknown and could be much higher than expected. Similar diaper-recycling programs have been tested in Canada, where the process has been hampered by high costs. If diaper recycling is to be expanded citywide, the city would have to receive a long-term subsidy - probably from the state - or pass the costs on to residents. |
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