FIRMS HONORED FOR RECYCLING.Byline: Peggy Peggy may refer to:
LANCASTER - Avens Furniture, Lancaster Moving & Storage and Racquet Club Apartments were honored Wednesday by the city for their 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. efforts. The businesses not only helped the environment by reducing landfill waste by nearly 500 tons a year, they also helped themselves by saving thousands of dollars in waste disposal costs, city officials said. ``They are exemplary businesses,'' Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
The businesses were honored Wednesday at the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Chambers of Commerce luncheon meeting. The city and the chamber gave the companies certificates in honor of the fifth-annual America Recycles Day, which takes place today. Lancaster and California's other cities are required by a 1992 state law to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills by 50 percent, such as by diverting di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. paper, glass, plastic and lawn waste to recycling. ``The city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. has already attained the 50 percent diversion A turning aside or altering of the natural course or route of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized change or alteration of a water course to the prejudice of a lower riparian, or to the unauthorized use of funds. benchmark and today we are honoring some of the local businesses who helped us by doing an exceptional job of recycling,'' Roberts said. Avens Furniture has reduced the waste it sends to landfills by more than 80 tons each year, reducing its monthly refuse bill by $500. Lancaster Moving & Storage reduced its landfill disposal by more than 360 tons annually, lowering its monthly refuse bill by $1,250. Racquet Club Apartments reduced its landfill disposal by more than 36 tons each year, lowering its monthly refuse bills by $500. ``If you 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. , you benefit in not paying more for the handling of your waste,'' Roberts said. ``Every one of these (companies) has saved on the order of thousands of dollars.'' City officials said they were recognizing three firms that engage in different types of business to encourage other companies to make similar recycling efforts. ``I hope ... that all companies will consider a greater effort if they're not already involved,'' Roberts said. ``Many are, but if they're not, they need to get into recycling so they'll save themselves money, and they'll also do this whole nation a whale of good because recycling is the way it's got to be.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chambers of Commerce President Harvey Holloway, left, watches as Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts presents an award to businesswoman Nancy Batterson. Peggy Hager/Staff Photographer |
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