L.A. initiates pilot recycling program.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. is taking steps to bring 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. to 100,000 city apartments with a two-year pilot program. The program, which is expected to begin in March or April, will apply to certain large apartment complexes and is anticipated to divert 100,000 tons of material for recycling, according to according 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 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . However, the program could later be expanded to include all 650,000 apartments in the city. The city will pay five contractors $6.2 million during the next two years to identify appropriate apartment, buildings in every council district and to provide education, recycling bins and bags and collection services, the Los Angeles Times reports. The city currently provides recycling to 720,000 single-family homes and to multi-family units with four units or fewer, according to the report. |
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