ONLINE SERVICE OFFERING GOODS.Byline: Daily News 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 has established an online exchange program with the premise in mind that one man's trash is another man's treasure. By logging on to www.scvswap.com, restaurants can turn their unused food over to charities, artists can tap into a trove of free supplies and horsey hors·y also hors·ey adj. hors·i·er, hors·i·est 1. Of, relating to, or resembling horses or a horse. 2. Devoted to horses and horsemanship: the horsy set. 3. types can find someone who actually has a use for tons of manure manure, term used in the United States to refer to excreta of animals, with or without added bedding; also called barnyard manure. In other countries the term often refers to any material used to fertilize the soil. . The service is free. The city's goal through SWAP - the Salvaged Waste and Arts Program - is to reduce the waste in Santa Clarita that is being sent to local landfills. For users, it cuts disposal costs and expenditures. SWAP is available to many nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. groups, businesses, schools and individuals. The city envisions residents exchanging extra construction materials such as bricks or wood, furniture, manufacturing overruns, clothing, horse manure and gardening tools. Simply put, if you have something you want to get rid of and you don't want it filling up landfill space, put it on the SWAP Web site and see if someone will take it off your hands. Users establish identifications and passwords, log on and create ``wanted'' or ``available'' listings. And the exchange begins. The food donation program is designed to connect local, nonprofit food users with local restaurants and other food service businesses to donate edible food that would otherwise be thrown away. The donors are protected by state law and the city will help food exchanges by providing equipment needed to safely handle and transport donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. food. The Art Corner program is designed to help artists find second-hand materials. Working with the arts community, the city is using the program to help promote art projects using waste materials. The city will host a workshop using local artists and volunteers as the trainers to show teachers, crafters, artists and other interested parties how to make projects using discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. materials. Information about SWAP is available by contacting the city's 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, Division at environment(at)santa-clarita.com or (661) 222-7222. |
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