RECYCLING MADE EASIER TEST PROGRAM TO THROW AWAY TASK OF SORTING ITEMS.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, - City officials said they expect a new 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. program that doesn't require residents to sort milk jugs from newspaper to reduce solid waste destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for area landfills. Residents in three Valencia and Canyon Country neighborhoods will toss all of their recyclable trash into one 65-gallon can, instead of sorting their material into two separate 35-gallon bins. The city will test the commingling Combining things into one body. The term commingling is most often applied to funds or assets. When a fiduciary, a person entrusted with the management of funds other than his or her own in trust, mixes trust money with that of others, the fiduciary is commingling program in 750 homes for at least 60 days, said Amelia Rietzel, head of 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. ``We think this will be easier for residents,'' Rietzel said. Santa Clarita is one of only few cities in the region that has met a state law that required municipalities to reduce the amount of solid waste that it sends to area landfills by more than 50 percent in over the last 10 years. The city hopes to reduce waste by 75 percent in the next couple of years, Rietzel said. ``We're always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to reduce reliance on urban landfills,'' Rietzel said. ``In this program, residents won't have to think about what goes in one bin and what goes in another bin. That should make it more popular.'' Rietzel said city officials hope both the number of homes participating in the recycling program and the amount of trash recycled increases. ``Santa Clarita has always been on the cutting edge of recycling,'' said Chris Fall, the sales and recycling coordinator for Santa Clarita Recycling, which serve the city under contract. ``This program will set an example for other communities.'' The trash will be sorted by a machine at the recycling plant, making it easier for the trash haulers, Fall said. The city will analyze the cost of the program and residents' reaction to it during the trial period, Rietzel said. There was some concern that the larger bins would overwhelm o·ver·whelm tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline. 2. a. residents with smaller lots, like those in Valencia. ``We wanted to make sure they were comfortable with it before we made it permanent,'' Rietzel said. |
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