SPRING CLEANERS RECYCLE THE JUNK; BINS SET UP NEAR CONEJO PARK.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer Cars and trucks loaded with cast-offs lined up outside the city's free trash and recycling drop-off site Saturday morning. ``We're better organized than we were last year, so we're moving people through more quickly,'' said Fernando Solis Fernando Solis Lara is a professional radio and TV host, born in Valdivia, Chile. Internationally recognized for his work during more than 20 years in radio and television, Fernando is the official voice of Canal 7 in Chile, TVN. He is also the voice of Sr. , a county maintenance worker who helped residents dump garden and yard trimmings into four trailers. Thirty bins dotted the empty lot at the south end of Conejo Creek Park, and drivers wound through a route designed to make the most of their cast-offs. ``The first stop is the Goodwill trucks. Then they go to (bins for) scrap metal and concrete,'' city worker Manuel Barrera said. ``The last stop is (at bins for) the green waste, and then there are bins just for trash.'' Furniture and household goods go to the Goodwill Assessment Center in Oxnard, where workers in job-training programs will refurbish re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur and repair them for sale at Goodwill outlets throughout the county, said supervisor Jim Tacktay as he watched workers unload a large bird cage Bird´ cage´ n. 1. A cage for confining birds. . Residents could also rid themselves of large household appliances beyond repair and old tires, which go to recycling centers to become materials for new products. The free trash and recycling drop-off day is part of a city plan to reduce the amount of waste sent to the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Landfill. Each year, about 300 tons of material is discarded in the area, and about 100 tons is diverted from the landfill. The recycling day inspired an impromptu A Windows query and reporting tool from Cognos with support for a large variety of databases. It is capable of generating cross tabs for spreadsheets such as Excel, Lotus for Windows and Quattro Pro for Windows. cleaning binge in some households. ``There's one guy who's already made three trips,'' Barrera said. ``We've seen a lot of people come back a second time.'' Barry Hammond made his second drop-off at about 11 a.m. ``The first trip was just household junk,'' Hammond said, as he pulled tires out of trailer hooked up to his sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. . ``Then I saw the green waste, and I went home and trimmed a bunch of trees and tossed these tires on top of the branches.'' Sponsors of Saturday's event included the city of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Block Disposal, GI Rubbish, Newbury Disposal, Waste Management Inc. and Goodwill Industries of Ventura. For more information on recycling, call the Thousand Oaks Recycling Hotline at (805) 449-SAVE. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in CONEJO edition only) Paul Plehn, left, and Dan Figueroa drop off a broken scooter scooter: see motorcycle. on a recycling day in Thousand Oaks. Jeremy Greene/Special to the Daily News |
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