TRASH CAN REPLACEMENT L.A. LAUNCHES 10-YEAR PROGRAM.Byline: Mariel Garza Staff Writer SYLMAR - The city launched an $8.4 million, 10-year program to replace all 2.1 million aging trash and green-waste cans, starting with the oldest ones in Sylmar. The Bureau of Sanitation program, which is free to trash customers, was kicked off at the Youngdale Avenue home of Maria Flores Maria Flor Leite Calaça, usually known as Maria Flor (born on August 31, 1983 in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress best known for her role as Rê on the soap opera Malhação. by City Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City and Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. . ``The delivery of new black and green containers to residents throughout the city is yet another example of how 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 committed to improving the quality of life for residents,'' Padilla said. Padilla said officials decided to have the ceremony at the Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the home because the poor condition of the family's worn-out containers was typical of those found in the area. The green and black containers built for automated trash collection are reaching the end of their 10-year lifespan, and many are damaged and broken. The 210,000 residences in the east San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , where the automated refuse-program began, will be the first to get the replacement containers. Officials said the new 90-gallon containers are larger than the old ones, which only held 60 gallons. Residents will get a postcard notifying them of the day their cans will be swapped for new ones, officials said. The change day will be one of the usual trash collection days. The West Valley will start getting new bins in 2005, and other parts of the city will get them at various times over the next 10 years. ``We're going in the same chronological order we did when we started the program,'' Padilla said. The new trash bins are being manufactured by Rehrig Pacific Co. The old containers that the city collects will be reused or recycled. In 2008, the city will begin replacing blue recycling containers, starting in the West Valley. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) City Council President Alex Padilla mans the wheel of a trash truck in the debut of the trash-can replacement program. (2) City crews wait Monday to unload the first of the new trash cans In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. in Sylmar. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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