WASTE STATION OPENS NEW CENTER TO ACCEPT USED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FOR DISPOSAL.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Beginning today, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley residents will have a permanent place to get rid of old computer monitors, used motor oil, half-empty paint cans and other household hazardous waste Household hazardous waste (HHW) is the term for common household chemicals and substances for which the owner no longer has a use. Exhibiting many of the same dangerous characteristics as fully regulated hazardous waste, HHW is not regulated by the EPA. and electronic waste. The Antelope Valley Environmental Collection Center at the Palmdale landfill at 1200 W. City Ranch Road will be open on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ``This is going to be an efficient way to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose household hazardous wastes,'' said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Officials said they expect to be able to recycle nearly all of the electronic waste and about 80 percent of the household waste. The center is a joint project of 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. County, the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster, and Waste Management, the company that operates the landfill. The entities united to provide a place where residents could drop off their waste on a regular basis rather than having to wait for a semiannual Semiannual An event that occurs twice in a calendar year. Notes: A bond with semiannual coupons would issue payment once every six months. See also: Annual, Bond, Coupon Bond waste roundup. ``This shows how both the public and private sector can work together to pool our resources in order to better serve the public,'' said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford. Ledford dropped off one of the first items to the center, an old microwave oven from his mother's home, during a grand opening ceremony Friday. Construction of the 38,000-square-foot center was primarily financed by a nearly $700,000 grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board's Used Oil Recycling Fund. The fund is paid out of the 4-cent fee the state receives on each quart of new motor oil sold in California. A portion of the fund is set aside to help local governments start up used-oil collection centers. ``One gallon of oil can contaminate con·tam·i·nate v. 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. con·tam·i·nant n. millions of gallons of drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. ,'' said Rosalie Mule, a member of the state waste board. ``This facility will have a huge impact on protecting the environment.'' The cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and Los Angeles County each contributed $70,000 toward the center's construction. The county and Waste Management will each contribute $180,000 to $210,000 a year for the center's operation during a three-year pilot program. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts and Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford look at hazardous materials displayed at the center. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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