Teamsters at Republic Services/Allied Waste Extend Picket Lines To California

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From PR Newswire (via Yahoo.com)

Ohio Sanitation Landfill Workers On Unfair Labor Practice Strike Extend Picket Line To California On Anniversary of MLK Assassination

FREMONT, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Workers on strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste extended picket lines to five Northern California locations today, on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed in Memphis supporting striking waste workers.

“Forty-five years later, this giant trash corporation – Republic – has been bullying its workers by locking them out of their jobs without pay, withholding paychecks, and demanding contract concessions even though it makes hundreds of millions in profits each year,” said Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall.

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Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation, Service Request Form

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This form is to be used by the public as an easy way of submitting Sanitation Service Requests electronically. Use this form to make request regarding picking up bulky items, Metal Household Appliance Items, Brush Items, Move In / Move Out Pick Up, and/or Services Not Complete. In addition, you may also use this form to request for replacing Black/Blue/Green broken/missing/damaged containers. Requests are processed in 2-3 business days. If this is an emergency, please contact us at (800)773-CITY / (800)773-2489.

https://san.lacity.org/solid_resources/refuse/service_request.htm

March 14 Sunshine Canyon Landfill Local Enforcement Agency Meeting Notice

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Click here for the Agenda and the Entrance Road Presentation that they made at our March 7 meeting.

The PowerPoint presentation with the photos and conceptual drawings/overlays were prepared for the CAC meeting.   We hope it provides the information to clarify what the view would look like.  The most important slide is the last one, which shows the approximate grade based on the conceptual drawings.   Part of the conceptual road cannot be seen, as it is below the freeway elevation or next to a hill, and part of the conceptual proposed road would be able to be seen.

A Nasal Ranger is used to help determine the intensity of an odor only. It does not identify what the odor is.
A Nasal Ranger is used to help determine the intensity of an odor only. It does not identify what the odor is.

Waste Conversion in California: Defining the Problem

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https://www.mswmanagement.com/MSW/Blogs/1569.aspx

For those of us who have wondered just how California has managed to move itself to the back row of states looking to increase their diversion rates by means of conversion technologies, allow me to share with you the thoughts of the Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee Integrated Waste Management Task Force on the matter.

In a letter to Ms. Caroll Mortensen, director of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (formerly the California Integrated Waste Management Board), Margaret Clark, vice-chair of the Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee/ Integrated Waste Management Task Force, presented its proposal for overcoming definitional road blocks:

Task Force Adopts Key Definitions and New Solid Waste Management Paradigm
On September 20, 2012, the Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee/Integrated Waste Management Task Force (Task Force) adopted definitions for the terms “recovery” and “conversion technologies” as well as the “New Waste Management Paradigm.” For years, a variety of terms and solid waste management hierarchies have been used by Continue reading →