March 14 Sunshine Canyon Landfill Local Enforcement Agency Meeting Notice
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.
Waste Conversion in California: Defining the Problem
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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
Why there’s a war over your used printer cartridge
From Waste&Recycling News. By Meribah Knight | Crain’s Chicago Business
First came gold and then came clunkers. Now there is cash for cartridges.
Clover Technologies Group LLC, the world’s largest remanufacturer of printer cartridges, can no longer rely on places like OfficeMax Inc. and Staples Inc. to collect and supply it with used cartridges. So Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Clover recently launched Evolve Recycling, a company with the sole purpose of gathering secondhand cartridges directly from consumers.
Depending on the model, Evolve pays customers up to $10 per cartridge. It also supplies collection boxes, shipping boxes and prepaid labels so there is no out-of-pocket expense for those looking to cash in on their worn-out cartridges.
In its third quarter, Lexmark International Inc.’s net income was zero, down from $67 million the previous year. Canon Inc.’s third- quarter net income plunged 36 percent. Original equipment manufacturers are collecting used cartridges — “empties” or “cores” in industry lingo. They grind them up for their own reuse or toss them into landfills before recyclers can scoop them up. As a result, companies like Clover are scrambling to find enough cartridges to fill demand from office supply chains and individual businesses.While Evolve may be a bright idea, it was one born of necessity. Printer company profits are shrinking, and Continue reading
Landfill stench prompts class action lawsuit
From ABClocal.com, Miriam Hernandez
GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A lawsuit over the stench from a landfill near Granada Hills was filed by residents living near the Sunshine Canyon Landfill. They say their many complaints have not solved the problem.
“We have been here since 1978. It’s a constant problem,” said local resident R.K. Chetty.
“It smells like Continue reading
Sunshine Canyon Landfill stink prompts lawsuit by Granada Hills neighbors – LA Daily News
From dailynews.comPosted: 12/19/2012 11:14:59 PM PST
A group of Granada Hills neighbors has filed a lawsuit against Sunshine Canyon Landfill, accusing the operator of allowing noxious trash odors to stink up the community.
Landfill neighbors say an unbearable stench of decomposing trash and gas fumes is coming from the trash site, which takes in more than 9,000 tons of garbage a day.
Residents are forced to keep their windows shut and forgo use of their lawns, according to the complaint, which was filed last week. They say they’re unable to entertain because of embarrassment over the odor, and the smell has caused their home values to plummet.
The lawsuit, which seeks damages, states the community is being exposed “to pollutants, horrific odors, and air contaminants.”
The legal action comes after residents had already filed thousands of complaints with the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Continue reading
Update: Reorganization Will Save Republic More than $20M Annually
Article from Waste & Recycling News
By Jim Johnson @JimJohnsonWRN
Photo courtesy Republic Services Inc. Republic Services Inc. is undergoing a restructuring that’s expected to save millions of dollars each year.
Organizational changes by Republic Services Inc. in both the field and at corporate headquarters are expected to save the company more than $20 million a year, but not impact management closest to the customers.
The Phoenix-based solid waste management company consolidated its management structure at two higher levels, eliminating one of four regional offices and eight of 28 lower-area offices around the country.
Those moves, along with job cuts at its headquarters, will cost about $30 million to implement, but then save $23 million each year. The company did not provide the number of job cuts. Continue reading
Bill Gates Keeps Buying Republic Stock
Article from Waste & Recycling News
REFUSENICK by John Campanelli
Wikimedia Commons Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment LLC now owns more than 24% of Republic Services outstanding stock.
One of Republic Services Inc.’s biggest fans is also one of the world’s richest men.
We’ve reported on Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment LLC buying up shares of RSG stock before. It’s been a pattern for years.
Over the past week, Gates (through his Cascade investment arm) has purchased more than 2.7 million more shares and now owns 89.6 million shares of the Phoenix-based trash company. Those shares represent more than 24% of the company’s outstanding stock and they are worth about $2.45 billion.
What’s the Microsoft co-founder’s attraction to Republic? What’s his end game? What does he see?
I’ll leave that to the financial experts. All I know is that they better be running Windows on all of Republic’s computers.