Santa Clarita, September 20, 2006 – Waste Management/Blue Barrel has temporarily suspended the new food waste recycling program in the City of Santa Clarita program because of permit issues.
The County of Los Angeles has informed our local processor that they can no longer accept greenwaste that has been co-mingled with food waste. The company had been taking the material and composting it and processing it into soil and mulch. Residents are encouraged to continue to recycle green waste.
Recycling has always been a major priority for Waste Management. Not only does recycling help save valuable landfill space, it also helps protect the health of the environment and surrounding community. Waste Management and the City of Santa Clarita are continuously working together to increase the recycling efforts in the community. We strongly encourage residents to participate of all our or recycling programs.
Residents can continue to contribute to the recycling circle by placing loose yard waste materials in the charcoal gray 96-gallon greenwaste container alongside their trash and recycling carts, which will be picked up on the regularly scheduled service day.
Each Santa Clarita household is provided with one gray cart with a green lid for proper disposal of recyclable materials. We ask residents to participate each in recycling by placing glass, aluminum, and plastics in the container provided and place it at the curb on the regularly scheduled service day. If residents have more recycling than will fit in your cart, it’s okay to place an extra container of your own or extra bundles of cardboard and newspaper along-side your carts. “Recycle” stickers to place on your own container are available for free by calling our Customer Service center at (661) 259-2398 to request them. Cardboard and newspaper must be cut and bundled no larger than 4′x4′ in diameter and placed next to your bins.