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| June 23, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES (June 23, 2011) - The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) has been selected as a National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Excellence in Management honoree. The award celebrates the Bureau of Sanitation’s innovation and achievement in effective management of its Clean Water Program. The selection process evaluated quality, operations resiliency, innovation, financial viability, stakeholder involvement, and customer satisfaction. |
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| June 16, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES (June 16, 2011) - EPA Awards the LA $400,000 in Grants - The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program awarded the City of Los Angeles $400,000 in grants as part of the Brownfields Program, that empowers states, communities and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safety clean up and sustainably reuse brownfields. It arranges for the identification of environmental contaminants and cleanup options for blighted property necessary for land reuse. |
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| June 14, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 14, 2011) - Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
announced today that the City of Los Angeles in tandem with the Carton
Council, a collaborative of carton manufacturers committed to expanding
carton recycling in the U.S., has launched a new initiative to recycle food
and beverage cartons as part of its residential curbside recycling program.
Los Angeles will be the largest of the over 200 cities across California
which already have carton recycling programs. |
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| June 2, 2011 |
PLAY DEL REY, CA (June 2, 2011) – Kids Ocean Day - Confirming their commitment to preserving marine life, over 6,300 area students, teachers, and volunteers participated in the 18th Annual Adopt-A-Beach Clean-Up and formed a TALKING FISH to direct our focus on the impact of litter in the ocean... |
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| May 24, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES (May 24, 2011) - The City of Los Angeles recently completed one million (1,000,000) feet of sewer that has been constructed or rehabilitated using trenchless technologies. These trenchless techniques are easier on the community while also minimizing costs and environmental impacts... |
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| May 5, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES (May 5, 2011) – The City of Los Angeles offers "Free" used Tire Collection Events - The Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation announced that the City of Los Angeles will host six used tire collection events that will allow city residents to cleanup and eliminate used tires from their homes... |
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| May 5, 2011 |
WASHINGTON D.C. (May 5, 2010) – The Clean Water America Alliance presented Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa with the U.S. Water Prize in recognition of the City's water sustainability initiatives under it's Integrated Water Resources Program (IWRP)... |
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| May 4, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES (May 04, 2011) - Hosting the 9th annual 2011 Bureau of Sanitation Open Houses, The City of Los Angeles will open its doors at each of its six district yards in Sun Valley, Northridge, Lincoln Heights, South Los Angeles, San Pedro, and West Los Angeles in a series of Weekend events starting Saturday, May 14, 2011 to treat visitors to trash truck and equipment demonstrations, guided facility tours, information booths, and recycling games with prizes and refreshments! |
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| March 15, 2011 |
LOS ANGELES (March 15, 2011) - The City of Los Angeles announces the opening of two Air Treatment Facilities (ATFs) and will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, March 16 at 5:00 p.m. at the facility located at 6000 Jefferson Boulevard, 90016. |
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| July 30, 2010 |
Los Angeles (July 30, 2010) - The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) is proposing an ordinance to govern onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS), commonly known as septic tanks..... |
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| March 18, 2010 |
LOS ANGELES (March 18, 2010) - GRO1000 Gardens and Green Spaces Initiative Comes to Los Angeles and Kicks off Keep Los Angeles Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup Area students will plant and dedicate a community garden at Proyecto Pastoral Community Center on the city’s Eastside... |
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| April 1, 2009 |
Mayor Villaraigosa Announces Green Energy Project Among Top Innovations in Government |
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The Ash Institute's announcement recognizes the TIRE project as one of the top 50 programs representing the best practices in government innovation on City, county, tribal, state and federal levels. |
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| August 28, 2008 |
State Law Prohibits Disposal of Sharps in Regular Trash Containers |
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The City of Los Angeles’ Bureau of Sanitation reminds
residents that effective September 1, 2008, Senate Bill 1305 makes it illegal to dispose of home-generated
Sharps in the regular trash. Sharps such as needles (hypodermic, suture), syringes, lancets, endo files,
prefilled pens, etc. should not be disposed of in the regular trash or flushed down a toilet but rather be brought to a S.A.F.E. Collection Center or Mobile Collection Event. |
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| July 15, 2008 |
Education Targets Source Separation to Improve Diversion Rates of Household Waste |
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The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, in partnership with the Community Development Department, today announced the participation of sixty students in a six-week paid internship program. The program goals are to maximize the diversion of recyclables from landfills and to minimize the contamination of collected materials in order to sustain renewable resources of a better quality and to lower disposal costs. |
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| June 28, 2008 |
Sanitation Open House In West Los Angeles Sets Record Attendance |
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More than 1,900 residents attended the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation open house in West Los Angeles. Scores of families with children came to take a first hand look at the variety of sanitation collection trucks on display and to learn about city services. |
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| June 5, 2008 |
Sanitation To Collect On Unpaid Extra-Capacity Fees |
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The City of Los Angeles’ Bureau of Sanitation will soon begin charging ALL residents who have been remiss in paying extra-capacity fees for their extra trash, yard- trimmings or horse-manure containers. |
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| May 19, 2008 |
Water Quality Project Helps Stop Pollution and Litter from Entering Santa Monica Bay |
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The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works’ Bureaus of Engineering and Sanitation are designing a $32.7 million water quality improvement project that aims to help meet Environmental Protection Agency and federal Clean Water Act requirements in the Westchester/Playa del Rey area. |
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| May 14, 2008 |
PHASE 1 OF SWIRP PLAN CULMINATES WITH CITYWIDE ZERO WASTE CONFERENCE |
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The Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Sanitation completed the first phase of its Solid Waste Integrated Resource Plan (SWIRP) as more than 300 people attended the Zero Waste Conference on May 3 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in downtown Los Angeles. |
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| April 29, 2008 |
Third ZeroWaste Citywide Conference and Announcement of Guiding Principles |
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The Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Sanitation will host its third Citywide Zero Waste Conference. The conference will focus on the Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan or SWIRP: a 20-year solid waste planning process to reduce waste in the city. |
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| April 28, 2008 |
Launch of Pacific Coast Highway Website for Construction and Traffic Information |
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and cities of Los Angeles, Malibu and Santa Monica announced the launch of the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) construction information website to serve as a source of information about pending construction projects planned on PCH. The projects are scheduled to begin in spring 2008 with estimated completion in 2011. |
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| April 3, 2008 |
City of L.A. Receives National Environmental Achievement Awards |
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The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation has been selected to receive two National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) National Environmental Achievement Awards in the category of public information and education. |
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| March 28, 2008 |
Board Of Public Works Recognizes 2007-08 Community Beautificaiton Grant Awardees |
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The Board of Public Works honored 89 neighborhood groups and community based organizations that were selected to receive this year’s Community Beautification Grants, which were administered by the Board of Public Works Office of Community Beautification (OCB) through a competitive selection process. |
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| March 21, 2008 |
Board Of Public Works Announces “SIX” CityWide Bureau Of Sanitation Open Houses To Promote Recycling And City Services |
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The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation is hosting its 6th annual open house events offered free to the public. Each of the city’s six sanitation yards, in Sun Valley, Northridge, Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park, South Los Angeles, San Pedro and West Los Angeles, will promote recycling fun while providing hands-on educational experiences and informational material on city programs. |
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| March 12, 2008 |
LA City's Sixth Zero Waste Workshop |
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The Bureau of Sanitation’s Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan (SWIRP) to reduce waste in the City of Los Angeles is nearing the completion of Phase 1 with the sixth series of regional workshops beginning this week. |
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| February 2, 2008 |
Second Citywide Zero Waste Conference |
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The City of LA Bureau of Sanitation hold its second Citywide conference for all interested in participating to form LA's master plan on how to reduce LA's waste stream to zero. |
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