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Brownfields Newsletter
New park opens in Historic Filipinotown - The park is located in the heart of the Los Angeles Oil Field where the city’s first successful oil well was drilled in 1892. The City of Los Angeles’s Brownfields program and voter-approved state parks bond funds helped make it possible to transform this contaminated property into a park for community to enjoy.

FAQs For CEQA Documents
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the City of Los Angeles' Bureau of Sanitation for use by those writing CEQA documents.

 Bureau of Sanitation Lifeline Recertification Letter and Form
Lifeline customers, because of age or disability, and low-income status, receive a discounted rate for the Solid Resources Fee – otherwise known as the “trash fee”. All lifeline customer eligibility needs to be verified every two years to determine if the discounted rate should continue.

New Citywide Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling Ordinance Effective January 1, 2011.
Contractors and waste haulers responsible for handling C&D waste must obtain a Private Solid Waste Hauler Permit from the Bureau of Sanitation prior to collecting, hauling and transporting C&D waste from within the City and C&D waste can only be taken to City Certified C&D Processing Facilities.
Click here to find out what you need to know as a contractor or waste hauler to comply with this ordinance!!

 Recycling Rewards Pilot Program Begins April 5, 2010 in selected neighborhoods throughout the City Of Los Angeles!
April 5, 2010 - The CITY OF LOS ANGELES together with RecycleBank®, a company that rewards households for Blue Bin recycling, begins a Pilot Recycling Rewards Program in select neighborhoods of LA to encourage and increase residential blue bin recycling...

 Los Angeles Ranked Top Recycler Out of 10 Largest U.S. Cities
A Municipal Recycling Survey in the March 2, 2009 edition of Waste & Recycling News targeted the most populous cities in the United States to gather information about their recycling programs. Cities were ranked based on the recycling of various materials, including but not limited to: Paper, Metal, Plastic, Glass, Bulk and Organic. According to this survey, the City of Los Angeles had the highest recycling rate out of 10 largest U.S. cities.
Click here to see comparison table.

 Restaurant Food Waste Recycling
  Read more about this program in the Restaurant Food Waste Recycling Guide.

 Free Mulch Available
Need Mulch? It's free, made from yard trimmings. Bring your own shovel, bag or pick-up and load up your own containers. Now available at 8 locations.

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