Trash Flash

Recycling News for Carpinteria Businesses & Multi-Family Complexes

Spring 2010

Harrison at the Forefront of Commercial Recycling

In 1989, the California Legislature passed As-sembly Bill 939 – The

California Waste Manage-ment Act – which required every city and county to cut in half the amount of waste they send to landfi lls by the year 2000. The law man-dated residential recycling throughout California but did not require businesses and multi-family units to recycle.

Assembly Bill 737, in-troduced by Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro (D-Arcata), a former member of the Cal-ifornia Integrated Waste Management Board, would change that. If passed into law by the State Assembly and Senate, the bill would set a statewide diversion goal of 75 percent by 2020 and require commercial recycling.

Harrison Industries, however, didn’t wait for the state to mandate commercial recycling; in fact, com-mercial recycling has long been an important com-ponent of the waste reduction program we offer to our city and county clients. In 2002, we became the fi rst California refuse company to offer unicycling for business and multi-family customers that do not gen-erate enough waste to fi ll both a trash and recycling bin each week.

And since construction and demolition materials like asphalt, concrete, corrugated cardboard, ferrous and nonferrous materials, glass, gypsum, red clay brick and wood waste represent up to 30 percent of a city’s waste stream, we implemented our own “Con-struction and Demolition” program before “C&D” programs were mandated by state law.

Since 2002, Harrison has sent roll-off trucks to business partners Gold Coast Recycling and Agro-min, where recyclable materials and green waste are sorted so they can be recycled into a number of use-

ful products. The unicycling and

“C&D” programs process more than 100,000 tons a year. As a result, all Harri-son franchise clients have surpassed the 50 percent diversion mandates of AB 939. In fact, all of our exclusive contract cities divert well over 50 percent of their waste materials, and some are approaching 70 percent.

With the head start Harrison Industries has established over most trash-hauling businesses

in the fi eld of commercial recycling, we are optimis-tic that we and our clients will continue to do well on diversion.

Harrison Industries Vice President Jim Harrison is committed to keeping Harrison Industries ahead of the curve in recycling and all the environmental issues that face the state, including air quality issues.

“Changing over to LNG trucks and building an LNG station was an expensive risk but it has proved to be the right thing to do and we will continue to make these kinds of decisions,” Harrison said.

“We are proud of our partnerships with our cities and will continue to work with them to improve the quality of life for all of our customers.”

LNG trucks fuel up at the LNG fueling station at

Harrison Industries.

Pay Bills On Line

You can now pay your bills on line

with a credit card or e-check. It’s easy. Go to www.ejharrison.com

and check out your payment options.

Page 2Spring 2010 Trash Flash

New Commercial Sorting Line Increases Materials Salvaged

Gold Coast Recycling Center and Transfer Station in Ventura is salvaging more recyclable materi-als than ever after recently updating its com-

mercial sorting system with a new cutting-edge model.In November, Gold Coast Recycling installed a new

state-of-the-art Hustler Company Conveyor system to process recyclables from its C & D – “Construction and Demolition” – and “Unicycling” programs for local busi-nesses.

(Unicycling is Harrison Industries’ innovative cost-effi cient system that allows customers to use a single bin for both trash and recycling. Customers place messy trash – lunchroom and restroom trash, for instance – in plastic bags that are placed in the same bin with loose recyclables like paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum materials. These bins are collected on special routes and sorted at Gold Coast Recycling).

The new model replaces the conveyor system Gold Coast Recycling has used since 1998. It is a foot wider, several feet longer and, with steel belts, more durable than the old system, which operated on rubber belts – resulting in less down time.

The new model also has 10 picking stations, com-pared to the old system’s eight picking stations. With two more employees manning the conveyor line, fewer recyclable materials slip through. The extra manpower on the line also allows operators to increase the speed at which the conveyor belt runs, thus increasing effi -ciency and productivity, according to Steve Lorenzana, operations manager for Gold Coast Recycling.

“We pull out a lot more cardboard, wood, metals, mixed recyclables (including asphalt, concrete, gyp-sum, red clay bricks) and rigid plastics than before,” Lorezana said, adding, “It also has more speed control, so we can run it as fast as we want or as slow as we want.”

As a result, General Manager George Harrison reports that the company now salvages approximately 300 tons of recyclable materials per day from C & D and Unicycling bins that are trucked in, about 50 tons more per day than with the old system.

“That’s a 20 percent increase,” Harrison pointed out. “Multiply that out over a year and that’s an awful lot of materials diverted from landfi lls.”

The commercial sorting operation begins at 4 p.m. each afternoon and continues until 1 a.m.

Materials are taken to Gold Coast Recycling by Har-rison Industries which serves Ventura and more than 80,000 residential and commercial customers in the cit-ies of Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Ojai, Fillmore, Santa Paula and Carpinteria as well as the Channel Islands beach communities and a number of unincorporated areas of Ventura County. Since opening in 1990, Gold Coast Recycling has partnered with Harrison Industries

Gold Coast Recycling workers salvage recyclable

materials from the new commercial sorting system

just installed at Gold Coast Recycling Center and

Transfer Station.

to help its clients meet the stringent trash diversion goals of Assembly Bill 939, the law requiring munici-palities to reduce the amount of trash they send to landfi lls.

Evan Edgar, a Sacramento-based engineer and lob-byist for trash hauling and recycling companies, also pointed out the new sorting system’s energy-effi ciency qualities also helps put Gold Coast Recycling two years ahead of the timeframe mandates of Assembly Bill 32 that requires California commercial recycling compa-nies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020.

“They are way ahead of the curve,” Edgar said.

BusinessesHelp us keep green waste,

a natural resource, out

of the landfill.

Recycle Your Green Waste

Trash FlashPage 3

Spring 2010

Bring Antifreeze, Batteries, Oil & Paint to ABOP

ABOP is an acronym for Anti-freeze, Bat-teries, Oil, and Paint (latex only), used

to describe materials that are collected, at no charge, for recycling throughout the year. Car-pinteria City residents can bring in the follow-ing materials for recycling: Antifreeze Motor oil & oil fi lters Batteries Water-based paintsThe ABOP collection facility is located

at City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave., and is open every second and fourth Saturday of the month, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The only excep-tion is in November and December, when the facility is open only the second Saturday of each month. Starting the end of April, elec-tronic waste (e-waste) will be accepted at the ABOP facility.

In addition, used oil, oil fi lters and anti-freeze can be brought to the same City Hall location, Monday through Fri-day, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Please remember … when disposing of light bulbs, regular incandescent light bulbs can be thrown in the trash can (not the re-cycling container); however mercury vapor, fl uorescent and other gas-fi lled tubes cannot go in the trash or recycling containers.

For more information, call Public Works Supervisor Paul Medel at 684-5405, ext. 443, or email him at PaulM@ci.carpinteria.ca.us.

What to Do with Empty Paint & Aerosol Cans

The City of Carpinteria gladly accepts cans with latex paint at its antifreeze, batteries,

oil and paint (ABOP) facility. Paint collected is used by the Public Works Department for graf-fi ti removal.

However, ABOP does not accept empty paint cans or near-empty paint cans with dried-up paint. Nor does it accept empty aero-sol paint cans. ABOP is not a disposal center; it is a recycling center.

So, how should you dispose of empty paint cans and aerosol paint cans?

Empty latex paint cans are not considered hazardous waste, so you can place them in your businesses’ white recycling bin or your home’s blue recycling container because Gold Coast Recycling can recycle them.

If a small quantity of wet paint remains in the can, take the lid off and allow the paint to become solid before disposing of it in your recycling bin. You also can pour cat litter into the can for faster drying. Once the paint has dried, pour the cat litter into a plastic bag and place it in your trash bin.

Aerosol paint cans – or all aerosol cans, for that matter – are environmentally unfriendly and should be used only sparingly. If you use them, however, place them in your recycling container. But make sure the cans are empty!

For more information, call Public Works Supervisor Paul Medel at 684-5405, ext. 443.

Carpinteria’s Annual HHW Disposal Day is April 10

Got clutter around the home or offi ce? If so, the City of Carpinteria is making it easy for you to get rid of it.

The City’s Public Works Depart-ment is holding its annual Household and Hazardous Waste Day on Satur-day, April 10. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., residents and small businesses are encouraged to bring their unwanted clutter and waste to the City Hall parking lot (5775 Carpinteria Ave.) for safe disposal, free of charge.

You can bring your worn-out furniture, broken home appliances, outdated computer screens and monitors, old televisions and stereo equipment, dead

batteries and piled-up yard waste. You also can bring cleaning solvents and pesticides that you no longer need as well as leftover paint and chemicals that have been stored in your garage.

Note, however, that the City does not accept propane tanks, tires, medical waste, explosives or

smoke detectors. E.J. Harrison & Sons will recy-

cle or dispose of the items. There will be a $10 charge to drop off refrigerators to take care of Freon disposal costs.

Small businesses are asked to call in advance and make an ap-pointment at 684-5405, ext. 445.

Page 4Spring 2010 Trash Flash

Harrison Commercial CustomersRecycling and Yard Waste Guidelines

Magazines

NewspaperPaper/

Junk Mail

Aluminum & Metal CansGlass

Containers

Cardboard

PlasticsAll hard plastics including

nursery pots are recyclable.No Styrofoam, No film plastic.

No Trash

City of CarpinteriaCity Manager: Dave Durflinger

Mayor: Gregg Carty

Vice-Mayor: Al Clark

council Members:Joe Armendariz, Kathleen

Remington & Bradley Stein

TTTTTTrrrraaaasssshhhh FFFFFFllllaaaasssshhhhPrinted on Recycled Paper

ABOP Recycling CenterRecycle:

Antifreeze

Batteries

Oil & Water-based

Paint

Open 2nd & 4th Saturdays10 a.m.—2 p.m.

at Carpinteria City Hall

Call 1-800-CLEANUP for more certified used oil re-cycling locations. Funded by a grant from the Cali-fornia Integrated Waste Management Board.

STOPNo Hazardous

Waste!!

These items are NOT accepted for Trash or Recycling.

Hazardous Waste Tires TVs/Computer Monitors Batteries Closed Containers Oil or Paints Flourescent Light Tubes Medical Needles

For information on how to dispose of these items, please call: Carpinteria 684-5405 ext.445

Got a lot of trash?Try a Harrison roll-off or bin rental. Convenient & Affordable.

Got a little bit of trash?Take it to Gold Coast Recycling & Transfer Station.

Got some yard waste or need some mulch?

Call Agromin.

5275 Colt St. • Ventura(805) 642-9236www.goldcoastrecycling.com

www.ejharrison.com

1-800 AGROMIN(805) 485-9200www.agromin.com

(805) 647-1414 1-800-41 TRASH