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Recycling News for Camarillo Businesses & Multi-Family Complexes

Spring 2015

Harrison, Agromin Ready for New Recycling LawsCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown signed

four bills in September that will change the way California views organ-ics forever by promoting emerging technologies, increasing recycling and reducing greenhouse gases.

Harrison Industries is committed to working with its franchise clients to meet the following new mandates: Assembly Bill 1826, Assembly Bill 1594, Senate Bill 605 and Senate Bill 498.

AB 1826, introduced by Assemblyman Wesley Ches-bro (D-North Coast), is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, and create a source of green energy. AB 1826 accomplishes this by diverting methane-gas-producing organic food and yard waste away from landfi lls and into programs that recycle the waste into renewable resources such as biofuels and nutrient-rich compost for agriculture.

AB 1826 AB 1594

SB 605 SB 498Laws

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California Recycling

AB 1826, which takes effect April 1, 2016, mandates that businesses

generating more than eight cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week will be required to arrange for organic waste recycling services. It helps implement AB 341, the landmark recycling law ad-opted in 2011 that established the goal of diverting at least 75 percent of California’s solid

waste away from landfi lls by 2020.

AB 1594, introduced by Assemblyman Das Williams (D-Carpinteria), is designed to encourage local governments to divert green waste from landfi lls. Compostable organic materials currently comprise about one-third of what is disposed in landfi lls annually and much of it is used as alternative daily cover (ADC), a temporary overlay on an exposed face of a landfi ll that provides a barrier from odor and insects at the end of the work day.

Starting Day-to-Day, Manuel Robles Reaches 40 Years on Job

Back in 1974, Manuel Robles had heard about possible work at Harrison Industries from his

uncle, who was the barber for company Vice Presi-dent Myron Harrison.

Forty years ago, the company hired some work-ers as needed on a day-to-day basis. So Robles ar-rived early one morning, hoping to better his chanc-es of fi nding employment that day. But he knew future work was not guaranteed.

“That’s the way it was back then,” Robles said. “You just had to show up and prove yourself every day.” Manuel Robles enjoys the hard work required

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“Dumpster diving” from commercial containers and roll-off bins, is illegal

in Camarillo and should be reported.You may not realize it, but scavengers

searching in bins for aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic containers and other recy-clable materials may be looking for more than just recyclables. They also might seek or fi nd documents containing personal information like Social Security and credit card numbers. You can help prevent iden-tity theft by shredding documents with personal information before placing them in your recycling containers.

Never approach scavengers. Instead, call the Camarillo station of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department at 654-9511. If the person is driving, please note the color, make and model of the vehicle and write down its license number, if possible.

A good way to prevent “dumpster div-ing” is to lock your bin. E.J. Harrison & Sons offers its commercial customers locks at a monthly fee of $7, with a $15 set-up fee. For more information, call 647-1414.

E.J. Harrison & Sons1-800-41 TRASH

www.ejharrison.com

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No Trash

Manuel Robles Reaches 40 YearsContinued from page 1

Luckily, Robles was hired as a swamper that day. He did so well that he was invited to come back the next day. And the next day. And the next.

Robles has been with Harrison Industries ever since.

“I clearly remember Manny’s fi rst day on the job,” Myron Harrison said. “He worked so hard and still does. He’s a great employee.”

Robles has been a roll-off driver for several years and his work ethic is legendary. Myron Harrison remembered the time Robles was injured on the job when a large piece of concrete fell on his legs.

“We placed him on light duty (performing a va-riety of jobs in the company’s Saticoy yard), and he complained about it every day,” Myron Harrison recalled. “He wanted back to heavy duty.”

“Yeah, I hated light duty,” Robles said, smiling.After all these years, Robles is as enthusiastic as

ever about his job.“I’m blessed to have a good job and to work with

so many good people,” Robles said, adding, “I also ap-preciate the Harrison family for their loyalty to me.”

About reaching his 40th anniversary with Harri-son Industries, Robles said, “It feels great, but I don’t know if I can do another 40 years. We’ll see how much longer I can go.”

‘Dumpster Diving’ is Illegal – and Should Be Reported

Statewide Plastic Bag Ban May Be Headed Toward 2016 Ballot

Plastic bags continued to be a hot button issue for California’s legislature in 2014. After four previous

attempts to pass legislation banning single-use plas-tic carryout bags, Senate Bill 270 successfully passed through the State Assembly and Senate receiving Gov-ernor Brown’s signature in September.

The new law was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2015 at all large grocery stores and pharmacies. The ban was to extend to all remaining small grocers, convenience and liquor stores effective January 1, 2016. Similar to the provisions in over 138 local ordi-nances throughout California cities and counties, SB 270 requires that stores providing recycled paper bags or reusable plastic bags would need to charge 10 cents at the point of sale.

However, following the governor’s signing of SB 270, the plastic bag manufacturing trade group, Ameri-can Progressive Bag Alliance, fi led a referendum to repeal the law. According to the trade group, they have collected 809,000 signatures and are awaiting the state’s certifi cation. In order for the referendum to qualify for the November 2016 ballot, 505,000 valid signatures are needed.

Should the necessary signatures be verifi ed, the plastic bag ban would be suspended until the No-vember 2016 election.

Stay tuned as this continues to be one of California’s most talked-about environmental issues!

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Spring 2015

Harrison, Agromin’s Food Waste Program Continues to Grow

In April 2012, Harrison Industries and strategic

partner Agromin Premium Soil Products undertook a pilot food waste program to divert food scraps from local landfi lls. The program has grown from a handful of businesses to include about 75 commercial customers, mostly restaurants and su-permarkets but also hospitals and schools.

In under three years, approximately 3,800 tons – that’s 7,618,000 pounds – of fruit and vegetable skins, unused dairy products and other biodegradable food scraps collected from Harrison trucks have been di-verted from landfi lls and have been transported by Harrison trucks to Agromin, which employs a Covered Aerated Static Pile System to mix them with yard waste to create enriched compost.

In Camarillo, 17 Harrison commercial customers are in the food waste program, including St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital, Albertsons supermarket, Smart & Final and Spanish Hills Country Club and a number of restaurants. In the past year, Walmart and the County of Ventura’s Rain Program have enrolled in the food waste program.

In addition, Harrison collected food waste in 2014 at the Ventura County Fair, California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria and Casa Pacifi ca Wine Festival in Ca-marillo.

Harrison and Agromin’s goal is to expand the food waste program to include more businesses. To that end Harrison two years ago purchased an anaerobic digester

Walmart is one of 17 Camarillo commercial

customers in the food waste program.

that will transform food waste into energy with no combustion or burning involved in the process. It’s strictly a low-temper-ature, clean and natural system.

“But in order to do this, we must get our anaerobic digester permit-ted in Ventura County so we can move forward and involve more companies in the pilot,” Harrison Industries Vice President Jim Harrison said. “We need to get it up and running to see if we can really create energy out of

our food waste.”Harrison added: “We know that we can create en-

ergy out of food waste; others are doing it. We simply want to be able to measure it and to learn more about the process (a pilot) to learn what it is all about.”

As a result of the food waste program and other innovative residential and recycling programs Harri-son Industries instituted with its client cities and the County of Ventura, all are on track to meet AB 341’s 75 percent recycling goal.

Harrison has also taken important steps to help its client cities and the County of Ventura meet the tight air-quality regulations of AB 32, the 2006 state law that established a comprehensive program to reduce green-house gas emissions from all sources throughout the state to 1990 levels by the year 2020. In 2010, Harrison earned Climate Registered status for taking voluntary steps to measure its carbon footprint, ensuring that it is moving toward compliance of AB 32.

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Existing law authorizes green waste to be used as an ADC and exempts green waste from a statewide disposal fee. This exemption, with the recycling credit local gov-ernments receive toward their diversion goals, ends up encouraging the use of green materials for ADC instead of other more environmentally friendly uses. Williams said green waste should be used as compost instead.

SB 605, introduced by Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gar-dens), is a greenhouse gas reduction bill. It places por-tions of the AB 32 Scoping Plan into statute for the Air Board to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants like meth-

ane, by January 2016.SB 498, also by Sen. Lara, is a renewable energy bill

that revises the defi nition of the term “biomass conver-sion” to mean the production of heat, fuels or electric-ity by the controlled combustion of, or the use of, other non-combustion thermal technologies on, specifi ed biomass materials.

“We’re working diligently to meet the strict man-dates set by this new legislation,” said Jim Harrison, vice president of Harrison Industries. “In fact, we have anticipated these regulations and have already taken steps to meet their requirements.”

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Harrison Commercial & Multi-Family Complex CustomersRecycling, Unicycling and Yard Waste Guidelines

Household Hazardous Waste Program

Accepted Items: Antifreeze, solvents, pesticides, household cleaners, pool & garden chemicals, household & car batteries, needles & lancets (in approved containers), fl uorescent light tubes, cathode ray tubes (CRTs), compressed gas cylinders, fi re extinguishers, oil based & latex paint, mercury-containing devices, motor oil & fi lters and expired medication (no controlled substances). The legal transport limit for Household Hazardous Waste is 15 gallons or 125 lbs.

Drop-off events are held the second Friday & Saturday of every month. For an appointment, please call: 987-0717

City of CamarilloCity Manager: Bruce Feng

Mayor: Bill Little

Vice Mayor: Mike Morgan

council Members:Charlotte Craven, Kevin Kildee

& Jan McDonald

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Items NOT Accepted: Explosives, ammunition, fi reworks, tires, radioactive waste, infectious waste or smoke alarms.

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

Medical Sharps RecyclingCamarillo residents can bring their used needles

and lancets (sharps) to the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal events on the second Friday and Saturday of each month. Appointments are required. Call 987-0717.

UnicyclingUnicycling™

The rest can go in LooseNo Yard Waste

This container is for BOTH Trash and Recycling

*These items need to be bagged & tied because they are messy:Food Waste, Bathroom Waste, Coffee Grounds, Wet Material,

Anything that will contaminate the recyclables.

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E.J. Harrison & Sons1-800-41 TRASH

Bag & Tie the Messy Trash*The ONLY MUST for all Unicyclers.

Customer provides bags.

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Magazines

NewspaperPaper/

Junk Mail

Aluminum & Metal Cans

Glass Containers

Cardboard

No Trash

including nursery pots, yogurt containers and toys.

NO Plastic Bags, Styrofoam, Film Plastic or Shrink Wrap.

All Hard Plastics thru

No Medical Sharps

Cartons

Cereal, Cracker & Shoe Boxes