Cynthia Ruiz, president of the city of Los Angeles Board of Public Works has announced the start of the city’s new Multi-Family Residential Recycling Program, which she says will provide recycling services to more than 540,000 multi-family homes.
The Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation provides weekly curbside pickup of recyclables, green waste and refuse from more than 645,000 single-family homes in the city. The new program provides free pickup, blue bins and educational materials to residents of multi-family units.
“By taking advantage of innovative programs that offer additional recycling opportunities, like this, residents can help us achieve the mayor’s goal of diverting 70 percent of the city’s refuse away from landfills by 2015,” Ruiz says. She adds that the city currently has a 62 percent diversion rate.
The city has launched www.larecycles.org to offer residents information about the program.
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