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- Our renewable energy projects create enough energy to power nearly 1 million homes and save the equivalent of more than 13 million barrels of oil per year.
- The Simi Landfill and Recycling Center alone powers the equivalent of 2,500 homes each day with two landfill gas-to-energy generators using methane gas
- Waste Management’s landfills provide more than 21,000 acres of protected habitat for wildlife. The Simi Valley Landfill is one of 49 certified sites by the Wildlife Habitat Council.
- WM's North American operations recycled enough paper and cardboard in one year to save 41 million trees.
- In California, we operate the largest fleet of clean natural gas collection vehicles and have reduced air emissions by 247 tons.
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With spring fully underway and the celebration of Earth Day, this is a good opportunity to highlight two of our recycling programs that help the environment and divert waste from our landfills. For those of you tending to your lawns and gardens, don’t forget that you can recycle yard trimmings such as grass clippings, leaves and branches in your green yard cart.
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Waste Management is committed to giving back to the local community. In addition to donating money and services to Ventura County organizations, our employees also give back through various volunteer activities.
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With spring fully underway, a lot of time is spent outside maintaining lawns and gardens. If you have a green thumb, remember that most of your greenwaste can be either recycled or put back to work as fertilizer to help produce healthier lawns, plants and flowers.
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Waste Management’s Construction and Demolition Recycling Facility at the Simi Valley Landfill recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. Since it opened, the facility has recycled over 40,317 tons of materials.
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Ricky Ontiveros recently joined Waste Management as a gas technician at the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center.
As a gas technician, Ricky monitors, samples and regulates the more than 150 gas wells throughout the site.
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