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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, 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.
Residents have several options to reuse their yard waste, including composting. Yard waste materials can be used to create rich nutrients that can be mixed into regular soil. To compost, combine yard trimmings and leaves with kitchen scraps in a compost bin. The materials need to be periodically mixed, turned over and watered to encourage the decomposition process.
To save some time and effort, you also can try grasscycling, which simply means leaving grass clippings in place on your lawn after you mow. The clippings quickly decompose and seep into the ground, providing proper nutrition to fertilize the soil.
The remaining yard trimmings can be recycled – simply place the materials in your green yard cart for collection on your normal service day.
Materials that can be placed in the green yard cart for recycling are:
- Grass clippings
- Branches
- Leaves
- Garden trimmings
- Shrubs
- Cut flowers
- House plants
- Wood chips
- Dead plants
- Weeds
The following materials should not be put in the green yard cart:
- Plastic bags
- Plastic flower pots
- Animal waste
- Palm fronds
- Yucca
- Soil/dirt
- Rocks
- Treated wood
- Recyclables – these items belong in your gray recyclables cart
- Foodwaste
- Trash
Since the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center began its recycling program, over 850,000 tons of greenwaste have been recycled.
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