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- Adding 150 new permanent good paying local jobs, with benefits, for decades to come
- Creating additional indirect jobs such as 100 construction jobs over four years
- Improving recycling options and increases environmentally-friendly programs
- Building a convenient Environmental Collection Center for unwanted items, including, batteries, paint, oil, and electronic waste
- Reducing traffic on the Madera Corridor by moving local trucking operations to landfill
- Creating and protecting over 500 acres of open space and wildlife habitats
- Increasing production of enough green energy - by safely transforming methane gas from waste to electricity - to power 6,250 local homes
- Establishing one of the first green building LEED facilities at a landfill in the county by using recycled and sustainable building materials, energy-efficient lighting, green energy programs and recycled water
- Providing charitable contributions including annual sponsorships, service donations and employee volunteer support
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Waste Management has been serving the people of Ventura County for over four decades. We are committed to do our part to ensure that our neighbors, our environment, and our economy are robustly healthy.
Ventura County will continue to grow in the future. If we want it to grow well and to continue to be such an incredible place to live and work, we need our elected officials to make smart decisions now. Approval of the SVLRC Modernization and Expansion project is a smart decision that they have the opportunity to make on May 17th.
Please let your Supervisor know that you want him or her to:
Approve the SVLRC Modernization and Expansion Project.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARING
Tuesday, May 17th
1:30 pm (time could change)
County of Ventura
Government Center
800 S. Victoria Ave.
Ventura CA 93009
If you cannot make it to the hearing, please let your Supervisor know that you support the SVLRC Modernization and Expansion project by calling his or her office at the numbers shown below, or by emailing them at the addresses shown.
Thank you for allowing us to provide you with recycling and refuse service for the past 40 years.
Sincerely,
Mike Smith
Director of Operations
Visit www.KeepingVenturaCountyClean.com for more information on solid waste, recycling, holiday and free clean up day schedules.
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2801 Madera Rd. Simi Valley, CA 93065 - (805) 522-9400
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On May 17, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors will consider Waste Management's Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center (SVLRC) Modernization and Expansion Project.
