Waste Management - GI Industries - Keeping Our Communities Clean

Waste Management, combined with its wholly owned subsidiary Recycle America (WMRA), is North America’s largest recycler, recycling enough paper last year to save more than 41 million trees.

By recycling more than 57,000 tons of steel cans, WM reduces greenhouse gasses equivalent to taking more than 21,000 cars off the road each year.

Waste Management’s landfills provide more than 17,000 acres of protected habitat for wildlife, and 15 are certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council.

By processing 21 million pounds of e-scrap, WM keeps 313,000 monitors/TVs and 175,000 CPU hard drives from being disposed in landfills.

Dear Friends,

As a reader of this newsletter, you know of our commitment to keep you informed of all our activities, events and plans. And, as you have probably heard, in April, we submitted a request to modify our Conditional Use Permit. Our proposed plans include expanding the landfill and making a number of improvements in order to meet the County’s disposal and recycling needs well into the future. We encourage you to read more about our proposal and to contact us if you have any questions. READ MORE >

Update on Future Plans

As Ventura County has developed, so has the need for local landfill space. On April 11, Waste Management submitted a request to modify our Conditional Use Permit for the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center to provide a long-term solution for Ventura County.
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On the Environmental Cutting Edge

It’s no secret that California is usually on the cutting-edge of environmental initiatives. And at Waste Management, we’re especially proud of our environmental stewardship in the state. Our efforts extend internally with our membership in the California Climate Action Registry, a nonprofit organization set up to help organizations conducting business in the state to voluntarily register their greenhouse gas emissions. And externally, with our early support of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) which calls for a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020. READ MORE >

Arroyo Clean-up Benefits from WM Grant

Waste Management recently presented a check to the City of Simi Valley for $5,000 as part of our national 2007 Keep America Beautiful Network grants. WM is a nationwide sponsor of Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and is working to provide these grants through KAB to help tackle key community improvement issues across America. The Simi Valley grant money will be used for community beautification efforts throughout the City. One of the recent beneficiaries of the money was the Neighborhood Council’s fifth annual clean up of the Arroyo on April 28 at the Arroyo on Madera Road, south of Easy Street. READ MORE >

Boy Scouts Set Up Camp on WM Property

Despite rain on the opening day, more than 1400 Boy Scouts and 300 parents and volunteers camped out at the property surrounding Waste Management’s Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center for three days near the end of April. READ MORE >

Free Dump Days Yield More than 1880 Tons of Trash

Our free residential dump days are an annual ritual for many local residents. And judging from the results of the three recent events held in Moorpark, Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks in April and May, the dump days are also a popular incentive to jumpstart spring cleaning.

The three dump days yielded 1880 tons of refuse. This includes regular trash, green waste, dirt and concrete. In addition, 80 appliances and 202 tires were dropped off. More information about the next set of free residential disposal days in the fall is available on our website. READ MORE >