Community Benefits
Why the Modernization and Expansion Project is good for the community.
| • | Maintains more than 275 good-paying jobs in Ventura County |
| • | Injects more than $48 million annually into the Ventura County economy |
| • | Contributes more than $3.6 million to public agency budgets within Ventura County |
| • | Improves recycling options and increases environmentally-friendly programs |
| • | Increases production of enough green energy to power 6,250 local homes |
| • | Establishes one of the first LEED facilities at a landfill in the county by using recycled and sustainable building materials, energy-efficient lighting, green energy programs and recycled water |
| • | Reduces truck traffic on the Madera Corridor by moving local trucking operations to landfill |
| • | Creates over 500 acres for open space and wildlife habitats |
| • | Provides charitable contributions including annual sponsorships, service donations and employee volunteer support |
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Thank You
Dear Friends:
We want to thank all of you who joined us at our Simi Valley Landfill Open House event.
The weather was perfect and we were so glad to have more than 150 community members join us at the fun-filled event.
The day started off with landfill tours of our facility and an up-close look at our future plans of extending the life of the landfill, increasing recycling services, expanding out green energy programs and preserving open space.
The tours provided a valuable in-depth look at the new landfill, which is located directly behind the current landfill and almost entirely shielded from view by the natural mountain ridgelines.
Other activities included crafts, a bouncer for kids, photo opportunity in one of WM’s LNG trash truck, free mulch donated from Agromin (made from recycled greenwaste collected from Simi residents and other Ventura County communities) and a bird demonstration.
We had a lot of questions from the community and we appreciated the open and honest dialogue. We have always been committed to having our project work for the community. The benefits of the project, as we see them, include:
• | Maintaining over 275 jobs right here in Simi Valley
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• | Contributing over $48 million to the local economy and over $3.6 million to local government agency budgets
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• | Increasing recycling capabilities at the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center, including building an Environmental Collection Center that would allow us to collect e-waste, paint and batteries from residents.
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We hope you had as much fun as we did and all of your questions were answered. If you were not able to attend and want to take a tour
to learn more about our future plans, please contact Lisa Hemenway at (805) 581-1746.
For further information related to our project, please visit http://www.keepingventuracountyclean.com/expansion.html.
Thanks again for attending our Open House event.
Mike Smith
Director of Operations
Scott Tignac
Landfill District Manager
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