Inglewood News AND LENNOX CITIZEN The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - July 28, 2016 SoCalGas Announces Opening of New Natural Gas Fueling Station Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), along with local officials, business representatives and employees marked the opening of a new public compressed natural gas (CNG) station in Los Angeles on July 13. The new CNG station extends the network of CNG stations across a key regional goods movement corridor and will provide owners and operators of natural gas-fueled trucks and other vehicles with a new, convenient place to fuel. Photo provided by SoCalGas Organic Waste Included in Inglewood’s Recycling Program By Cristian Vasquez “Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the decomposition of organic waste in landfills have been identified as a significant source of emissions contributing to global climate change.” A recommendation by the city’s Public Works Department Director Louis A. Atwell to include organic waste in the city’s recycling program was approved by the Inglewood Mayor and City Council. The approved amendment, Amendment No. 2 to agreement No. 12-077 with Consolidated Disposal Service/Republic Services [CDS], will include organic waste, which is defined in the staff report as: food waste, green waste, landscape waste, non-hazardous wood waste, food-soiled paper waste mixed on with food waste and pruning waste. “Building upon the requirements of AB 341, which mandated commercial waste recycling, the State of California is now mandating organic recycling as well, under AB 1826,” states the staff report signed by Atwell. “As a result of the signing of AB 1826 into law, the new mandatory organic recycling requirements will be phased in over several years and will assist the State in meeting its recycling goal of 75% by 2020.” Signed by Governor Jerry Brown in September of 2014, AB 1826 mandates that businesses separate food scraps and yard trimmings for composting and anaerobic digestion [the biological process in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen]. With the adoption of AB 341, the state aims “to reduce GHG emissions by diverting commercial solid waste to recycling efforts and to expand the opportunity for additional recycling services and recycling manufacturing facilities in California,” states the CalRecycle website [http://www. calrecycle.ca.gov/recycle/commercial/]. Through the new law business owners are given the options of self-hauling, contracting with a hauler or negotiating for the pickup of any recyclable materials in order to divert solid waste from landfills and contributing to recycling and reusing efforts. Owners may also subscribe to a recycling service so long it includes mixed waste processing that results in diversion results similar to source separation efforts. “A business (includes public entities) that generates four cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week or is a multifamily residential dwelling of five units or more shall arrange for recycling services,” states the CalRecycle website. “A property owner of a commercial business or multifamily residential dwelling may require tenants to source separate their recyclable materials to aid in compliance with this section.” On Aug. 1, 2012 the City of Inglewood and Consolidated Disposal Service/Republic Services [CDS] entered a 10-year, exclusive solid waste franchise agreement. Through Agreement No. 12-077, CDS was to collect, remove and dispose of all solid waste in the city, whether created by residents, commercial entities or industrial customers. By Oct. 14, 2014 the mayor and city council approved Amendment No. 1 to the original agreement in order to change the hours of operation of the CDS office located in the city. However, in the original agreement [under Section 2.10.2] the city is allowed to include new diversion programs. “Subsequently, on May 3, 2016, the Mayor and Council Members approved an Organic Waste Recycling Program and the associated rate schedule for commercial businesses required to implement the program,” states the staff report. “The goal of the mandatory commercial organic recycling law (AB 1826), is to help California achieve aggressive recycling and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.” According to the staff report, that landfills in the state receive up to 30 million tons of waste each year; of that waste more than 30 percent is organic waste. The CalRecycle website sites that the state’s commercial sector is responsible for three-fourths of the state’s solid waste: in addition, the majority of that waste is considered to be “readily recyclable” and by increasing the recovery of recyclable materials the it is expected that a direct reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) will occur. “The state has determined that these organics should be composted or used to produce renewable energy, rather than being disposed of in landfills,” states the staff report. “Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the decomposition of organic waste in landfills have been identified as a significant source of emissions contributing to global climate change.” Businesses in the City of Inglewood, commercial, industrial public and private entities [schools and hospitals included]; as well as stores, restaurants and residential buildings with five or more units, must recycle their organic waste throughout a specific period of time. The rate of recycling will be based on the amount of waste generated each week, with the goal of having full implementation by 2020. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................4 Classifieds............................3 Film Review..........................6 Finance..................................2 Food.......................................5 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals..............................7-11 Pets......................................12 Police Reports.....................2 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 77˚/67˚ Saturday Sunny 76˚/66˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 76˚/66˚
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