Trash FlashFall 2016

Recycling News for Carpinteria Businesses & Multi-Family Complexes

Harrison Food Waste Recycling Program Keeps Expanding

Omni Catering is one of the newest Harrison

commercial customers in Carpinteria that participates

in the food waste program.

When Harrison In-

dustries and stra-

tegic partner Agromin

Premium Soil Products

launched their pilot com-

mercial food waste pro-

gram in April 2012, the

Albertsons supermarkets

in Camarillo, Ventura and

Carpinteria were their

only customers.

From its humble

beginnings, the food

waste-recycling program

has grown to include 120

participants – mostly res-

taurants and supermar-

kets but also hospitals and

schools. Participants in-

clude Community Memo-

rial Hospital in Ventura,

Ojai Valley Community Hospital, the Ventura County

Jail’s Todd Road facility in the Santa Clara Valley and

the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center in El Rio.

In the past year, businesses that have joined the

food waste program include the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa ,

Smart & Final supermarkets in Ventura and Carpinte-

ria, Vista del Mar Hospital in Ventura and Omni Cater-

ing in Carpinteria.

Where do the food

scraps go? Harrison

trucks collect the food

scraps from the par-

ticipants and transport

the scraps to Agromin,

which employs a Cov-

ered Aerated Static Pile

System to mix them

with yard waste to create

enriched compost. These

products save water,

help reduce soil erosion

and reduce the use of

non-organic fertilizers,

pesticides and herbicides

– making our air and

water cleaner.

How much food

waste has been diverted

from our landfi lls since

2012? Food waste coordinator Donald Sealund reports

that 5,787 tons have been diverted through 2015.

That’s a lot of food scraps!

Harrison has purchased an anaerobic digester and

is in the permitting process, and when in service, it

can use food waste to create energy.

For more information on the food waste program,

call Sealund at 647-1414, ext. 4318.

Clean Dumpsters Help Protect Our Creeks & Beaches

Despite the ongoing drought, it’s still likely to rain

at some point this winter. As a business owner, it

is your responsibility to do your part to prevent storm

water pollution. An easy way to help is to regularly

monitor your trash and

recycling dumpsters during

the rainy season and keep

these best practices in

mind:

u Report a leaking

dumpster to E.J. Harrison

& Sons (647-1414) so it can

be repaired or replaced.

u Keep dumpsters covered and impermeable to

rainwater. If there are no covers on the dumpster,

provide overhead coverage. Keep them from

overfl owing and regularly clean up loose trash.

u Keep any outside garbage, recycling, food waste

or compost containers

covered and away from

storm drains.

u Restaurants

should not store

cooking oil and

grease containers in

uncovered areas.

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Here’s How to Safely Dispose of Medical Sharps

Improper disposal of used

“sharps” (needles, syringes,

and lancets) can injure others—

including family members and

friends. So be sure to get rid of

them safely.

Here’s how: Pick up your free

biohazard rigid plastic sharps

containers at the Santa Barbara

County Public Health Depart-

ment, Carpinteria Health Care

Center located at 931 Walnut Ave.

(560-1050). Take the container home and, when it is

three-quarters full, return it to the Carpinteria clinic

for proper disposal and pick up a new container.

For safety reasons, sharps will not be accepted in

liquid detergent or bleach bottles, coffee cans, glass

containers, milk jugs, or soda

bottles. Below are some disposal

guidelines:

u Sharps should be placed

into a container immediately

after use.

u Do not attempt to re-

move, bend, break, or recap the

needle.

u Keep all sharps and dis-

posal containers out of the reach

of children.

u Do not dispose of sharps in curbside trash or

recycling carts.

For additional details, please call the Santa

Barbara County Public Health Department at (805)

681-5100 .

Harrison Accepts Cartons for Recycling

Does your business generate cartons in its waste stream? Cartons are now accepted in

your white recycling container. Made mainly from paper, cartons are in demand to be recycled into new products.

E.J. Harrison & Sons accepts cartons that fall into two categories: shelf-stabled and refrigerated.

Shelf-stabled include:u Juice u Soup and brothu Milk u Wineu Soy and grain milk

Refrigerated include:u Juice u Creamu Milk u Egg substitutesu Soy and grain milkFor more information, call 647-1414.

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Recycle Those Phone Books

Place your phone book loose in the recycling bin.

Unused directories will be processed for use as new paper products or for use as packing paper. Recycling phone books

saves trees, water and electricity.

Roll-Off Bins Are Available to Local Businesses

Harrison Industries offers roll-off service and

bins for businesses with big jobs that require

large solid waste disposal. Roll-

off containers can be rented on a

temporary basis and are available

in a range of sizes – with 3, 10, 25

and 40 cubic yards of space – to fi t

your needs.

u 3-yard bins are ideal for

home, garage and garden cleanup.

u 10-yard bins are

for concrete, dirt, as-

phalt and sod remov-

al. They also are good

for removing other

heavy material.

u 25-yard bins are

for larger concrete,

dirt, asphalt and sod

removal projects.

u 40-yard bins are

ideal for construc-

tion sites, roofi ng

projects, land clear-

ing, weed abate-

ment and demoli-

tion. They also are

good to remove

large furniture and appliances.

Service is fast, reliable and economical. For more

information and rates, call 647-1414.

3-yard bin

10-yard bin

25-yard bin

40-yard bin

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Fall 2016

Join the Crowd at Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 17

California Coastal Cleanup Day, recognized by the

Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest beach cleanup day, is set for Saturday, Sept. 17.

Join close to 70,000 others statewide who will be taking part in the event. From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers will remove debris from the coast, creeks, rivers, lakes and shorelines throughout California, protect-ing wildlife from harm while taking care of our environment.

Last year, more than 68,000 people removed 1,142,997 pounds of trash and recyclable material from California’s coast and inland waterways. In Santa Barbara County alone, over 1,000 dedicated volunteers removed over 4,500 pounds of waste.

Over its 31-year history, 1.3 million volunteers have removed more than 22 million pounds of debris from our state’s beaches, lakes, and waterways.

Thousands of cigarette butts and lots of plastic bags, as well as other trash, were removed and prevented from going out to sea where they would have had a negative effect on marine life.

Coming at the end of the summer beach season and right near the start of the school year, Coastal Cleanup Day is a great way for families, students

Dropped butts end up on our coast and waterways where they leach lead, arsenic and other harmful chemicals.

help us get them off our beaches.

company employees, service groups and neighbors to join together.

Coastal Cleanup Day is a quick, effective and re-warding opportunity to give something back to our com-munity and the environment by spending just three hours of your morning picking up trash while enjoying a local park or beach. You can make your contribution even great-er and cut down on the trash created at the Cleanup by bringing your own reusable supplies (water bottle, gar-dening gloves, trash bucket etc.). Safety is a top prior-

ity for any beach cleanup, so wear a hat, sunscreen, gloves, and closed-toe shoes.

Coastal Cleanup Day helps us take care of our frag-ile marine environment, shows community support for our shared natural resources, and teaches us about the impacts of marine debris and how we can prevent harm to the marine environment while having fun!

Carpinteria-area sites include Carpinteria State, Jelly Bowl and Santa Claus Lane beaches as well as Carpinteria, Santa Monica and Franklin creeks.

For participating beaches and waterways, call 1-800-COAST-4U, or visit www.lessismore.org/Pro-grams/coastal_cleanup.html.

Athletes Take the Dive on Sept. 25 at Carpinteria Triathlon

Nearly 1,000 men and women of all ages from throughout Southern

California and beyond will dive into the Pacifi c Ocean at the start of the 19th Carpinteria Triathlon on Sunday, Sept. 25, beginning at 7:30 a.m.

E.J. Harrison & Sons is a long-time sponsor of this inspiring com-munity event and encourages everyone to come out early to Carpinteria State Beach and cheer for these dedicated athletes as they put their swimming, bicycling and running skills to the test.

Contestants choose between two courses from which to compete. The Olympic course incorporates a 1.5 kilometer swim, a 40 kilometer bike ride and a 10 kilometer run; the Sprint course is comprised of a half-K swim, a 15K bike ride and a 5K run.

Proceeds from the Carpinteria Triathlon go to the City of Carpinteria’s Parks and Recreation youth pro-grams, including After School at the Pool, Aqua Camp

and Junior Lifeguards.Carpinteria Beach is known as

the “World’s Safest Beach” due to its southern exposure and its pro-tection by the Channel Islands. It has been rated the No. 1 swim-ming beach in California since

swimmers usually enjoy small waves and the absence of riptides.

The bike course travels along the foothills, offering some spectacular ocean views. Both the Olym-pic and Sprint courses offer the competitor a challeng-ing ride, although the Sprint course is also well suited for novice triathletes. The run course goes through Car-pinteria neighborhoods and is mostly a fl at-loop course.

The Carpinteria Triathlon also requires the assis-tance of more than 170 community volunteers. There are many opportunities to help with this fun event. For more information or to sign up, contact Ann Meyer at annm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us, or call her at 684-5405, ext. 432.

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Harrison Commercial CustomersRecycling and Yard Waste Guidelines

City of CarpinteriaCity Manager: Dave Durflinger

Mayor: Gregg Carty

Vice-Mayor: Fred Shaw

council Members:Al Clark, Wade Nomura &

Bradley Stein

T FPrinted on Recycled Paper

ABOP Recycling Center

Open 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Call 1-800-CLEANUP for more certified used oil recycling locations. Funded by a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

STOPNo Hazardous

Waste!!These items are NOT accepted for

Trash or Recycling.u Hazardous Waste u Tires u TVs/Computer Monitors u Batteriesu Closed Containers u Oil or Paintsu Fluorescent Light Tubes u Medical Waste*

For information on how to dispose of these items, please call: Carpinteria 880-3415

* To dispose of Medical Waste call 880-3415, or take expired or unwanted pharmaceuticals and/or medicines from households to the drop box at City Hall/Sheriff’s Substation, 5775 Carpinteria Ave., weekdays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Got a lot of trash?Try a Harrison roll-off or bin rental. Convenient & Affordable.

Got a little bit of trash?Take it to Gold Coast Recycling & Transfer Station.

Got some yard waste or need some mulch?Call Agromin.

5275 Colt St. • Ventura

(805) 642-9236

www.goldcoastrecycling.com

www.ejharrison.com

1-800-AGROMIN • (805) 485-9200www.agromin.com

(805) 647-1414 • 1-800-41 TRASH

Household Battery Drop-off Locations

Carpinteria residents and small business own-ers can now drop off old household batteries at two convenient locations: at Albertsons (1018 Casitas Pass Road) and Carpinteria Valley Lumber (915 Elm Ave.)

used oil self-service drop-off also open during the week.

No Refrigerators, Stoves, Washers or Dryers. ¬5 gallon maximum

(No Fluorescent Light Tubes)

Magazines

NewspaperPaper/

Junk Mail

Aluminum & Metal Cans

Glass Containers

Cardboard

No Trash

including nursery pots, yogurt containers and toys.

NO Plastic Bags, Styrofoam, Film Plastic or Shrink Wrap.

All Hard Plastics thru

No Medical Sharps

Cartons

Cereal, Cracker & Shoe Boxes

Recycle at Carpinteria City Hall:n Antifreeze

¬ n Batteries n Oil

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n Paint¬ n Mercury Based Thermostats

n Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

n E-Waste - 3 items only (TVs, Computers, etc.)