Trash Flash

Recycling News for Ojai Businesses & Multi-Family Complexes

Spring 2017

Construction Completed on Harrison’s State-of-the-Art CNG Fueling Station

Harrison Industries has

completed construction

of its state-of-the-art

compressed natural gas (CNG)

fueling station with 26 pumps

at the company’s Saticoy yard.

Harrison’s fl eet of CNG trucks

began fueling up at the new

station last fall.

According to Mike

Harrison, engineering

manager for Harrison

Industries, the CNG system

includes two 250-horsepower

compressor units that

compress natural gas to over

3,500 pounds per square inch into CNG, as well as a

computerized monitoring unit for its fueling stations.

Harrison Industries has been working to reduce

its impact on climate change by understanding its

carbon footprint. In 2003 the company opened the

fi rst liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) fueling station in

western Ventura County. Harrison has furthered its

commitment to the environment by also adding 33

LNG-dedicated and 14 CNG-dedicated trucks to the

fl eet. CNG has demonstrated itself as a highly effi cient

and reliable low-carbon fuel for material collection

vehicles.

Why move away from

diesel to natural gas (CNG

and LNG)? Here’s why:

u Natural gas is the

safest of all hydrocarbon

fuels, including propane

and gasoline.

u It is lighter than

air so it fl oats upward and

dissipates quickly, unlike

propane and gasoline fumes

that are heavier than air

and much more highly

fl ammable.

u Natural gas is an

environmentally friendly

fuel and emits virtually no air quality emissions, and it

is less carbon-intensive than other transportation fuels.

u It has fewer emissions than coal, oil or gasoline

due to its simple chemical composition – a molecule of

one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms (CH4). When

methane is burned completely, the principal products

of combustion are carbon dioxide and water vapor.

These are exciting times at Harrison Industries,

and our goal in the coming years is to gradually phase

out our diesel trucks and replace them with trucks

that run on CNG. We will keep you posted on future

developments.

What You Need to Know about California’s Plastic Bag Ban

On Nov. 8, 2016, California voters approved

Proposition 67, the statewide Single-

Use Carryout Bag Ban.

As a result, the new law is in

effect and most grocery stores, retail

stores with a pharmacy, convenience

stores, food marts and liquor stores

will no longer be able to provide

single-use plastic carry-out bags to

their customers. Instead, these stores

may provide a reusable grocery bag

or recycled paper bag to a customer at

the point of sale at a charge of at least 10

cents per bag.

Reusable bags sold today may be made of

canvas, hemp, or various types of plastic

materials. These bags must meet certain

requirements including:

u Have a handle and be designed

for at least 125 uses

u Have a volume capacity of at

least 15 liters

u Be machine washable or made

from a material that can be cleaned

and disinfected

u Have printed on the bag, or

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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, asphalt and sod removal. 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 construction sites,

roofi ng projects, land clear-

ing, weed abatement and

demolition. They also are

good to remove large furni-

ture 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

AB 1826 Requires Organic Recycling to Increasing Number of Businesses

California Assembly Bill

1826, which went into ef-

fect on April 1, 2016, required

all businesses which generate

eight cubic yards or more per

week of organic waste such as

food waste, green waste, land-

scaping waste and nonhazard-

ous wood waste, to sign up for

commercial organic recycling.

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2017,

businesses generating four

cubic yards of organic waste

per week are also required to

comply with AB 1826. And,

come Jan. 1, 2019, businesses

generating four cubic yards of commercial solid waste

per week will be affected by AB 1826.

Multi-family residences and mobile park communi-

ties with over fi ve units are required to comply with AB

1826 by having onsite yard waste collection or recycling

verifi cation from a landscaping service.

AB 1826 helps implement AB 341, the 2011 land-

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established the goal of

diverting at least 75 per-

cent of California’s solid

waste away from landfi lls

by 2020. AB 1826 accom-

plishes this by diverting

methane-gas-producing

organic food and yard

waste away from landfi lls

and into programs created

by Harrison and its fran-

chise clients that recycle

the waste we deliver to our

strategic partner Agromin.

Agromin turns the waste

into renewable resources such as biofuels and nutrient-

rich compost for agriculture.

In addition to reducing the amount of methane gas

generated in landfi lls, the intent of this regulation is to

create cleaner air for all. Harrison Industries can pro-

vide a free waste assessment to assist businesses with

appropriate compliance measures and to determine if

this service is needed at this time.

Organic waste is food waste, yard and landscape

waste and nonhazardous wood waste.

Outreach materials are available at www.ejharrison.

com to help inform you about the requirements for

commercial organic recycling. You can also visit the

Cal Recycle website at www.calrecycle.ca.gov/recycle/

commercial/organics. For more information or to sign

up for your free assessment, contact Daniel Harrison at

danh@ejharrison.com.

California’s Plastic Bag BanContinued from page 1

on a tag attached to the bag that is not intended to

be removed, the following information: the name

of the manufacturer, the country where the bag was

manufactured, and a statement that the bag is a

reusable bag and designed for at least 125 uses.

These bags must be produced by certifi ed reusable

grocery bag producers. A list of certifi ed producers can

be found at www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/ReusableBags.

The full list of requirements for acceptable bags

can be found at: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/

codes_disp laySection.xhtml?sectionNum=42281.&lawC

ode=PRC.

Recycled paper bags must contain a minimum of 40

percent post-consumer recycled materials (20 percent

for bags of eight pound size or smaller).

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Spring 2017

Clean Dumpsters Help Protect Our Creeks & BeachesAfter fi ve years of drought, we fi nally had quite

a bit of rain this winter and let’s hope for a

rainy spring, too. As a business owner, it is your

responsibility to do your part to prevent stormwater

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.

Composer-Pianist Vijay Iyer to Lead 71st Ojai Music Festival

Harrison Industries

is looking forward

to the 71st Ojai Music

Festival, set for June 8-11

under the stars at Libbey

Bowl.

Highlights include

several works by

the festival’s Music

Director Vijay Iyer,

including the world

premiere of his “Violin

Concerto,” written

for and performed

by Jennifer Koh; the

American premiere of

his “Emergence” for

trio and ensemble; and

“Radhe Radhe: Rites of

Holi,” a 37-minute Hindu

festival fi lm by Prashant

Bhargava, for which Iyer wrote the music.

Iyer, a Grammy-nominated composer-pianist,

was described as “one of the most interesting and

vital young pianists in jazz today” by the Los Angeles

Weekly, and by Minnesota Public Radio as “an

American treasure.” He has been voted DownBeat

Magazine‘s Artist of the Year three times – in 2016,

2015 and 2012. Iyer was named Downbeat’s 2014

Pianist of the Year, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and

a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist. In 2014 he

began a permanent appointment as the Franklin D.

and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts in the

Department of Music at Harvard University.

Vijay Iyer

Photo Credit: Barbara Rigon

Other highlights

include the West

Coast premiere of the

opera “Afterword” by

George Lewis and the

world premiere of

the chamber version

of “Yet Unheard,”

by Courtney Bryan,

which memorializes

Sandra Bland, an

African American

woman who died in

police custody in Texas

in 2015.

Returning to the

festival this year will

be 2015 Music Director

Steven Schick and

fl autist Claire Chase.

New to the festival

are vocalist and composer Jen Shyu, tabla virtuoso

Zakir Hussain and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa.

Lewis will join his fellow members of The Trio, pianist

Muhal Richard Abrams and woodwind performer

Roscoe Mitchell.

Harrison Industries, a corporate sponsor of the

Ojai Music Festival, encourages music lovers of all

kinds to attend this culturally enriching event. Four-

day, three-day and weekend immersion passes are

available now. Single ticket sales will begin in the

spring.

For ticket information, call 646-2053 or visit

www.ojaifestival.org.

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Harrison Commercial CustomersRecycling & Yard Waste Guidelines

City of OjaiCity Manager: Steve McClary

Mayor: Johnny Johnston Mayor Pro Tem: William Weirick

council Members:Paul Blatz , Suza

Francina & Randy Haney

Printed on Recycled Paper

Medical Sharps RecyclingYou can bring your used needles and

lancets (sharps) to Ojai Valley Community

Hospital for proper and convenient disposal. Call

640-2279 for more information.

Magazines

NewspaperPaper/

Junk Mail

Aluminum & Metal Cans

Glass Containers

Cardboard

including nursery pots, yogurt containers and toys.

All Hard Plastics thru Cartons

Cereal, Cracker & Shoe Boxes

Film Plastic or Shrink Wrap

Plastic Bags Styrofoam

Trash

Medical Sharps

Extra trash? Rent a roll-off or 3-yard bin. For information and rates call: (805) 647-1414 or 1-800-41 TRASH

Self-haul trash, E-waste, ABOP and Recyclables buy-back.

For information on purchasing soil amendments and mulch call: (805) 485-9200 or 1-800-AGROMIN

5275 Colt St. • Ventura(805) 642-9236www.goldcoastrecycling.com

www.ejharrison.com

www.agromin.com

Organic Recycling - For information call Donald Sealund at (805) 647-1414, ext. 4318.

E.J. Harrison & Sons1-800-41 TRASH

www.ejharrison.com

No Yard Waste

Trash

What goes in the Trash?Hopefully, very little. After you have recycled, composted, fi lled the yard waste bin, donated old clothing and goods, and done all of those good things – most of the rest can go in the trash.

STOPNo Hazardous

Waste!!These items are NOT accepted for

Trash or Recycling.

u Hazardous Waste

u TVs/Computer Monitors

u Fluorescent Light Tubes

u Oil or Paints

u Closed Containers

u Medical Needles

u Tires

u Batteries

For information on how to dispose of

these items, please call Ojai: 658-4323