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Recycling News for Ojai Businesses & Multi-Family Complexes
Fall 2016
Harrison Food Waste Recycling Program Keeps Expanding
The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa is one of the newest Harrison
commercial customers in Ojai that participates in the
food waste program.
When Harrison Indus-
tries and strategic
partner Agromin Premium
Soil Products launched
their pilot commercial
food waste program in
April 2012, the Albertsons
supermarkets in Camaril-
lo, Ventura and Carpinte-
ria were their only cus-
tomers.
From its humble begin-
nings, the food waste-recy-
cling program has grown
to include 120 participants
– mostly restaurants and
supermarkets but also
hospitals and schools.
Participants include Community Memorial 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 Car-
pinteria, Vista del Mar Hospital in Ventura and Omni
Catering 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 cre-
ate enriched compost.
These products save
water, help reduce soil
erosion and reduce
the use of non-organic
fertilizers, pesticides
and herbicides – mak-
ing 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 Rivers & 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 Ojai Valley
Community Hospital located at
1306 Maricopa Highway, between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Appointments
are required. Call 640-2279. Take
the container home and, when it is three-quarters full,
return it to OVCH for proper disposal and pick up a
new container.
For safety reasons, sharps will not be accepted in
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
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 remove,
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 Ventura
County Environmental Health Division at (805)
654-5007.
‘Dumpster Diving’ is Illegal – and Should Be Reported
“Dumpster diving” from commercial
containers and roll-off bins is illegal in
Ojai and should be reported.
You may not realize it, but scavengers
searching in bins for aluminum cans, glass
bottles, plastic containers and other recy-
clable materials may be looking for more than
just recyclables. They also might seek or fi nd
documents containing personal information
like Social Security and credit card numbers.
You can help prevent identity theft by shred-
ding documents with personal information
before placing them in your recycling con-
tainers.
In some areas, residents have reported
bands of people being dropped in neighbor-
hoods to search through bins just before col-
lection time.
You should not approach people caught
scavenging. Instead, call the Ojai Police De-
partment at 646-1414. If the person is driving,
please note the color, make and model of the
vehicle and write down its license number, if
possible.
A good way to prevent “dumpster diving”
is to lock your bin. E.J. Harrison & Sons offers
its commercial customers locks for a monthly
fee. For more information, call 647-1414.
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Fall 2016
Join the Crowd at Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 17
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.
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, protecting 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
Ventura County alone, more than 3,000 dedicated
volunteers collected almost 10,000 pounds of trash
and recyclables.
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.
Coastal Cleanup Day
is a quick, effective, and
rewarding opportunity to
give something back to
our community 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 greater and
cut down on the trash created
at the Cleanup by bringing
your own reusable supplies
(water bottle, gardening
gloves, trash bucket etc.).
Safety is a top priority for any
beach cleanup, so wear a hat,
sunscreen, gloves and closed-toe shoes.
Coastal Cleanup Day helps us take care of our
fragile 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!
There are close to 20 cleanup sites in Ventura
County, one in Ojai. Participants will meet in Libbey
Park at the lower tennis courts parking lot. For all
participating beaches and waterways, visit www.
vccoastcleanup.org.
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City Seeks Help in Street-Sweeping Program
The City of Ojai asks for your cooperation in its street-sweeping program.Street-sweeping services are required as a
best management practice to reduce the amount of trash and other pollutants from entering the storm drain system, rivers and ocean. The pres-ence of parked cars on sweeping routes reduces the ability of the sweepers to do an effective job.
All city streets are swept on the fi rst and third Tuesday of each month – the day follow-ing your Monday trash pickup. Help keep Ojai beautiful by not parking on the street in com-mercial areas before 7 a.m. and in residential areas between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on street-sweeping days.
Please do your part to keep your streets clean. By moving your trash containers and cars off the street on these days, the cleaner your streets will be. Also remember, streets drain into
our storm drains which empty into our rivers and ocean.
For more information or if you have ques-tions, call Ojai’s Public Works Department at 646-5581, ext. 209.
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Harrison Commercial CustomersRecycling Guidelines
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
City of OjaiInterim City Manager: Steve McClary
Mayor: Paul Blatz Mayor Pro Tem: William Weirick
council Members:Betsy Clapp, Randy Haney
& Severo Lara
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.
Multi-Family Dwellings - Recycling is Mandatory!
Call
E.J. Harrison
& Sons for
recycling
containers.
5275 Colt St. • Ventura
(805) 642-9236
www.goldcoastrecycling.com
www.ejharrison.com
(805) 647-7786, ext. 4349
(805) 647-1414
1-800-41 TRASH
Printed on Recycled Paper
www.ejharrison.com
Pay Bills and Order Services Online
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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
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
Go to Harrison’s website at www.ejharrison.com to
pay your bills with a credit card or e-check and to order services online. It’s easy. Check it out!