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February 6, 2013
The City of Santa Clarita will kick off the first workshop in a three-part hands-on series designed to educate students in kindergarten through 12th grade on how to prevent pollution and protect the environment beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13, at the Old Town Newhall Library.
Each of the three workshops are open to the public and will include a visual, 3-D landscape with a contained mini watershed, known as an “Enviroscape” model, which demonstrates how pollution is created and how it can be prevented. This interactive model allows students to view different actions to better understand the sources of water pollution while emphasizing pollution prevention by showing best management practices with a follow up demonstration.
- “Enviroscape” Presentation 1 – Wednesday, February 13, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Old Town Newhall Library.
- “Enviroscape” Presentation 2 – Wednesday, April 10, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Valencia Library.
- “Enviroscape” Presentation 3 – Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Canyon Country Library.
For more information about the library presentations, visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:Canyon Country Library, Enviroment, Enviroscape, Enviroscape Class, Enviroscape Workshop, green, Green Classes, green santa clarita, Green Workshops, old town newhall library, Valencia Library, workshop
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January 30, 2013
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Santa Clarita residents, who have trash service, are entitled to four bulky item pickups per year with a maximum of three items per pickup at no charge. Residents must provide Waste Management with at least 48 hours notice in order to have the items picked up on your regular collection day.
City residents may also drop-off unlimited bulky items at Waste Management’s facility located at 25772 Springbrook Road, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at no charge.
“Bulky Items” means solid waste that cannot and/or would not typically be accommodated within a trash, recycling or greenwaste cart:
- Furniture (including chairs, sofas, mattresses, and rugs)
- Appliances (including refrigerators – with or without Freon and with the doors removed, ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, water softeners – with salt removed if applicable, dishwashers, plumbing, small household appliances, and other similar items commonly known as “white goods”
- Electronic equipment (including stereos, televisions, computers, monitors, cellular phones, VCRs, microwaves, and other similar items commonly known as “brown goods” and “e-waste”)
- Residential wastes (including wood waste, tree branches, scrap wood, limited debris from building remodeling, rocks, sod and earth, in the aggregate not exceeding one cubic yard per collection)
- Clothing
- Tires
*Bulky items do not include car bodies, construction and demolition debris or items requiring more than two persons to remove.*
For more information, contact Waste Management at (661) 259-2398 or visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:appliances, blue barrel disposal, clothing, couch on the curb, electronic equipment, environment, furniture, green santa clarita, Illegal Dumping, Keeping SCV Clean, Large Bulky Trash Items, residential waste, tires, waste management
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January 25, 2013
The City of Santa Clarita recently installed the first of 34 new solar-powered, trash compacting bins that will offer residents a new way to keep the community clean while increasing efficiency.
The BigBelly Solar trash bins compact waste using electricity produced by built-in solar panels, which allows each receptacle to hold five times more trash than traditional bins. The compactors also include a wireless system that allows the City to monitor recycling over the Internet, which limits trash and recycling collections by only visiting locations that need to be serviced.
In addition to eliminating overflow and reducing frequency of garbage collection, the Big Belly Solar bins will be custom wrapped with a distinctive Santa Clarita design, that will make the units unique and highly visible.
In April 2012, the City was awarded a competitive grant through the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to fund this innovative recycling program. The City of Santa Clarita joins other cities in implementing this new technology, including Philadelphia, Boston and Salzburg, Austria.
For more information on Santa Clarita’s sustainability efforts or the Big Belly Solar bins, visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:Around town, Big Belly, central park, Enegery saving technology, environmental services, green santa clarita, solar power, Trash Bins
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December 17, 2012
Residents are invited to join thousands of shoppers throughout the City of Santa Clarita by giving up plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable bags as part of “A Day Without a Bag” on Thursday, December 20.
Currently, Californians use more than 19 billion plastic grocery and merchandise bags every year, which generates over 147,000 tons of unnecessary waste. More than 6 billion of these bags are used by Los Angeles County residents, which equates to approximately 600 bags a year per person.
To help raise awareness for this campaign, the City will provide free, reusable bags to community members at the Valencia Library, Old Town Newhall Library and Canyon Country Library during regular business hours on Thursday, December 20. The complimentary bags are limited and available on a first come basis to patrons of the Santa Clarita Library.
Presented by Heal the Bay, A Day Without a Bag is an educational, outreach effort in partnership with community groups, businesses and individuals throughout the state of California.
For more information on “A Day Without a Bag,” contact Mark Patti in the City’s Environmental Services division at (661) 286-4173 or visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:a day without a bag, Awareness Campaign, Canyon Country Library, green santa clarita, heal the bay, old town newhall library, Plastic Bag, Valencia Library
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September 26, 2012
On Saturday, September 22, the City of Santa Clarita hosted the 18th Annual River Rally which took place at Soledad Canyon Road between Whites Canyon and the State Route 14 (near the Canyon Country Post Office).
Hundreds of residents registered to participate in this years event.
For more information about being green in Santa Clarita, visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:14 freeway, 18th annual river rally, 2012 river rally, antelope valley freeway, Around town, Clean Up, green santa clarita, Online Registration, Registration, Santa Clara River, soledad canyon road, this week in santa clarita
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September 21, 2012
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Los Angeles County and the City of Santa Clarita are hosting a Tire Recycle event on Saturday, September 29, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Westfield Valencia Town Center parking lot on the corner of Magic Mountain Parkway and Citris Street. Residents are encouraged to bring their used tires to the recycling event free of charge.
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Restrictions at the event include:
- Tires from LA County resident and Santa Clarita residents only.
- No tires from businesses.
- No oversized or tractor tires. Rims accepted.
- If you transport 10 or more tires per trip, please contact the Public Health Department a week ahead at (626) 430-5540 to obtain a tire transport form.
For more information about the Tire Recycling Event, visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:city of santa clarita, green santa clarita, los angeles county, Recycling Used Tires, Tire Recycling Event, westfield valencia town center
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September 11, 2012
This year’s Annual River Rally event will be held on Saturday, September 22, from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. and the last day to register for the event will be this Friday, September 14. The event will take place at 18386 Soledad Canyon Road between Whites Canyon and the State Route 14 (near the Canyon Country Post Office).
In addition to this year’s River Rally event, an Environmental Expo will be held the same day featuring different ways to preserve the environment. Attendees can gather information about recycling, air quality, pollution prevention, water quality, open space preservation, and wildlife conservation programs in Santa Clarita.
For more information and to register for the 18th Annual River Rally, call the River Rally hotline at (661) 284-1415 or visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:14 freeway, 18th annual river rally, 2012 river rally, antelope valley freeway, Clean Up, green santa clarita, Online Registration, Registration, Santa Clara River, soledad canyon road, this week in santa clarita
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August 23, 2012
This Week in Santa Clarita previews the 18th Annual River Rally held on Saturday, September 22, from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. The event will take place at 18386 Soledad Canyon Road between Whites Canyon and the State Route 14 (near the Canyon Country Post Office).
*Pre-registration is required to participate in this year’s River Rally event*
For more information about the 18th Annual River Rally, call the River Rally hotline at (661) 284-1415 or visit GreenSantaClarita.com.
Tags:14 freeway, 18th annual river rally, 2012 river rally, antelope valley freeway, Clean Up, green santa clarita, Santa Clara River, soledad canyon road, this week in santa clarita
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