Trash Flash

Recycling News for Ojai Businesses & Multi-Family Complexes

Spring 2014

Successful Food Waste Recycling Program Expands

The Agave Maria’s restaurant is one of six businesses

in Ojai that has joined the food waste program.

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When Harrison Indus-tries and strategic

partner Agromin launched their pilot commercial food waste program in April 2012, the Albertsons supermarkets in Ventura, Camarillo and Carpinteria were their only customers.

From its humble begin-nings, the food waste-recy-cling program has grown to include 65 businesses – mostly restaurants and supermarkets but also hospi-tals and schools. Customers include the Ventura County Jail’s Todd Road facility in the Santa Clara Valley and the Ventura County Juve-nile Justice Center in El Rio.

Almost two years into this successful program, more than 1,952 tons – that’s over 3.9 million pounds

– of fruit and vegetable skins, unused dairy prod-ucts, bones, meat fat and other biodegradable food scraps have been diverted from our landfi lls.

Where do the food scraps go? Harrison trucks collect the food scraps from the participants and transport the scraps to Agromin, which employs a Covered Aerated Static Pile System to mix them with yard waste to create enriched compost. These products save water, help reduce soil erosion and re-

duce the use of non-organic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides – making our air and water cleaner.

Assembly Bill 341 Requires Commercial Recycling

As a reminder, California As-sembly Bill 341 went into

effect on July 1, 2012, man-dating commercial recy-cling for all businesses that generate four or more cubic yards of waste per week and all multi-family dwell-ings with fi ve units or more regardless of the amount of waste they generate.

Most E.J. Harrison & Sons customers in Ojai are already in compliance with this regulation. However, all municipalities are required to conduct education and outreach activities to inform and en-sure all affected commercial generators know what can be recycled locally and are making good-faith ef-forts to recycle.

The City and Harrison can provide free waste assessments to show you how you can improve your

waste diversion. The new legislation also has a goal of 75 percent

diversion of waste from landfi lls by 2020. Although the City is close to that diversion level, it will take the cooperation of all commercial and residen-

tial customers to achieve this goal.Here are a few things you

can do to ensure your business is in compli-ance with this new regulation:u Make sure all employees are aware of what

materials can be recycled. Harrison has free fl iers and posters available.u Make sure you have adequate containers within

your business to separate trash and recyclables. Make

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Assembly Bill 341Continued from page 1

Scavenging and ‘Dumpster Diving’ is Illegal – and Costly

Scavenging from your residential curb-side trash and recycling containers or

“dumpster diving” from commercial con-tainers 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 recyclable materials can cost you money in the long run since recyclables that E.J. Harrison & Sons collect are used to help off-set our service costs.

Another concern about scavengers and “dumpster divers” is they 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 shredding documents with personal information before placing them in your recycling containers.

In some areas, residents have re-ported bands of people being dropped in neighborhoods to search through bins just before collection time.

You should not approach people caught scavenging. Instead, call the Ojai Police Department at 646-1414. If the per-son 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 custom-ers locks at a month fee of $6.45, with a $14.10 set-up fee. For more information, call 647-1414.

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

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Roll-off Bin

No Trash

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 construction sites, roofi ng proj-ects, land clearing, weed abatement and demolition. They also are good to re-move 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

it convenient. Always put the trash and recycling con-tainers next to each other. u Work with custodial staff to be sure that recy-

cling separated inside your business is actually going into your outside recycling bin. u For multi-family units, property managers can

inform tenants of what materials can be recycled. Together we can comply not only with the letter of

the law but help reduce air and water pollution, gen-erate more jobs, save landfi ll space, conserve valuable natural resources and lower greenhouse gas emis-sions. Thanks for doing your part!

For more information, contact Andrea Boggs of Ojai’s Public Works Department 646-5581, ext. 209, or email her at boggs@ci.ojai.ca.us. Or call Daniel Harri-son of E.J. Harrison & Sons at 647-1414, ext. 4321.

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Food WasteContinued from page 1

Meiners Oaks Elementary School started participating

in the food waste program last year.

There are now six businesses in Ojai participating in the food waste program. They are the Agave Maria’s restaurant; Ojai Valley Community Hospital; Westridge Market; the Ojai Café Emporium; Ojai Valley School and Meiners Oaks Elementary School.

Harrison also has begun collecting food waste at a number of local community events, including the Cali-fornia Avocado Festival in Carpinteria, the Casa Pacifi ca Wine Festival in Camarillo, the Honey Harvest Festival in Fillmore and the Ventura County Fair.

To meet with the demand of the growing number of commercial food waste customers, Agromin has pur-chased an anaerobic digester. The equipment, which will transform food waste into energy, is currently in the permit process and, hopefully, will be up and run-ning soon.

Harrison’s goal is to expand the food waste program to include more businesses and, eventually, our resi-dential customers as we continue our march toward

“Zero Waste.”For more information, call Donald Sealund, food

waste coordinator for Harrison Industries, at 647-1414, ext. 4318.

The 68th Ojai Music Festival will present a broad-

ranging program for music lovers who attend this

culturally enriching event.

68th Ojai Music Festival to Feature The Classical StyleHarrison Industries is

honored once again to be a corporate sponsor of the Ojai Music Festival, where lovers of all kinds of music have experienced perfor-mances by legendary artists since 1947.

The 68th annual festival, set for June 12-15 at Libbey Bowl, will present a broad-ranging program that fully refl ects both the festival’s ideals and the inventive mu-sical mind of Music Direc-tor Jeremy Denk, a world-renowned classical pianist who also teaches at Mannes College The New School for Music in New York City.

A highlight of this year’s festival is the anticipated world premiere of a commissioned opera conceived by Denk. The Classical Style will be based on the award-winning book by legendary American pianist and scholar Charles Rosen. With libretto by newly named MacArthur Fellow Denk and music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky, the comic opera will premiere in Ojai on June 13.

The opera will be conducted by Robert Spano, con-ductor, pianist, composer, educator and music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Spano was Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival in 2006. The Knights, the New York-based orchestral collective, will be in residence

during the Ojai Music Fes-tival and will serve as the orchestra for The Classical Style.

Making their Ojai Festival debuts are artistic collaborators who share Mr. Denk’s musical passions and love of fun, including jazz pianist and composer Uri Caine, the trailblazing string quartet Brooklyn Rider, as well as vibrant solo perform-ers violinist Jennifer Frauts-chi and vocalist Storm Large.

While music by Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn will set the frame-

work for The Classical Style, the f estival features works by Janáček, Ives, Feldman, Ligeti, Schubert, and Weill, plus works by distinctive fast-rising composers, Timo Andres and Andrew Norman.

Harrison Industries encourages music lovers of all kinds to attend this culturally enriching event. Series tickets are available now for $90 to $730. Single ticket sales will begin in the spring. For information, call 646-2053 or visit www.ojaifestival.org.

The Ojai Music Festival also is seeking corporate sponsors. Membership in the Corporate Partnership Program begins at the $2,500 giving level. For more information, call Gina Gutierrez, communications and marketing director, at 646-2094, ext. 104, or visit www.ojaifestival.org

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Harrison Commercial CustomersRecycling Guidelines

STOPNo Hazardous

Waste!!

These items are NOT accepted for Trash or Recycling.

u Hazardous Wasteu TVs/Computer Monitors u Fluorescent Light Tubes u Oil or Paintsu Closed Containersu Medical Needlesu Tiresu Batteries

For information on how to dispose of these items, please call Ojai: 658-4323

City of OjaiCity Manager: Robert Clark

Mayor: Carlon Strobel

Mayor Pro Tem: Carol Smith

council Members:Paul Blatz, Betsy Clapp &

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

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Pay Bills and Order Services Online

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!