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Page 4 Winter 2013 A Quarterly Newsletter of Hours of Operation Curbside battery Transfer Station Facilities and Services recycling available 4100 Throwita Way, Have you called to request your battery batteries of all sizes, such as 4.5-Volt, D, C, El Dorado Disposal Services Placerville container? If not, now is the time! We will AA, AAA, AAAA, A23, 9-Volt, CR2032, Customer Service Material Recovery Facility deliver it on your service day. You fill it up and LR44 cells. 530-626-4141 or Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days/week with your dead household batteries. When it If you have corroded, lead acid, wet 916-985-1162 Closed: Christmas and New Year’s Day. is full, you call us, and we’ll pick it up. It’s cell, or automotive batteries, they can be Ombudsman • 530-295-2818 Electronic Waste Drop-Off simple! dropped off as household hazardous waste eldoradodisposal.com These battery containers are an at the Material Recovery Facility on Fridays Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days/week, © iStockphoto.com | Michael Hoerichs Winter 2013 except for Christmas and New Year’s Day. environmentally friendly way to recycle and Saturdays, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. No charge. a multitude of household batteries at The Material Recovery Facility is located at curbside—without contaminating your 4100 Throwita Way in Placerville. El Dorado Disposal Customer Service for Large Appliances, Tires, and Bulky other recyclables. The containers will The battery containers may not currently more details at 530-626-4141 or 916-985- Items Drop-Off accept alkaline, lithium, and rechargeable be available in all areas. Please contact 1162. Dealing with post- Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days/week, except for Christmas and New Year’s Day. Fees apply. Reuse: holiday waste F El Dorado Disposal Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Save paper printed on one side for reuse. The holidays will soon be over and you’ll Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Print rough drafts on the other side or be left with nothing but memories, photos, wishes everyone a Saturday only. use it as scratch paper. and lots of cleanup. El Dorado Disposal wonderful Christmas F Item limits apply. Reuse envelopes by placing labels over Services provides programs to help with all and happy New Year! No charge. the original address and any bar coding. of your post-holiday waste. F Reuse file folders by replacing the Business Hazardous Waste Drop-Off labels. Hours: By appointment between Christmas Trees F Break down and flatten boxes for easy 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Friday and storage and future reuse. The tree that decorated your home is Saturday only. probably drying out. It’s time to “undeck”

Call 530-295-2808 Monday through © iStockphoto.com | Christopher Steer Recycle: that tree and recycle it! Please remove all Friday for appointment. F Recycle your used paper. Place a decorations, ornaments, lights, garland, and Businesses and multi-family Fees apply. recycling bin near the trash can tinsel, as well as the stand. Your tree should Home-Generated Sharps wherever paper is used. be bare for recycling! communities now recycling Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and F Purchase post-consumer, recycled- All residents of El Dorado County can Saturday only. content paper. This completes the loop drop off bare Christmas trees at the Material Last March, White Rock Village that generate 4 cubic yards of commercial vvvv and helps increase demand for recycled Recovery Facility, which is located at 4100 Apartments in El Dorado Hills kicked off a solid waste per week and multi-family paper. Throwita Way, Placerville. Bare trees will new recycling program and set an example properties with 5 units or more must Off-Site Recycling Centers be accepted for free from January 5 through for other multi-family complexes and establish recycling programs. The goal of

580 Truck Street, Placerville January 20 during normal business hours, 8 © iStockphoto.com | Judith Bicking businesses in El Dorado County. El Dorado this legislation is to divert 75% of waste Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday Progress in Paper a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Disposal Recycling Coordinator Melody from landfills by 2020 and to reduce through Saturday (Closed for lunch All residents of El Dorado County who Byers worked with Chirin Bekir, the greenhouse gas emissions. Good To Electronics for ½ hour sometime between the have El Dorado Disposal curbside service manager of White Rock Village Apartments. If your business or complex is not yet hours of noon and 1 p.m. daily). In a little over two decades, the U.S. paper Reduce: Know may place trees at the curb. The trees If Santa brought you some new electronic Byers and Bekir began planning. Their recycling, contact the El Dorado Disposal Accepts Recyclables, Electronics, F will be picked up on regular green waste gadgets, you may have items you no longer goal was to make recycling simple for Services recycling coordinator at 530-295- The world’s frst paper was made Communicate by email and resist the G recycling rate has nearly doubled. In 2011, Household Batteries, and Fluorescent collection days. Please cut the tree into need. If you need to dispose of old TVs, residents while using the existing trash 2853. the rate of recovery for paper consumed urge to print hard copies. Instead, save from recycled material. Around Bulbs. was 66.8%. In 1990, that figure was messages in electronic folders. If you small pieces (less than 3’ long) and bundle computers, tablets, e-readers, printers, enclosures. Byers suggested A.D. 105, Ts’ai Lun, a Chinese the sections with string or twine. CD players, radios, DVD players, cell identifying recycling containers 3510 Palmer Drive, Cameron Park only 33.5%. Paper is really the success need a hard copy, print only the pages court official, used recovered rags Residents of El Dorado Hills phones, or iPods/MP3 players, do NOT with bright lids. Byers and her Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday story of recycling, material recovery, and you require. and old fishing nets to create the Community Services District can drop mix them with your trash. Under California team delivered new bins with through Saturday (Closed for lunch sustainability. In 2010, 51 million tons of F Print and copy on both sides of each first paper. off bare Christmas trees for chipping on law, electronics cannot be disposed with bright yellow lids for recycling. for ½ hour sometime between the paper were recycled, which is 334 pounds sheet when possible. G In A.D. 1719, French scientist Rene Saturday, January 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., household trash. The chemicals and In each trash enclosure, one trash hours of noon and 1 p.m. daily). for each man, woman, and child in the U.S. F Compose and edit documents on screen. de Réaumur suggested that paper at 1021 Harvard Way in El Dorado Hills. metals in electronics can contaminate our bin with a black lid was replaced Accepts Recyclables, Electronics, By weight, more paper is recovered from Use the print preview feature to check could be produced from wood This drop-off event is for El Dorado Hills water, air, and soil if they are not properly by a recycling bin with a yellow Household Batteries, and Fluorescent the municipal solid waste stream than glass, your work before printing. F fiber. He was inspired by observing CSD residents only! recycled. lid. Recycling began in March Bulbs. plastic, and aluminum combined. One cause Share documents by attaching them to wasps build their nests. of this progress has been increased access an email whenever possible. Residents of Cameron Park Community You can recycle your old electronics and has been a huge success at 4421 Latrobe Road, El Dorado Hills G More than one-third of all fiber to curbside or drop-off paper recycling. Services District may drop off Christmas at any of our three recycling centers listed the complex. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday used to make paper comes from Availability of such services reached 87% trees from December 26 through February above Tuesday through Saturday. You Under California law through Saturday (Closed for lunch recycled paper. of U.S. households by 2010. 14 at Cameron Park Lake, 2989 Cambridge can also take electronics to our Material (Assembly Bill 341), businesses for ½ hour sometime between the G Making recycled paper uses 64% Despite these gains, large quantities of Road, in the lower paved parking lot (look Recovery Facility (MRF), which is hours of noon and 1 p.m. daily). less energy and 58% less water paper resources are lost to U.S. landfills for signs). The park is open every day located at 4100 Throwita Way, Accepts Recyclables, Electronics, than making the same type of paper each year. According to recent research from 7:00 a.m. to dusk. Placerville. The Electronic Household Batteries, Fluorescent from virgin materials. based on 2010 EPA data, the value of this Waste Drop-Off at the MRF is Commercial Bulbs, and Yard Waste. paper is $1.295 billion annually. open daily from 8 a.m. vvvv There remains much that you can do at to 5 p.m. (closed Recycling Guidelines Need more info? Visit: your home, school, or workplace to reduce Attention, Christmas and New the amount of paper going to landfills and Year’s Day). There is These materials are accepted in El Dorado Disposal’s commercial and multi-family www.ElDoradoDisposal.com save money in the process. no charge to recycle recycling bins: © iStockphoto.com | Peter Burnett Youth! electronics. l Newspaper and inserts We offer a free workshop and tours of l Corrugated cardboard We want your our MRF (Material Recovery Facility) l Mixed paper, including colored paper, construction paper, office paper, printer suggestions, questions, for children of all ages, including classes, © iStockphoto.com | Slobo Mitic paper, junk mail, and envelopes and comments! Way to go, clubs, and scout troops. Please call our l Magazines and catalogs Wrapping Paper and More El Dorado Disposal Services recycling educator at 530-295-2818 for l Phone books P.O. Box 1270 details or to schedule. Cardboard shipping boxes and gift boxes l Clear and colored glass bottles, jugs, jars, and beverage containers Diamond Springs, CA 95619 El Dorado County! can be recycled. Please break down boxes l Aluminum cans and clean foil Customer Service: Our fall cleanups were a huge success! to save space in bins and trucks. Non- l Steel, tin, and bi-metal cans 530-626-4141 or 916-985-1162 During September and October, we had Like us on metallic wrapping paper is also recyclable, © iStockphoto.com | Lisa-Blue l Clear and colored plastic bottles, jugs, and beverage containers Ombudsman: 530-295-2818 cleanup events in Grizzly Flat, Placerville, as are holiday cards. l Paper shipping and packing materials www.eldoradodisposal.com Cameron Park, and El Dorado Hills. Here’s Facebook! If you have curbside recycling, l Plastic utensils these items can be recycled in your l Styrofoam (bagged) Funded by El Dorado Disposal what we collected: v 120.35 tons of trash “Like” El Dorado Disposal on Facebook curbside cart or bin. If you don’t l Plastic grocery bags (bagged) v 20.52 tons of green waste and you’ll get the latest news. Find our have curbside recycling, these l CDs and DVDs v 4.75 tons of construction waste and page: items can be dropped off at one of l Rigid plastics, such as buckets On your computer at: the recycling centers: 4421 Latrobe Copyright© 2013 demolition debris Unacceptable Items – Please do NOT place these items into commercial/multi- v 19.512 tons of reusable items for http://www.facebook.com/ED.Disposal Road, El Dorado Hills; 580 Truck Waste Connections, El Dorado Disposal Services, Street, Placerville; and behind Bel family recycling bins: yard waste, window and auto glass, food waste, construction and Eco Partners, Inc. All rights reserved. Snowline Hospice On your mobile device at: Air Market at 3510 Palmer Drive, debris, car parts, appliances, water hoses, bubble wrap, textiles, carpet, hazardous Printed on Recycled Paper Watch for details about the spring waste, mattresses, and electronics. © iStockphoto.com | Zmeel Photography http://m.facebook.com/ED.Disposal Cameron Park. 70% Post-Consumer News Content, Using Soy Inks. cleanups in our next newsletter. Page 2 Winter 2013 A century of progress and innovation In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, trash was removed from reasons, garbage trucks have been the inspiration for many were replaced. Also in the 1940s, the use of side-loading American homes in horse-drawn wagons or by human-powered children’s books and toys. trucks was expanded. With this configuration, it became handcarts. Today, the only place you’ll find horses involved in trash Like many things, the garbage truck does its job so more efficient to have the driver help load the truck and, in collection is Mackinac Island, MI, a tourist destination where most well that we tend to take it for granted. The first trucks some cases, allowed the crew to be reduced from three to forms of motorized used to haul waste were simply flat-bed trucks two. transportation are not or dump trucks that were designed and used for The 1950s saw the increased use of hydraulics in allowed. In the rest of general purposes. With mixed garbage, odors many types of heavy equipment. This led to improved America, the garbage and pests are an issue, so it wasn’t long before compaction methods in rear- and side-load garbage trucks truck is as common as, specially designed trucks with covered beds and to the invention of the front-load truck. The 1955 well, garbage. They’re and high sidewalls were introduced. The 1916 Dumpmaster by Dempster Brothers Inc. could pick up and in every community Model AC produced by Mack is one example. empty a full commercial dumpster in one smooth motion. transporting waste These early trucks still required workers On commercial-only routes, this allowed the use of a one- away from homes to lift trash over their heads to fill the bed. In person crew. and businesses and to the 1920s and ’30s, trucks were introduced that In 1969, the City of Scottsdale, AZ was looking for disposal facilities, such had an external bucket or hopper at waist level a way to relieve the burden on its sanitation workers, as landfills. Sometimes, which the workers could fill more easily. The who had to lift trash barrels all day in temperatures as the same trucks that 1929 model manufactured by Colecto was the high as 120 degrees. They attached a device to the arms carry trash will carry first truck with this innovation. Once the bucket of a front-loading truck which could grab a residential- recyclables to a material was full, a motor lifted the bucket and dumped sized barrel. Phoenix followed a few years later with its recovery facility on a the contents into the bed. This was not only own experiments and various manufacturers soon saw different day. safer for the crew, but it also made them more an opportunity. Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, various

If you’re a light Photos courtesy of ClassicRefuseTrucks.com productive. forms of labor-saving devices were developed to allow sleeper or, maybe, if you Compaction was the residential-sized carts to be lifted, or “tipped,” into garbage get stuck behind one in traffic, you may have next major innovation. trucks. a less than neutral opinion of these rumbling Beginning with the 1938 In areas where space allows their use, automated behemoths. Otherwise, as long as the trash Gar-Wood Load Packer, side-load trucks are the preferred method to collect trash is removed from your home on the correct trucks became available in residential areas. They allow a one-person crew to day, you probably don’t give garbage trucks which could crush service a route. For the same reason, front-load trucks are a second thought. Unless, of course, you’re a and compress looser the preferred equipment for commercial routes. Front- and child. Like most equipment that is large and materials, reducing the side-loading trucks each have about a third of the garbage loud and moves things around, garbage trucks number of trips to the truck market. Our old friend, the hungry monster, is not yet fascinate children. Front-loading trucks seem dump required for a crew extinct, however. Rear-load trucks and their two- or three- like giants flinging dumpsters high over their to complete the collection person crews are the only way to collect trash from tight shoulders as the contents empty into the route. This innovation alleys and congested city sidewalks. They are also the least truck. Rear loaders are the very image of a really took off during expensive design. As a result, they still represent about hungry monster as the powerful hydraulic the 1940s as older trucks one-third of the trucks in use. door sweeps down, crushing the contents of the hopper and sweeping it into the truck where it seemingly disappears. For these For Garbage Truck Lovers, Young and Old Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck Natural gas and hybrids haul by Katie Clark, illustrated by Amy Huntington – This combines two of a child’s favorite things: garbage trucks trash into the future and grandparents. Grandma and her grandson, Billy, really clean up for the While today’s garbage and recycling trucks are Fourth of July celebration. incredibly advanced, manufacturers are constantly striving to improve their operating efficiency. Two I Stink! by Kate McMullan, technologies gaining traction in recent years are illustrated by Jim McMullan – This the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel and bold, entertaining cartoon garbage hybrid drive systems. truck takes the reader along on his Natural gas engines burn cleaner and are loud, smelly, occasionally disgusting and quieter than diesel engines. This reduces the often funny rounds as he collects garbage in need for extra equipment to reduce sound and New York City. emissions to acceptable levels. But, it’s fuel costs that have really driven this technology. Natural gas Garbage Trucks by Marlene Targ Brill – prices have been stable for over a decade. At the Photographs show children the process of same time, the price of diesel fuel, which is used trash collection and the basic parts of the by most garbage trucks, has increased. This price systems can save fuel in two ways. First, they garbage truck. difference has increased the rate at which natural capture the energy used in stopping the truck and gas trucks are replacing diesel models. Diesel store it to help get the truck moving again after the Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the costs about $4 per gallon, while each gallon- stop. Second, once the engine is warmed up, the Trash! by Barbara Odanaka – Follow along equivalent of CNG costs about $1.40. engine can turn off entirely while the vehicle is the rhythmic verses and vivid illustrations as While fuel costs are lower, the initial cost of stopped, further reducing fuel consumption. a couple of garbage trucks chomp their way each truck is 12-15% higher than diesel trucks The capture and reuse of the energy normally through town. and an expensive refueling station must be lost in braking can be accomplished through the by Tim Shockley, constructed. This tends to limit adoption of natural compression of hydraulic fluid into a reservoir A Truck Named Travis gas garbage and recycling trucks to locations or the generation of electricity which is stored illustrated by Denis Proulx – Travis, who is a where several new units are being purchased at in a battery. As applied to garbage and recycling trash truck, has a self-esteem problem. But when one time. One way the industry is meeting this trucks, this technology is most effective where he is called upon to save the town from a terrible challenge is through the development of a portable the average distance between stops is 75-100 feet. trash problem, he discovers that sometimes the fueling system which can be brought in as the fleet Fuel savings and emissions reductions over a non- trash truck is the most valuable truck. operator increases the number of CNG vehicles hybrid diesel are 30-50%. to a point where construction of a permanent Another cost savings comes from refueling station makes sense. Despite these dramatically increased brake life. Depending on challenges, nearly 15% of garbage trucks are now the route, a garbage truck may require complete fueled by natural gas. brake replacement as often as every six months. As with the switch to natural gas, reducing Since the hybrid systems are helping stop the the costs of operation is the prime motivation trucks, they reduce the amount of work the brakes behind hybrid technology. While the details vary perform. This extends brake life from two to four depending upon the manufacturer, hybrid drive times over a non-hybrid vehicle on the same route. Page 3 Winter 2013

“When we’re connected to others, we become better people.”

~ Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture

of mending” and refers to his project as the Free Mending Library. A stitch in time Swaine hopes to show others that making a Once a month for 11 years, artist Michael Swaine small and regular commitment, like his once-a- has hit the streets of San Francisco with a sewing month mending library, can reap large and long-term machine. Anyone is welcome to bring clothing rewards. His project conserves resources, reduces in need of repair, as well as to stop and help with waste, builds community, and inspires others to share Use one and the mending. Swaine calls himself the “librarian their own skills and talents. only one “Green Guides” Revised Consumers want to make greener choices. However, marketing claims can be confusing, and sometimes even misleading. That’s why the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently At home, you use a washable towel. In some public places, you published revisions to its “Green Guides.” These contain guidelines to may opt for the air dryer. But, chances are, you often grab for a help marketers avoid making environmental marketing claims that are paper towel – or two or three – in a public restroom. And yet, if unfair or deceptive. The guides consist of general principles and specific every American used just one less paper towel per day, we could guidance on the use of particular environmental claims, as well as examples save hundreds of millions of pounds of paper each year. That to illustrate how most reasonable consumers are likely to interpret certain sounds like a pretty good trade-off, until you think about the damp statements. The guides also show how marketers can qualify their claims to avoid hands you are wiping on your jeans as you leave the restroom. deceiving consumers. The “Green Guides” were created in 1992 and were last But the fact is, you can use less paper and have dry hands! In updated in 1998. 2012, Joe Smith gave a talk that went viral online. More than a In the 2012 revisions, modifications were made to existing guidance in six million people have watched his video. He demonstrates how to areas and new sections were added. A summary of the revisions is available at use a single paper towel and get dry hands every time. © iStockphoto.com | Jezper Klauzen www.ftc.gov/os/2012/10/greenguidessummary.pdf. To view the complete copy, Are you skeptical? Watch the video at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=2FMBSblpcrc or www.ted.com/talks/joe_smith_how_ go to www.ftc.gov/os/fedreg/2012/10/greenguidesfrn.pdf. to_use_a_paper_towel.html. The FTC also offers a site to help consumers ask smart questions Then try it—it works! about environmental claims. Visit the website, www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/ microsites/green.

Quotes A recycling truck made Requoted from recyclables Green Toys is a California company turning milk jugs into children’s toys. One of their popular items is a big, green recycling truck. The truck has a movable bed and an open and shut rear door. Plus, it has no metal axles, so it’s safe for ages 1 and up. Green Toys also makes dump trucks, a school © iStockphoto.com | Christopher Steer © iStockphoto.com bus, and a fire truck, as well as sand and water toys and play kitchen sets. Green Toys products are sold in many stores and online. Learn more at www.greentoys.com. Photo courtesy of Green Toys Fast Facts Waste is a verb, not a noun. Recycled paper is the top commodity, by weight, exported out of U.S. ports on container ships. ~ U.S. Department of Transportation ” Advocate Americans now own approximately 24 electronic products per household. Waste is an unrecognized opportunity. ~ Consumer Electronics Association It shouldn’t be waste. It should be a resource. The recycling rate for steel has reached an all-time high at 92%. John H. Skinner ~ Steel Recycling Institute Executive Director, Solid Waste Association of North America Page 4 Winter 2013 A Quarterly Newsletter of Hours of Operation Curbside battery Transfer Station Facilities and Services recycling available 4100 Throwita Way, Have you called to request your battery batteries of all sizes, such as 4.5-Volt, D, C, El Dorado Disposal Services Placerville container? If not, now is the time! We will AA, AAA, AAAA, A23, 9-Volt, CR2032, Customer Service Material Recovery Facility deliver it on your service day. You fill it up and LR44 cells. 530-626-4141 or Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days/week with your dead household batteries. When it If you have corroded, lead acid, wet 916-985-1162 Closed: Christmas and New Year’s Day. is full, you call us, and we’ll pick it up. It’s cell, or automotive batteries, they can be Ombudsman • 530-295-2818 Electronic Waste Drop-Off simple! dropped off as household hazardous waste eldoradodisposal.com These battery containers are an at the Material Recovery Facility on Fridays Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days/week, © iStockphoto.com | Michael Hoerichs Winter 2013 except for Christmas and New Year’s Day. environmentally friendly way to recycle and Saturdays, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. No charge. a multitude of household batteries at The Material Recovery Facility is located at curbside—without contaminating your 4100 Throwita Way in Placerville. El Dorado Disposal Customer Service for Large Appliances, Tires, and Bulky other recyclables. The containers will The battery containers may not currently more details at 530-626-4141 or 916-985- Items Drop-Off accept alkaline, lithium, and rechargeable be available in all areas. Please contact 1162. Dealing with post- Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days/week, except for Christmas and New Year’s Day. Fees apply. Reuse: holiday waste F El Dorado Disposal Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Save paper printed on one side for reuse. The holidays will soon be over and you’ll Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Print rough drafts on the other side or be left with nothing but memories, photos, wishes everyone a Saturday only. use it as scratch paper. and lots of cleanup. El Dorado Disposal wonderful Christmas F Item limits apply. Reuse envelopes by placing labels over Services provides programs to help with all and happy New Year! No charge. the original address and any bar coding. of your post-holiday waste. F Reuse file folders by replacing the Business Hazardous Waste Drop-Off labels. Hours: By appointment between Christmas Trees F Break down and flatten boxes for easy 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Friday and storage and future reuse. The tree that decorated your home is Saturday only. probably drying out. It’s time to “undeck”