LIVINGLIVING GREENERGREENER CALENDARCALENDAR City of Azusa Blvd. E. Foothill 213 Azusa, CA 91702 16-2017 2016-201720 Para recibir una copia en español, por favor llame (626) 812-5225. recibir Para Welcome to the Living Greener Guide APRIL 2016-2017 Here’s a snap shot of recycling and conservation programs available to Azusa residents and businesses. Live the green life, Azusans! April Clean and Green Activities: • Compost-Mulch Giveaway Event (April 2) • FREE High-Efficiency Toilet Give-Away (April 9) How • Household Hazardous and E-Waste Drop off (April 16) Azusa is • Azusa Shred-a-Thon (April 23) preparing for • Smart Gardening Workshop (April 30) El Niño Water Conservation and Electric Rebates: (page 11) • Rain Barrel • Washing Machine • Smart Irrigation Controller • Residential Energy Star Appliance and Weatherization Program Take advantage of the programs outlined in this calendar as part of the City’s collective effort to make Azusa a Cleaner, Greener, and More Beautiful place to live, work and play. Table of Contents Clean and Green Month. 1 Online Billing & Payment . 13 Free Compost-Mulch. 2 Too Toxic to Trash . 14 Azusa Shred-A-Thon . 2 Material Recovery Facility (MRF) . 15 E-Waste Collection . 3 Paint Recycling. 16 Sharps Collection Program. 3 The Dirt on Composting . 17 Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling. 4 Smart Gardening Workshop . 17 Mandatory Commercial Recycling. 5 Yard Waste Recycling . 18 L.A. County RMDZ. 5 MyWaste App . 19 The Drought Is Not Over! . 6 Paper, Bottle & Can Recycling . 20 Phase 3 Watering Restrictions Still in Effect. 7 No Trash Left Behind. 21 Rain Barrel Rebate . 8 Christmas Tree Recycling . 22 Smart Controller Rebate. 8 Bulky Waste Pick-Up . 23 Free Low-Flush Toilet . 9 Free Yard Sale 2016. 24 Washing Machine Rebate. 9 Recycle Your Used Oil. 25 Residential Rebate. 10 Safe Drug Drop-Off. 25 El Niño Preparation. 11 CRV Centers. 26 Water Saving Tips for Home. 12 Trash Service Days Map . 26 Free Online Energy Audit . 13 April is Clean & Green Month Azusa takes spring-cleaning to a new level in April! Here are easy ways to get rid of your clutter: Get Rid of Bulky Waste Recycle It Can’t fit your clutter in the trash barrel? If you like to change motor oil/filters yourself, pick Place large items such as furniture, up a 15-quart recycling drain pan or exchange a refrigerators, bed springs, mattresses, etc. used filter for a new one at any of the City’s certified at curbside for pick-up on your regular collection centers. Certified collection centers trash day. Call Athens Services at (888) include Dick’s Auto Supply, Jiffy Lube, O’Reilly Auto 336-6100 to ensure pick-up. Parts, and Y Tires. (See page 25) Mulch More Let It Go Pick-up free compost and mulch at the Discard non-working TVs or monitors that you’re Memorial Park on April 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 keeping in your garage for years! Drop-off p.m. Use compost as soil amendment and household hazardous and electronic waste at the mulch as landscape covering to help retain Northrop-Grumman Facilities at W. 3rd Street moisture when watering plants and to control and Zachary Padilla Avenue on April 16 from 9 weeds for a more beautiful garden. (See page 2) a.m. to 3 p.m. (See page 14) Shred It Free Junk Old Tires De-clutter your file cabinets by getting rid of documents In April only, Azusa Land Reclamation you no longer need. The City offers free mobile will accept old tires at their facility shredding service to businesses and residents twice a year located at 1211 W. Gladstone. There on April 23 and September 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at is a limit of 4 tires per household. the Azusa Light & Water Parking Lot. (See page 2) Proof of Azusa residency required. Garden Smart Add backyard or worm composting, water-wise gardening, and grass cycling to your list of skills this spring! Attend a Smart Gardening Workshop on April 30 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Park. Be one of the first 50 residents to pre-register and receive a free compost or worm bin. Call (626) 812-5198 to pre-register. (See page 17) Clean Out Get Involved And cash-in! Take advantage of free yard Join Azusa Beautiful and volunteer to plant new trees, remove debris, clean the river sales city-wide from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April and assist neighboring cities with their beautification programs. Visit their website at 9 & 10. Your old items may be a treasure to www.azusabeautiful.org to get information on upcoming projects. others. (See page 24) 1 Free Compost and Mulch to Azusa Residents Saturday, April 2nd 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Memorial Park Parking Lot 340 N. Orange Place, Azusa CA 91702 • Prepare to wait in line • Bring your utility bill or ID card with Azusa address • Bring a sturdy container, not plastic bags • Limit is 30 gallons per resident (9-11 am) • Help yourself, shovels will be available Note: Supplies are limited and offered at first come, first served basis. Compost donated by: Mulch donated by: The event may end anytime when supplies are gone. 2 Events Azusa Shred-A-Thon in 2016! April 23 and September 24 Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Azusa Light & Water Parking Lot 729 N. Azusa Avenue, Azusa CA 91702 Free mobile shredding service for Azusa residents and businesses • Prepare to wait in line • Bring your utility bill or ID card with Azusa address • Wait while shredding or drop off and go • Request a certificate of destruction if needed • Shred up to 10 file drawer size boxes • First come, first served Note: The event may end anytime if the truck reaches its capacity. For more information, call (626) 812-5198/5225 2 Take advantage of this FREE event in E-Waste Collection Event disposing your unwanted electronics! Saturday, September 24, 2016 It is illegal to dispose of computers, monitors, TVs and other 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. electronic equipment with regular trash! Azusa Light & Water Parking Lot Electronic Waste Accepted: 729 N. Azusa Avenue Monitors, CPUs, laptops, printers, faxes, copiers, phones, TVs, household batteries, and other small household Azusa, CA 91702 appliances For more information: *Not Accepted: Large appliances (stoves, refrigerators etc), smoke Call (626) 812-5198 detectors, light bulbs or hazardous waste. Sharps Collection Program Don’t throw used needles or syringes in the trash! Azusa helps its residents dispose of their sharps waste properly at NO COST. How it works: • Pick-up a sharps container at any of the participating locations • Bring your utility bill or ID with Azusa address • Bring proof of necessity such as prescription or receipt of purchase • Drop off containers in the marked box in front of Senior Center when full Residents can also deposit any rigid sealed containers such as soda bottles up to 2- liters in size. Participating locations: Azusa Senior Center Foothill Drug Pharmacy Azusa Medical Pharmacy 740 N. Dalton Ave. 680 E. Alosta Ave., Ste. 113 507 N. Azusa Ave. (626) 812-5204 (626) 334-1502 (626) 969-4202 3 Mandatory NEW Commercial LAW Organics Recycling (Assembly Bill 1826, October 2014) AB 1826 requires all businesses generating at least 8 cubic yards of organic waste per week to recycle their organic waste. Organic waste includes food scraps, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, non-hazardous food waste and paper waste that have been soiled with food. TIMELINE January 1, 2016 Jurisdictions to implement Organics Recycling Programs. Businesses generating eight (8) cubic-yards or more of organic April 1, 2016 waste weekly must arrange for organics waste recycling services. Businesses generating four (4) cubic-yards or more of organic January 1, 2017 waste weekly must arrange for organics waste recycling services. Jurisdictions report progress on Organics Recycling Programs to August 1, 2017 CalRecycle. Businesses generating four (4) cubic yards or more of solid waste January 1, 2019 weekly must arrange for organics waste recycling services. For more information: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/recycle/commercial/organics/ http://www.athensservices.com/recycling-ab1826.html 4 Mandatory Commercial Recycling (Assembly Bill 341, October 2011) Effective July 1, 2012, businesses or public agencies and multifamily complexes with 5 or more units that generate 4 or more cubic yards of trash per week must arrange for recycling programs in order to achieve California’s 75% recycling goal in year 2020 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Following are the options available to businesses and multifamilies: • Separate and take recyclables to a recycling center • Separate recyclables to be picked up by a recycling contractor Note: In Azusa, the contractor must collect recyclables for free or pay business for materials collected. • Continue to throw trash in regular containers Athens will separate the recyclable materials at their Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to ensure AB 341 compliance. For more information: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/recycle/commercial/ http://www.athensservices.com/recycling2/diversion--ab-341.html To locate business recycling contractors: https://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/brtap/recyclingsite/ Los Angeles County RMDZ Los Angeles County Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Do you want to expand your business? Could you use business assistance? The Los Angeles County RMDZ program can help! The RMDZ program combines recycling with economic development to fuel new businesses, expand existing ones, create jobs, and divert waste from landfills. Who is qualified? For what can RMDZ loans be used? Businesses located in the City of Azusa that • Purchase equipment and real estate, working capital, debt manufacture a recycled-content product or process a financing.