Recycling News for Ojai Residents
Winter 2006
Harrison Industries Opens New LNG Fueling Station
H
arrison Industries
has opened the first
LNG fueling station in
western Ventura County.
street, we are going to
appreciate the fact they
are running on LNG and
not on diesel.”
Government
officials, business leaders
and special guests turned
out Oct. 18 for a special
grand opening of the
environmentally friendly
station at Harrison’s
Saticoy maintenance
yard.
“We’re pleased
that you are here with
us today, and we’re
most appreciative of
the cooperation we’ve
received from the City
of Ventura and the
Ventura County Air
Pollution Control District
(APCD) in undertaking
this important project,”
Harrison said.
“This is indeed a
big day for us and our
70,000 customers. But,
perhaps most of all,
it’s a big day for our
environment,” President
Ralph Harrison told the
audience.
Ojai Councilman Joe Devito, left, assists with the
ribbon cutting ceremony at the opening of Harrison
Industries’ LNG station.
This station will result in the elimination of diesel
emissions from a significant portion of Harrison’s fleet.
Portions of funding for the fueling station were provided
by the Ventura County APCD and also with financial
assistance from the City of Ventura.
Representing the City of Ojai was Councilman Joe
Devito.
“Ojai is pleased that our hauler is a pace-setter on
environmental issues and we are confident that clean
air compliance will be attained well ahead of
schedule,” said Devito.
Also on hand to usher in this important
facility were County Supervisor Steve Bennett,
Ventura council members Brian Brennan,
Jim Monahan and Neal Andrews, Camarillo
Councilwoman Charlotte Craven, Brian Miller
from Congressman Gallegly’s office, VCEDA
President/CEO Bill Burrato and Ventura Chamber
President/CEO Zoe Taylor.
“They had a choice to either wait or set
the standard,” Bennett said. “Every time we are
following one of their trucks down a resident
“This is a state-ofthe-art facility,” said Jerry
Mason, a supervising air
quality engineer at the
APCD. The station has
two pumps and its 50-foot tall tank holds 13,000 gallons,
providing enough fuel for Harrison Industries to last six
to seven weeks. The LNG is transported to the Saticoy
station by Clean Energy from a central California source
that gets the fuel from providers in Colorado, Wyoming
and Texas.
The trash industry has been faced with higher air
quality standards than any other trucks running on
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All
The Harrison family wishes one and all a
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
We are thankful for the continued long life of
our mother Myra, who along with our father
founded our Company. They taught us the importance
of family, health and giving back, things that are most
important at this time of the year, Enjoy this wonderful
season in good health and happiness with family and
friends.
Jim, Myron and Ralph Harrison
Ojai 2007 Pickup Schedule
*January 2 ....... Recycling
January 8 ......... Green Waste
January 15 ....... Recycling
January 22 ....... Green Waste
January 29 ....... Recycling
February 5 ....... Green Waste
February 12 ..... Recycling
February 19 ..... Green Waste
February 26 ..... Recycling
March 5 ........... Green Waste
March 12 ......... Recycling
March 19 ......... Green Waste
March 26 ......... Recycling
April 2 ............. Green Waste
April 9 ............. Recycling
April 16 ........... Green Waste
April 23 ........... Recycling
April 30 ........... Green Waste
May 7 .............. Recycling
May 14 ............ Green Waste
May 21 ............ Recycling
* May 29 ......... Green Waste
June 4 .............. Recycling
June 11 ............ Green Waste
June 18 ............ Recycling
June 25 ............ Green Waste
July 2 ............... Recycling
July 9 ............... Green Waste
July 16 ............. Recycling
July 23 ............. Green Waste
July 30 ............. Recycling
August 6 .......... Green Waste
August 13 ........ Recycling
August 20 ........ Green Waste
August 27 ........ Recycling
*September 4... Green Waste
September 10 .. Recycling
September 17 .. Green Waste
September 24 .. Recycling
October 1 ........ Green Waste
October 8 ........ Recycling
October 15 ...... Green Waste
October 22 ...... Recycling
October 29 ...... Green Waste
November 5 .... Recycling
November 12 .. Green Waste
November 19 .. Recycling
November 26 .. Green Waste
December 3 .... Recycling
December 10 .. Green Waste
December 17 .. Recycling
December 24 .. Green Waste
December 31 .. Recycling
* Pickup delayed
due to holiday
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Don’t throw those old tennis shoes in the trash can. They can be
recycled at Gold Coast Recycling, where hundreds of tennis shoes are
processed daily, as shown here by George Harrison, left, and Tom
Harrison. Old tennis shoes are sent to Nike, where they are recycled
into future playground equipment. Don’t put them in your trash can,
put them in your recycle container.
LNG Station
Continued from page 1
the roads of California. “We are
proud of our compliance record
with the California Air Resources
Board air quality regulations,”
Harrison said.
Harrison has ordered 15 new
fully-dedicated LNG trucks, and
is in the process of converting
five of its diesel-engine trucks
to run on LNG, which will bring
the number of LNG vehicles in
Harrison’s fleet to 31.
The ARB Refuse Rule further
requires all companies to retrofit
or replace the engines in all their
vehicles by 2010. Harrison is
accomplishing that well ahead of
schedule.
Harrison Industries, a family
owned company, has been in
business for more than 74 years
and provides trash and recycling
hauling services to the County
of Ventura and the cities of Ojai,
Ventura, Camarillo, Thousand
Oaks, Santa Paula, Fillmore and
Carpinteria.
Ojai Councilman Joe Devito, center, with
Ralph Harrison, left, and Jim Harrison
at the opening of Harrison Industries
new LNG fueling station.
Recycle Your Christmas Tree
E.J. Harrison and Sons, Inc., and the City
of Ojai make it easy for you to recycle
your Christmas tree.
All you need to do is remove the
ornaments, hooks, lights, tinsel,
bows, nails and tree stand. Cut
the tree into 4-foot lengths and
place it in the yard waste barrel
on your scheduled pickup day.
We’ll do the rest.
Please note, however: Flocked trees
cannot be recycled.
Trees we collect will be processed into various
sizes of mulch at California Wood Recycling.
The material is used by Agromin to make several
products that benefit our farmlands, orchards,
nurseries and our own gardens. Call 650-1616 to
ask about purchasing these products for your own
use.
Each year, over 80,000 Christmas trees are
recycled countywide, according to Cal Wood’s Bill
Camarillo. By recycling, you’re giving a gift to the
environment.
Extra Trash Allowed After Holidays
Residents may put out twice the amount of trash
at no extra charge during the two weeks following
Christmas. Please make sure the trash is in bags.
We will also collect extra recyclables, but please
make sure to flatten all boxes.
No Waste Gift-Giving Ideas
Here are a few ideas on how to have an earthfriendly holiday season:
• Put blouse and other gifts in decorative
hatboxes, and tie with a hair ribbon.
• Creative wrapping paper substitutes include
used blueprint paper, the Sunday comics,
sports section, or design your own by using
paper shopping bags decorated with paints,
crayons and/or markers.
• If you use traditional gift
wrap, please buy recycled
content wrapping paper.
If your store doesn’t
sell recycled content
wrapping paper, ask the
manager to order it in the
future.
• If you send holiday cards,
buy recycled content cards and envelopes.
Or make your own cards out of last year’s
cards and wrapping paper you saved.
• Sending a gift? Reuse the foam peanuts from
another package, or use unbuttered popcorn
for packaging.
• For the flower or vegetable gardener on your
list, buy a composter as a gift.
• Call Cal Wood at 650-1616 and purchase a
gift certificate for mulch or compost.
We wish everyone a Happy Holiday!
Holiday Schedule 2007
Looking ahead, these are the holidays that will
delay trash collection one day:
New Year’s Day................Monday, January 1
Memorial Day .................Monday, May 28
Labor Day ......................Monday, September 3
These holidays will not delay trash collection, as
they fall on days other than Monday:
Independence Day .........Wednesday, July 4
Thanksgiving ...................Thursday, November 22
Christmas ........................Tuesday, December 25
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E.J. Harrison & Sons
Recycling, Yard Waste and Trash Guidelines
Glass
Containers
Aluminum &
Metal Cans
Leaves
Yard Trimmings
Scrap Lumber
Small
Branches
Grass
Plastic Containers
thru
Hard Plastics including nursery pots,
yogurt containers, toys. No Styrofoam or film.
Newspaper
Magazines
Ne w
slette
r
Paper/
Junk Mail
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az
ag
M
Cardboard
NO:
Recycle
only
Plastic Bags
Trash
Garden Hoses
Iceplant
Dirt or Rocks
Yucca or Palm
What goes in the Trash?
Hopefully, very little. After you have recycled,
composted, filled the yard waste cart, donated
old clothing and goods, and done all those
good things and more - most of the rest can go
in the trash.
What doesn't go in the Trash or
any other cart?
These items are
NOT accepted...
STOP
r
r
r
r
Hazardous Waste
TVs/Computer Monitors
Closed Containers
Fluorescent Light Tubes
r
r
r
r
The automated arm of the collection
truck needs room to grab the cart. Carts
should be placed 2-3 feet apart from each
other and from objects such as mail boxes
and cars.
Carts should be out by 7:00 a.m. on
collection days.
Tires
Batteries
Oil or Paints
Medical Needles
2-3 ft.
Call for rolloffs
and bin rentals.
www.goldcoastrecycling.com
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2-3 ft.
Complete the recycling loop...
get mulch and soil amendments at:
Extra Trash?
(805) 642-9236
Flower Pots
How to Place your Cart
for Automated Collection
For information on how to dispose of these items, please call:
• Ventura 652-4525
• Ojai 658-4323
Open 6 days a
week for selfhaul trash and
recyclables
buy-back.
Manure
Since 1932
(805) 647-1414
www.ejharrison.com
650-1616
www.calwoodrecycling.com
www.agromin.com