2006 

Construction & Demolition Waste as Alternative Daily Cover on County side

• After the County Solid Waste Facilities Hearing Board approved the use of Construction & Demolition Waste (C&D) as Alternative Daily Cover (ADC) opening up the County side to potentially contaminated material, the Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) subsequently found after they inspected BFI’s subsidiary who was supplying the C&D material to the landfill, that as our attorney had claimed, this material was contaminated and did not qualify as C&D.  BFI was forced to stop using this material on February 14, 2006.

 5-Year Contract Renewal for City Trash

• The City Council approved options recommended by RENEW LA Ad Hoc Committee for a contract with Sunshine Canyon with 600 tons per day diverted to other landfills (see below under RENEW LA Ad Hoc Committee heading).  BFI only wanted 300 tons per day being diverted. 
   

• On March 17, 2006 the Council voted to divert the 600 tons per day.  The responsibility for the balance of the 3100 tons per day to be diverted over the next four years will now rest with Bureau of Sanitation (we wait with baited breath as these are the same folks who have repeatedly failed to address the problem over the years).