Bradley Landfill And Recycling Center

On the northeast edge of the San Fernando Valley lies a hole in the ground that makes the Rose Bowl look downright Lilliputian. Filling the 22 million cubic yards of air space, equal to about 20 of the Pasadena arenas, give or take a couple, will keep Greg Loughnane and his staff busy for the next 10 years.

Goodbye and good riddance! That was the sentiment at Sun Valley festivities Saturday to mark the closing of the long-despised Bradley Landfill. In this northeastern edge of the San Fernando Valley, civic leaders and residents celebrated as the landfill received its final truckload of trash. "We're smiling because this dump we've had to endure in Sun Valley is closing," Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas said after a ceremony to mark the occasion.

The Bradley Landfill and Recycling Center is a $50-million-a-year business with 70 full-time employees and a customer base that includes the city of Los Angeles. But for the man charged with managing the site, conventional business concerns only begin to fill the job description. For at least three hours a day, Scott Tignac dons hard hat and Redwing steel-toed boots, hops into his Ford F-350 pickup truck and observes the bustling waste disposal and recycling activities around the 209-acre site.

The company that operates the last active garbage dump in the city of Los Angeles has abandoned efforts to expand its San Fernando Valley landfill, which is scheduled to close next spring. For four years, Waste Management had sought a 43-foot height extension for the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley.

Goodbye and good riddance! That was the sentiment at Sun Valley festivities Saturday to mark the closing of the long-despised Bradley Landfill. In this northeastern edge of the San Fernando Valley, civic leaders and residents celebrated as the landfill received its final truckload of trash. "We're smiling because this dump we've had to endure in Sun Valley is closing," Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas said after a ceremony to mark the occasion.

The operator of the only municipal dump in Los Angeles has asked for more time to tell residents why it needs to expand the Bradley Landfill's height by 10 feet. The state Integrated Waste Management Board was scheduled to debate the permit today, but Waste Management Inc. asked to postpone the issue until the board's meeting March 18 and March 19.

Despite angry protests from local residents, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to haul the city's trash to two San Fernando Valley landfills after the city's main dump, the Lopez Canyon landfill, closes June 30. On a 10-3 vote, the council agreed to send 63% of the city's trash to the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley and the rest to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill near Granada Hills. The city is expected to dump 820,000 tons of trash next year. The $65.

A Los Angeles City Council panel recommended Monday that the city haul its trash to two San Fernando Valley landfills after the city's main dump, Lopez Canyon Landfill in Lake View Terrace, closes June 30. The Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee recommended that the 820,000 tons of trash that the city dumps annually go to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill near Granada Hills and the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley.

Despite angry protests from residents, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to haul the city's trash to two San Fernando Valley landfills after the city's main dump, the Lopez Canyon landfill, closes June 30. On a 10-3 vote, the council agreed to send 63% of the city's trash to the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley and the remainder to the Sunshine Canyon landfill near Granada Hills. The city is expected to dump 820,000 tons of trash next year. The $65.

To Karen Jaye, the principal of Fernangeles Elementary School in Sun Valley, the landfill at the end of the block is a smelly, gritty source of traffic and debris, an affront to its predominantly poor neighbors and a potential health hazard. To Doug Corcoran, who operates that landfill, it is the generator of clean electrical power for 10,000 homes -- methane produced by the waste is burned to generate electricity -- and a potential linchpin in the city's recycling efforts.

To Karen Jaye, the principal of Fernangeles Elementary School in Sun Valley, the landfill at the end of the block is a smelly, gritty source of traffic and debris, an affront to its predominantly poor neighbors and a potential health hazard. To Doug Corcoran, who operates that landfill, it is the generator of clean electrical power for 10,000 homes -- methane produced by the waste is burned to generate electricity -- and a potential linchpin in the city's recycling efforts.

A request by Waste Management Inc. to add 3.3 million cubic yards to the maximum capacity of Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley was approved Wednesday by a state board, over strong objections by local officials and community activists. Meeting in Sacramento, the California Integrated Waste Management Board granted the request to increase the permitted height of the landfill from 1,000 feet above sea level to 1,010 feet.

The operator of the only municipal dump in Los Angeles has asked for more time to tell residents why it needs to expand the Bradley Landfill's height by 10 feet. The state Integrated Waste Management Board was scheduled to debate the permit today, but Waste Management Inc. asked to postpone the issue until the board's meeting March 18 and March 19.

The operator of the only municipal dump in Los Angeles has asked for more time to explain to Sun Valley residents why it needs to expand the Bradley Landfill's height by 10 feet. The state Integrated Waste Management Board was scheduled to debate the permit today, but Waste Management Inc. asked to postpone the issue until the board's meeting March 18 and 19.

The Bradley Landfill and Recycling Center is a $50-million-a-year business with 70 full-time employees and a customer base that includes the city of Los Angeles. But for the man charged with managing the site, conventional business concerns only begin to fill the job description. For at least three hours a day, Scott Tignac dons hard hat and Redwing steel-toed boots, hops into his Ford F-350 pickup truck and observes the bustling waste disposal and recycling activities around the 209-acre site.

Despite angry protests from residents, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to haul the city's trash to two San Fernando Valley landfills after the city's main dump, the Lopez Canyon landfill, closes June 30. On a 10-3 vote, the council agreed to send 63% of the city's trash to the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley and the remainder to the Sunshine Canyon landfill near Granada Hills. The city is expected to dump 820,000 tons of trash next year. The $65.

The company that operates the last active garbage dump in the city of Los Angeles has abandoned efforts to expand its San Fernando Valley landfill, which is scheduled to close next spring. For four years, Waste Management had sought a 43-foot height extension for the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley.

Can by can, bottle by bottle, workers in face masks separate recyclables by hand in the midday heat at Sun Valley's Bradley West Landfill. The manual sorting lines at Bradley West are a stark illustration of why many companies have long lost money in recycling: it's a tough, labor-intensive, cumbersome industry. But Oak Brook, Ill.-based WMX Technologies Inc. is betting its future in Sun Valley on recycling profits anyway. The multinational garbage giant, parent of Waste Management Inc.

Despite angry protests from local residents, the Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to haul the city's trash to two San Fernando Valley landfills after the city's main dump, the Lopez Canyon landfill, closes June 30. On a 10-3 vote, the council agreed to send 63% of the city's trash to the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley and the rest to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill near Granada Hills. The city is expected to dump 820,000 tons of trash next year. The $65.

A Los Angeles City Council panel recommended Monday that the city haul its trash to two San Fernando Valley landfills after the city's main dump, Lopez Canyon Landfill in Lake View Terrace, closes June 30. The Environmental Quality and Waste Management Committee recommended that the 820,000 tons of trash that the city dumps annually go to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill near Granada Hills and the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley.