Rubbish Collection Ventura County

Southern California is full of garbage. Mounds of it. In fact, if trash haulers took all of Orange County's refuse and piled it in Anaheim Stadium and all of San Diego County's waste and threw it in Jack Murphy Stadium, both arenas would overflow at least once a month. Throughout the Southland, cities are striving to dig themselves out of the mess by coming up with creative ways that persuade residents to toss aside their throwaway habits and recycle instead.

Chiquita Canyon Landfill near Magic Mountain could easily handle all of western Ventura County's trash if its expansion plans are approved, but importing additional trash is a volatile issue in Los Angeles County, the dump's operator said. "It's a hot issue in Los Angeles," Rodney W. Walter, general manager of Chiquita, told representatives of the newly formed Western Ventura County Waste Authority on Monday.

Chiquita Canyon Landfill near Magic Mountain could easily handle all of western Ventura County's trash if its expansion plans are approved, but importing additional trash is a volatile issue in Los Angeles County, the dump's operator said. "It's a hot issue in Los Angeles," Rodney W. Walter, general manager of Chiquita, told representatives of the newly formed Western Ventura County Waste Authority on Monday.

Southern California is full of garbage. Mounds of it. In fact, if trash haulers took all of Orange County's refuse and piled it in Anaheim Stadium and all of San Diego County's waste and threw it in Jack Murphy Stadium, both arenas would overflow at least once a month. Throughout the Southland, cities are striving to dig themselves out of the mess by coming up with creative ways that persuade residents to toss aside their throwaway habits and recycle instead.