BUSINESS
April 28, 1992
Security Environmental Systems Inc., a Garden Grove biomedical and hazardous waste disposal company, said that it has entered into an option agreement to sell its Vernon property to an unidentified waste disposal company. If the option is exercised, Security Environmental will receive more than $1.5 million after costs. The initial option will terminate on Dec. 31, 1992, but may be extended.
NEWS
April 2, 1992 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Dist. Atty. Edwin Miller warned Wednesday that extreme caution should be exercised before public agencies contract with Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest trash company. In a 58-page report requested by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Miller's staff scolded the trash company for its history of environmental sins, public corruption and attempts to "gain undue influence over government officials."
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 31, 1991
A trash hauling company that was ordered to stop seeking and serving customers in Santa Clarita is discontinuing operations in the city this week, prompting officials to ask three other companies with city franchises to pick up the slack. City officials said Waste Management Inc. of North America has announced that its San Fernando Valley-based division will no longer serve more than 600 customers in Santa Clarita after this week. In July, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald M.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 12, 1991 | RICH CONNELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A politically connected firm that Mayor Tom Bradley last year touted to New York's mayor previously received a $12-million contract in Los Angeles under unusual circumstances, records and interviews show. In 1987, Chemfix Technologies Inc. was selected to process and dispose of thousands of tons of Los Angeles sludge, although the company had submitted the highest bid.