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Sacramento GreenCycle is a local garden refuse processing project being developed in the County of Sacramento by the Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority (SWA).
Pursuant to the passage of California State Assembly Bill AB 939 (The Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989), the State mandated local governments to reduce landfill disposal by 50 percent by the year 2000. Effective recycling of garden refuse is vital to meeting this recycling mandate.
Currently, member agencies of the Regional Solid Waste Authority (SWA), (City of Sacramento, and the unincorporated area of Sacramento County) generate about 200,000 tons of residential green waste a year. Much of this local green waste is being trucked out of the county for processing resulting in:
- Higher costs
- Significant air quality impacts
- Traffic impacts
The Sacramento GreenCycle project will help alleviate these problems.
Greencycling makes sense. Disposing of green waste in landfills is unnecessary and wastes precious landfill space. Development of a local facility within the Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority (SWA) region is a responsible act of resource management that will return materials such as compost, wood chips, mulch and other soil amendments at competitive prices for local use in landscapes, agriculture and horticulture. View Greencycle Website... |
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