Live In An Apartment? You Can Recycle Now Too
I've heard this one a bunch of times "I can't recycle I live in an apartment" sound familiar? Well your days of using that excuse are over. The City of Los Angeles now has a program that provides multifamily residential buildings with free recycling services. Residential properties such as apartments, townhomes and mobile home parks can participate in the program, and will receive the following: recycling services once a week, blue bins for storage of recyclables and they will even get you started on your path to recycled enlightenment with educational materials about the types of materials accepted in blue bins.
Tenants need the consent of the property owner or property manager in order to register to participate in the recycling program. City staff will even contact the property owner or manager on behalf of the tenants. All you need to do is call 1-800-773-CITY or send an email to multifamily@lacity.org. Give them your contact info, type of residence, number of units (you must have at least 5), and the owner or property manager's name and number, and someone will contact them to set things up.
According to the website LA County accrues up to 35,000 tons of unrecycled waste daily - partly because many multi-fam buildings aren't equipped with bins. It's time to take things into your own hands and do the right thing. It's easy and you may just feel good about yourself.
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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