Rewards for recycling

Some 15,000 households in the west and central San Fernando Valley will soon be participating in a year-long pilot program that will reward them for recycling, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Tuesday. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

Villaraigosa said the program, in which no money from the city's general fund will be used, is part of the city's campaign "to reach our goal of zero waste."

"Los Angeles' ambitious environmental agenda is one of the reasons why we already recycle more than any other big city in America and why we will be the cleanest, greenest big city in America," the mayor said in a statement.