Don't Waste LA Clean Air, Green Jobs, and Recycling for All

By Soumya KarlamanglaApril 15, 2014, 12:39 p.m. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law Tuesday an overhaul of the city’s trash collection program for businesses and large apartment buildings. Advocates say it will keep some garbage out of landfills by increasing recycling, ...

Aired: 04/09/2014 09:59 Proponents call it the next step forward in the green revolution, detractors say it’s a step backwards to political cronyism. LA’s city council has approved a new “zero waste” program, dividing the city’s businesses and multi-family complexes ...

POSTED: 04/01/14, 6:37 AM PDT LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council today approved a transformation in the way trash is picked up from businesses, apartments and condominiums, backing a franchise system aimed at bolstering recycling and slashing the number ...