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Yahoo!The Santa Barbara County Department of Public Works announced on Friday that the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has awarded it the “gold excellence” award for its waste management program, which promotes “positive social, environmental and economically sound management principles” and which serves Buellton, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Solvang, and unincorporated areas of the county. The Resource Recover & Waste Management Division has had previously been honored with SWANA’s silver excellence award in 2001 for excellence in landfill management. “In 1995, our diversion rate was only 30 percent and today Santa Barbara County is at 69 percent, making us one of the leaders for waste management recycling in California,” said county 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal in a press statement. The division received the award on July 7.
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I'm curious to know what exactly it is that our County is doing that makes us leaders in waste management in recycling. What steps have we taken? I do love to see how many trash and recycling cans are scattered around downtown and around town in random places as well. While people do still litter, it seems to help a lot. I also am pleased that we have free recycling pickup at our homes, it totally promotes recycling for every household and people are more likely to put recyclables in those cans to save money on their trash bills because it is so easy. Is this what the article is referring to? I'm afraid I am ignorant about this and would love more detailed info.
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July 19, 2008 at 6:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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