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health/environmental safety and code enforcement<br />
Hazardous Household Waste/<br />
Electronic Waste Collection Events<br />
The health and safety of people and animals, as well as the health<br />
of our communities and the environment is endangered when<br />
Household Hazardous Waste/E-Waste (HHW/E-Waste) products<br />
are discarded in household garbage,<br />
sinks, and storm drains.<br />
The following are examples of HHW/<br />
E-Waste products that may be found in<br />
and around your home:<br />
• Lawn/garden-care products<br />
• Paint and paint-related products<br />
• Automotive fluids and batteries<br />
• Beauty products and medicine<br />
• Household cleaners<br />
• Electronic equipment<br />
Public Works sponsors HHW/E-Waste Collection Events monthly at<br />
the Antelope Valley Environmental Collection Center (AVECC)<br />
where residents can recycle their HHW/E-Waste. The AVECC is<br />
open for HHW/E-Waste Collection every first and third Saturday<br />
of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.<br />
ANTELOPE VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
COLLECTION CENTER<br />
54 | ANTELOPE VALLEY CONNECTION | Enriching Lives<br />
1200 West City Ranch Road<br />
Palmdale, CA 93551<br />
For more information,<br />
please call (888) CLEAN-LA or visit<br />
www.dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/avecc<br />
Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force<br />
The Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force meets on a monthly basis<br />
to discuss and coordinate illegal dumping prevention programs in the<br />
Antelope Valley. The meeting occurs every second Wednesday of the<br />
month at:<br />
Fire Station #129 - Training Center<br />
42110 6th Street West<br />
Lancaster, CA 93534<br />
For more information and a meeting schedule, please call<br />
(626) 458-3563 or visit http://ladpw.org/epd/illdump/tf.cfm.<br />
Waste Tire<br />
Collection Events:<br />
Get Rid of Your<br />
Old Tires for FREE!<br />
In <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> <strong>County</strong>, approximately<br />
ten million waste tires are generated<br />
annually. Old tires that are illegally<br />
dumped or improperly stored can pose<br />
a serious threat to public health and<br />
safety, as well as to the environment. The<br />
result can be urban blight and significant<br />
costs to residents. Waste tires can serve<br />
as a nesting area for rodents, a breeding<br />
ground for disease spreading mosquitoes,<br />
and release toxic smoke if they catch fire.<br />
To prevent these problems, DPW offers<br />
FREE waste tire collection events in the<br />
Antelope Valley for residents. Tires<br />
collected are recycled into beneficial<br />
materials such as loose playground fill<br />
and roofing shingles.<br />
Tire collection events are planned for<br />
Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 9:00<br />
a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in Lancaster, Palmdale,<br />
Littlerock, and Quartz Hill.<br />
For more information including recycling<br />
dates and locations, call (888) CLEAN-LA<br />
or visit www.ladpw.org/epd/tirerecycling/<br />
collection.cfm.