Local News in Brief : Trash Hauling Study Urged
San Gabriel Valley city officials have voted to ask the county Sanitation Districts to investigate the feasibility of shipping trash to the desert for disposal.
The action was taken by directors of the 28-city San Gabriel Valley Assn. of Cities to create an option for disposing of trash when local dumps reach capacity and are forced to close.
The resolution asks the sanitation districts to evaluate the components of a system that would haul trash by rail, such as disposal sites, loading points and costs. It also calls for the sanitation districts to become the lead agency in soliciting proposals from private companies.
A study done for the association by the Southern California Assn. of Governments concluded last month that it is technically feasible to ship trash from the San Gabriel Valley to the desert and said the idea is “a potential solution” to a trash crisis that could develop in the 1990s as dumps close.
The study concluded, however, that a rail-haul system would raise garbage collection costs to homeowners by one-third to one-half.
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