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City Expands Curbside Recycling

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Citing a need to conserve space at the county landfill, the Thousand Oaks City Council voted unanimously to triple the number of residences involved in a curbside recycling program.

Under the plan, the number of residences participating will increase from 3,000 to 9,000 beginning this week, city Utilities Director Don Nelson said Tuesday.

The new areas scheduled to be included are Sunset Hills east and west of the Moorpark Freeway, central Thousand Oaks near Cal Lutheran University and areas of Newbury Park near Borchard Road.

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The expansion is expected to cost $66,100 for five months. In July, the city is expected to include all 30,000 residences in recycling.

Recycling bottles and cans will help reduce waste that has to be taken to the dump, officials said.

About 75% of the residences targeted under the 8-month-old program are participating in the recycling effort, said Grahame Watts, city recycling coordinator. The city saved at least 86 tons of waste each month from the landfill, he said.

Residents are urged to separate metal and aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars, plastics and newspapers from their garbage and to place them in containers provided by the city to be picked up by the trash hauler.

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