Leisure World Chosen for Recycling Program
Cited for its record-setting trash reduction programs, Leisure World Laguna Hills has been selected to participate in a one-year research and education project aimed at identifying national models in recycling and eliminating waste in communities and businesses.
Funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the project will be administered by the Washington-based Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Leisure World is a three-time winner of California’s Waste Reduction Award.
The research project will document the best reuse, recycling and composting programs in the nation.
Project results will be publicized in a report profiling 15 communitywide programs and in a series of fact sheets.
Leisure World is a private, 18,000-resident community for active older adults.
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