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		General Information - These pages will help you understand what the Bureau does, and how we serve you.
		Business Services - Information for Businesses
		Careers - The Bureau of Sanitation is a great place for you to launch your career in Southern California.
		Customer Services - You can request many Bureau services by clicking on the areas that are of interest and exploring the service descriptions and associated links.
		Wastewater Program - Learn about how the sewers and treatment plants operate and the improvements being made to these systems; download permits, forms, and brochures.
		Solid Resources Program - Request curbside trash and recycling collection service; get information and schedules on recycling of household hazardous waste, electronic waste, and backyard composting.
		Watershed Protection Program - Find out about what the City is doing and what you can do to keep pollutants out of the storm drain system and Santa Monica Bay.
		Bureau of Sanitation Kids' Page - Kids, click on this link to learn about the Bureau of Sanitation, meet our superheroes, and play some games!
		EnvironmentLA.org website - Creating a sustainable and environmentally friendly City.

Events Gallery

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Calendar...

Below is a calendar of events offered by the Bureau of Sanitation for 2010-2011. Although most of the dates are firm, they are subject to change.

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Director Enrique C. Zaldivar
Enrique C. Zaldivar
Director

Welcome to the Bureau of Sanitation website. The Bureau is proud to provide services and resources that touch the lives of all of its customers each day. Our 2,800 employees invite you to look inside our website and find out how the Bureau of Sanitation works for you.



What's new...
	Bureau of Sanitation announces upcoming Biosolids Program Audit
	Clean Water Projects Making Our Communities Clean and Sustainable
	LA City’s Water Reclamation Projects Highlight Success of Clean Water Efforts
	Adel Hagekhalil on Significance of South LA’s Wetlands Park
	2012 Earth Day Supplement
	2012 FREE Tire Recycling Collection Events. Properly dispose of used and old tires at one of the six collection events and get a coupon for 15% of your next tire purchase. Click here for details.
	AB341 requires mandatory commercial recycling in California beginning July 1, 2012. Businesses or public entities that subscribe to a service of 4 cubic yards or more of solid waste per week must recycle. Multi-family dwellings of 5 units or more must also recycle. Click here for more details.
	The Commercial Climate Calculator The Commercial Climate Calculator helps your business and/or multifamily complex identify the benefits of reducing trash and increasing recycling/composting. Click here for more details.
	Bureau Of Sanitation Refuse Yards Open House
	Solid Resources Fee (SRF) Overcharges If you lived in an apartment or multi-family building and paid a Solid Resources Fee you may be entitled to a refund. Si Ud vivío en un apartamento u otro edifìco de vivienda multifamiliar y pagó una Tarifa de Recursos Sólidos, Ud puede tener derecho a un reembolso. Claim Forms must be returned postmarked no later than September 6, 2012.
	Proposed Reusable Bag Policy! The City of Los Angeles is proposing to implement a Reusable Bag Policy to prohibit the distribution of single-use plastic and paper shopping bags in supermarkets and retail stores.
	Private Hauler Franchise Initiative New documents, including HF&H Final Report and stakeholder comments & questions, are now downloadable.
	Sewer Service Charge (SSC) Information SSC Rate Hearing Notice QSF Rate Hearing Notice 2011 SSC Brochure
	Clean Water (Wastewater) Program Rate Adjustment (2011) This link will take you to the community outreach presentation, fact sheet, and rate proposal report for the Clean Water Program.
	Building a Better LA: Development Reform Strategic Plan
	Cartons are recyclable!
	New Citywide Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling Ordinance

Shortcuts
	Illegal Dumping Request Form
	Put your trash can on a diet! Recycle more, refuse less.
	So what CAN you recycle?
	RFPs are available on the City of LA's Business Assistance Virtual Network (www.labavn.org)
	Universal Waste doesn't go in the trash. What is it, and where does it go?
	List of City of LA Permitted Waste Haulers For commercial waste or recycling services please contact a City Permitted Waste Hauler.

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