Recycling Coordinators
Listed are the Department Recycling Coordinators for County departments.
| Department/Office | Recycling Coordinator(s) |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures | July Almaguer |
| Aging & Disabilities | Robert Cuff |
| Animal Care & Control | Jaime De La Riva |
| Arts and Culture | Alejandra Hinojosa Vanecia Logan (Alt) |
| Assessor | Mayra Ortega |
| Auditor-Controller | Joe Gonzalez |
| Beaches and Harbors | Maral Tashjian |
| Board of Supervisors | Isaac Crespo Gabriel Villegas (Alt) |
| Chief Executive Office | William Dancy |
| Child Support Services | Regina Ramirez Matthew Brito (Alt) |
| Children and Family Services | Lucy Farias |
| Consumer & Business Affairs | Daniel Nollner Francisco Mendez (Alt) |
| County Counsel | Lisa Lopez |
| District Attorney | Adolfo Gonzalez-Meza |
| Economic Opportunity | Melva Carrillo |
| Fire | Michael Manuel Raul Jimenez (Alt) |
| Health Services | Frank Colbert (High Desert and Olive View), Josefina De Alba (LAC/USC), Chad Gallagher (Los Angeles) |
| Human Resources | Lesley Dennis |
| Internal Services | Maribel Diaz |
| Medical Examiner-Coroner | Sylvia Gonzalez |
| Mental Health | Damien Parker |
| Military & Veterans Affairs | Allan Ochoa |
| Museum of Art | Cristina Alva |
| Museum of Natural History | Carlos Carillo |
| Office of Education | Dave Marx Jema Estrella (Alt) |
| Parks and Recreation | Mary Ferguson |
| Probation | Daphne Durr |
| Public Defender | Arma Bidkhanian |
| Public Health | Marisela Alderete |
| Public Library | Nicholas Klingseis Aldo Ynigo (Alt) |
| Public Social Services | Antaune Reeves |
| Public Works | Arlene Morales |
| Regional Planning | Carmen Izaguirre-Gomez Oscar Chica (Alt) |
| Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk | Roger Smith |
| Sheriff | Stephanie L Martinez |
| Treasurer & Tax Collector | Ginney Garcia |
Role Of Recycling Coordinators
- Facilitate the activities of your Department to produce as little waste as possible and maximize recycling.
- Facilitate recycling best practices such as providing signage and encouraging employees to recycle paper, CRV beverage containers, batteries, and organic waste.
- Promote the implementation of waste reduction, recycling policies, and best practices throughout your Department as set out in the County Zero Waste Plan.
- Confirm waste print cartridges are sent to your Department’s designated location for proper recycling.
- Confirm your Department has paper recycling services in place.
- Confirm that paper recycling bins are next to every printer. Provide employees who have identified the need with a deskside paper recycling bin.
- Donate, acquire, or exchange materials with other County Departments and charitable organizations in coordination with the County’s Surplus Program. Work with your Department’s surplus coordinator(s).
- For field offices, consider assigning liaisons there to assist you with recycling and employee outreach.
- If your Department has leased facilities and field offices, check to see if they provide waste reduction, organic waste management, and recycling services.
- Encourage co-workers to bring lunch in reusable containers and to use reuseable utensils instead of using single-use foodware.
- Encourage co-workers to Bring Your Own (BYO) foodware. Keep reusable plates, mugs, and utensils to use in the office and in the field.
FAQs
Landfill Disposal
What materials should not end up in the trash?
- Hazardous waste, e-waste, and universal waste are non-recyclable and prohibited in the trash. Electronics, hazardous waste, and universal waste are disposed by hazardous waste vendors. To view contract terms and conditions, you may contact your Department’s Procurement Manager.
Some computer equipment, toner cartridges, and auto batteries can be sent back in their original packaging to the manufacturer. Inquire with your procurement unit if the vendors take back old computer equipment, spent toner cartridges, or auto batteries. You may ask or check the package for the manufacturer’s phone number to inquire about recycling options. - Landscaping “yard” debris (aka greenwaste) used as landfill cover is now considered as landfill disposal instead of the previously allowed diversion credit prior to 2020. And since 2014, State laws have been passed to require as much organic waste, including food scraps and green waste, to be recycled rather than disposed of in landfills.
- Commercial properties, including multifamily residential complexes, have been required to arrange for recycling since 2012, which supported the State law passed in 1989 that required each county to develop source reduction and recycling plans.
All properties generating organic waste, such as foodwaste and greenwaste, have been required to arrange for recycling of organic waste since 2022. Hauler agreements may direct customers to separate material into either:- 2 or more bins
- 1 bin (all waste including recyclables and organic waste)
How do we dispose of County usable, extra supplies?
- Contact the Surplus Coordinator(s) for your Department.
Recycling at Leased Facilities
How can our County operation in a leased space or facility participate in recycling?
- Clarify with the Property Owner or Building/Facility Manager on how your operations will comply with State and County solid waste management laws upon conditions of the rental/lease. As the law holds the property owner responsible, conditions may be added to rental and lease agreements to allow tenants to meet regulation requirements.
- Request your Building/Facility Manager provide specific information on how to separate waste into correct receptacles to ensure proper processing of recyclables with each hauler and reduce bin contamination.
Beverage Container Recycling
Can employees recycle their facility’s beverage containers and keep the CRV refunds?
- Yes, many County operations have extra CRV beverage container recycling bins and use the refunds for office social activities. Make sure to have facility staff assigned to service the bins before the custodian’s round each night of the fundraising period.
- If using cardboard bins as extra bins for fundraising, remove the liners, dispose of any soiled lids appropriately, flatten, and store the bins until your next fundraiser. You can make requests for new cardboard bin lids from the County Recycling Coordinator.
General Recycling
How do I subscribe to recycling service?
- County has agreements with approved vendors to collect and recycle paper/cardboard, print cartridges, CRV beverage containers, and batteries. FASMA contracts have also been updated to include mixed recycling, green waste recycling, and food waste recycling. To view contract terms and conditions, you may contact your Department’s Procurement Manager. Contact your FASMA hauler for information about specific materials accepted in the mixed recycling bin and in the organic waste recycling bins.
Are there other ways to divert recyclables from landfill disposal?
- Your facility may self-haul recyclables including organic waste to appropriate processing facilities. For more information on high diversion organic waste processing facilities, visit https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/RecyclingDisposalReporting/Reports/HighDiversionOrganicWasteProcessingFacilities. To find a recycling center in your area, visit CalRecycle at: https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/wheretorecycle
- To manage food waste or landscape yard debris, visit the following website: https://pw.lacounty.gov/core-service-areas/environmental-services/managing-organic-waste
How do I amend or create vendor agreements to incorporate recycling services?
- Agreements and contracts may require amending to incorporate recycling of as many types of recyclable materials. Contracts with additional vendors may be required to divert as much recyclable waste from your operation as possible. Work with your Facility or Department Procurement Manager (ISD for departments with no procurement manager) to amend current/expiring or develop new contracts.
- Visit the following website for Model Sustainable Contract Language: pw.lacounty.gov/core-service-areas-environmental-services/drp/sustainable-contract-language
- Some vendors may agree to providing a “take-back” program of the used items procured from their contract.
- You can learn more about recycling other materials and products and find more recyclers at the following websites:
How do I obtain recycling bins?
- Bins to be collected by the recycling hauler are provided by the hauler. Receptacles to be collected by the custodian of the County operation may be provided by the Building/Facility Manager and/or the County Departmental Recycling Program.
Contact your Department Recycling Coordinator for approval or further instructions regarding requests for recycling receptacles. If approved, your Department or Facility Recycling Coordinator may email the County Recycling Coordinator at cdrp@pw.lacounty.gov and provide the date of the site’s latest resource management plan or make a consultation request for the site if they have no current plan, along with the recycling receptacle request. - Contact your Building/Facility Manager to include the new recycling receptacles in their inventory to service and maintain.
Service Issues
How does our facility coordinate pickup of trash, recyclables, confidential documents, and hazardous waste?
- Contact your Building/Facility Manager to coordinate with the appropriate vendor.
- Make adjustments to quantity, capacity, and/or placement of waste and recycling receptacles based on volume and workflow. If whole work groups will be moving in or out of the facility, setup a meeting with move coordinators and the Building/Facility Manager immediately to plan out what waste and materials management changes are needed within a timeframe meeting the move-in/out date.
Recycled-Content Products
What products have been required by law or County policy to be environmentally sustainable?
- Paper products such as copy/print paper, plates/bowls/trays, cups, napkins, towels, facial tissue, toilet seat covers, toilet paper, general purpose paper wipers, and other sanitary paper products have been mandated to be made with specified postconsumer recycled-content fiber.
- Single-use paper foodware products must be PFAS-free.
What else can we do to support recycling?
- Procure remanufactured print cartridges.
- To learn more about the purchasing of environmentally sustainable and policy-compliant products, visit: pw.lacounty.gov/core-service-areas-environmental-services-drp-greenproducts