Happy Holidays to All

Recycle Your Christmas Tree

The Harrison Family wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. There is no time more fi tting

to thank our customers and the communities we serve, and we are committed to maintaining the highest level of service to you in 2016 – our 84th year in business!

What began as a two-person operation in 1932 – founded by our father E.J. and mother Myra – has grown into one of the largest family-owned trash businesses in the United States, and for that we are very proud and grateful. Our goal is, “Moving toward Zero Waste,” and we’re working hard – with your help – to achieve this goal.

We hope you can all fi nd time to celebrate and refl ect on the message of peace and goodwill that is

meaningful to you. We also hope that our military personnel overseas return home

safely. Again, we wish you and yours the

very best this Holiday Season and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Ralph, Jim & Myron Harrison

E.J. Harrison & Sons and the City of Ojai make it easy for you to recycle your Christmas tree. All you need to do is remove the ornaments,

hooks, lights, tinsel, bows, nails and tree stand. Cut the tree into four-foot sections and place in your yard waste barrel on your scheduled pickup day. Also, E.J. Harrison & Sons now accepts fl ocked Christmas trees for recycling.

Trees we collect will be processed into vari-ous sizes of mulch. The material is used by our strategic partner Agromin to make several products that benefi t our farmlands, orchards, nurseries and our own gardens.

Extra Trash Allowed After Holidays

As a special holiday feature, E.J. Harrison & Sons customers may put out twice the amount of trash at

no extra charge during the two weeks after December 25. Please make sure the trash is in bags alongside the trash barrel. We also collect extra recyclables, but please make sure to fl atten all boxes and place them alongside the recycling barrel as well.

Please Recycle, But Keep Trash, Plastic Bags Out

of Blue Barrels

E.J. Harrison & Sons and Mother Nature

thank you for recycling. But also do your best to keep unrecyclable trash out of your blue residential recycling barrels and white commercial bins.

We are fi nding food-contaminated items like soiled paper plates, pizza boxes and tin cans full of food that spill all over the good recyclable materials.

Plastic bags are a big problem too. Plastic bags are not recyclable, and we encourage you to return them to the stores. They don’t want them to end up in our landfi lls either. Look for a bin near the front of the store.

And please do not place recyclables in plastic bags. Workers have to slow the conveyor belts to rip open bags that contain recyclables and then add that bag to the heap of bags bound for landfi lls.

Please try to keep it clean! Recycling is a team effort. You do your part, and we will do ours.

For more information, call 647-1414.

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YES! Cartons ARE Recyclable

E.J. Harrison & Sons, the City of Ojai and the Carton Council join together

this holiday season to encourage Ojai residents to recycle your cartons.Close the Loop

Paper represents 74-80 percent of a carton’s content, which can be recycled into new products and building materials. By purchasing products with recycled content, you are generating the demand for recycled materials!

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2016 Holiday ScheduleLooking ahead, these are the holidays

that will delay trash collection one day: Memorial Day Monday, May 30

Independence Day Monday, July 4 Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5

these are the holidays that will not delay trash collection one day:

New Year’s Day Friday, Jan. 1 Martin Luther King

Jr. Day Monday, Jan. 18Presidents’ Day Monday, Feb. 15Veterans’ Day Friday, Nov. 11Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 24

Christmas Sunday, Dec. 25

YES! Cartons ARE Recyclable

What types of cartons are recyclable?Shelf-stabled:u Juice u Soup and brothu Milk u Wineu Soy and grain milkRefrigerated:u Juice u Egg substitutesu Milk u Cream u Soy and grain milk

Don’t Forget Simply remove caps, lids and straws before placing

empty cartons in your blue recycle barrel. No need to rinse your cartons.

Visit www.recyclecartons.com for more information.

Make Your Holidays ‘Greener’ with These Easy TipsChristmastime and the holiday season are joyous

times for families and friends to get together, but the season also creates mountains of unnecessary waste. It’s estimated that an extra million tons of waste each week is generated between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Enough ribbon is thrown away – about 38,000 miles – to tie a bow around the entire earth!

With a little thought and planning, you can make your holidays a little “greener.” Try the following:

K Give gift certifi cates, tickets, memberships or services, or make a donation to a favorite charity.

a Do not use wrapping paper! Wrap gifts in reus-able paper or cloth bags, or be creative and use hand towels, tablecloths, napkins, fabric scraps, maps, craft paper, newspaper or old posters.

C Consider consumable gifts. Visit your local farmers markets or growers for ideas.

P Consider a compost or worm bin for the gar-den enthusiast.

> Give gifts such as T-shirts, backpacks, hats and socks made from recycled-content materials manu-factured from recycled plastic bottles, or toothbrushes made from recycled yogurt containers.

M Save gas and support our local merchants by buying locally.

M When shopping, bring your own reusable bags. 8 Use LED holiday lights for safety and energy

savings. Solar-powered holiday lights are also avail-able.

a For holiday parties and get-togethers put a marked paper bag, box or special container for recy-cling next to a trash container for your guests’ conve-nience.

K Be sure to recycle aluminum, glass and

plastic containers; metal cans; food boxes; cardboard; cartons; gift wrap (except foil or cellophane); gift boxes; greeting cards and catalogs. (No styrofoam, fi lm plastic, shrink wrap or plastic bags, please.)

_ Email holiday cards.K Check with local mail centers to see if they

will take boxes and packing material for reuse.? Plan meals carefully to avoid excessive left-

overs, or send food packs home with your guests./ Recycle your Christmas tree in the yard waste

cart after removing all decorations and stands. Large trees may need to be cut to fi t into the cart.

Remember, if you receive a new cellphone, laptop, fl at-screen TV or any other computer gadget as a holi-day gift, don’t throw your old one away. Bring your old electrical waste to Gold Coast Recycling & Transfer Station, 5275 Colt St. in Ventura, for free disposal.

Have a Happy and “Green” Holiday Season!

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Remove Curbside Barrels Following Weekly Pickup

Reminder: E.J. Harrison & Sons reminds residential

customers that city ordinances require you to remove your curbside barrels after weekly pickup. So remove them and keep them out of sight – except on pickup day. Thank you.

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2016 Pickup Schedule/Street Sweeping Schedule^

*Pickup delayed due to holiday^Next day after Pickup

January 4 RecyclingJanuary 11 Green WasteJanuary 18 RecyclingJanuary 25 Green WasteFebruary 1 RecyclingFebruary 8 Green WasteFebruary 15 RecyclingFebruary 22 Green WasteFebruary 29 RecyclingMarch 7 Green WasteMarch 14 RecyclingMarch 21 Green WasteMarch 28 RecyclingApril 4 Green WasteApril 11 RecyclingApril 18 Green WasteApril 25 RecyclingMay 2 Green WasteMay 9 RecyclingMay 16 Green WasteMay 23 Recycling*May 31 Green WasteJune 6 RecyclingJune 13 Green WasteJune 20 RecyclingJune 27 Green Waste*July 5 RecyclingJuly 11 Green WasteJuly 18 RecyclingJuly 25 Green WasteAugust 1 RecyclingAugust 8 Green WasteAugust 15 RecyclingAugust 22 Green WasteAugust 29 Recycling*September 6 Green WasteSeptember 12 RecyclingSeptember 19 Green WasteSeptember 26 RecyclingOctober 3 Green WasteOctober 10 RecyclingOctober 17 Green WasteOctober 24 RecyclingOctober 31 Green WasteNovember 7 RecyclingNovember 14 Green WasteNovember 21 RecyclingNovember 28 Green WasteDecember 5 RecyclingDecember 12 Green WasteDecember 19 RecyclingDecember 26 Green Waste

Go to www.ejharrison.com/pickup-schedule/ to view your pickup schedule online.

3,000 Volunteers Make Coastal Cleanup Day a Big Success

The 31st Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 19 was a major success in Ventura County

and across the state. This annual event is about much more than picking up trash. It’s a chance to gather as a community to show our respect for our ocean, wa-terways and local habitats.

California Coastal Cleanup Day began in 1985 and has grown to one of the largest volunteer events on the planet. Ventura County had 2,826 volunteers – families, students, service groups and neighbors – col-lectively picking up 8,228 pounds of trash and 1,038 pounds of recyclables from our coast, creeks, rivers, lakes and shorelines.

Thousands of cigarette butts and lots of plastic bags, as well as other trash, were removed and pre-vented from going out to sea where they would have had a negative effect on marine life.

Statewide, with 75 percent of cleanup sites report-ing, 53,555 volunteers participated in California’s 58 counties. They removed more than 548,450 pounds of trash and more than 65,738 pounds of recyclable ma-terial, totaling over 614,188 pounds. That’s 307 tons, and the fi gures will rise once all cleanup sites report.

Harrison Industries was happy to provide trash and recycling bins at several of the cleanup sites in Ventura, Camarillo and Ojai at no charge. Ventura sites included San Buenaventura State Beach, Marina Park, Rincon Parkway, Ventura Harbor beaches and the Ventura Promenade. Camarillo sites were Cal-leguas Creek and the Mission Oaks Barranca, and in Ojai, volunteers worked in Ojai Creek at Libbey Park.

Next year’s event is set for Sept. 17, 2016, so mark your calendar. For more information visit www.vccoastcleanup.org.

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STOPNo Hazardous

Waste!!These items are NOT accepted for

Trash or Recycling.u Hazardous Waste u Tires u TVs/Computer Monitors u Batteriesu Closed Containers u Oil or Paintsu Fluorescent Light Tubes u Medical Needles

For information on how to dispose of these items, please call: • County of Ventura Hotline 658-4323

E.J. Harrison & SonsRecycling, Yard Waste and Trash Guidelines

What goes in the Trash?

What Doesn’t go in the Trash or any other cart?

Hopefully, very little. After you have recycled, composted, fi lled the yard waste cart, donated old clothing and goods, and done all of those good things and more – most of the rest can go in the trash.

How to Place Your Cart for Automated Collection

The automated arm of the collection truck needs room to grab the cart. Carts should be placed 2-3 feet apart from each other and from objects such as mailboxes and cars with the wheels facing the curb.

Carts should be out by 7 a.m. on collection days.

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City of OjaiCity Manager: Robert Clark • Mayor: Severo Lara • Mayor Pro Tem: Paul Blatz

council Members: Betsy Clapp, Randy Haney & William Weirick

Extra trash?Call for roll-offs and bin rentals.

Open 6 days a week for self-haul trash, e-waste and recyclables buy-back.

Complete the recycling loop... get mulch and soil amend-ments at:

(805) 642-9236

www.ejharrison.com www.agromin.com(805) 647-1414

www.goldcoastrecycling.com(805) 485-9200

CartonsNew Item Accepted

Aluminum &Metal Cans Glass

Containers

Paper/Junk Mail

Newspaper

Magazines

Cardboard

Cereal, Cracker & Shoe Boxes