Local News in Brief : Council Votes for Full Recycling Plan
The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously and without discussion to direct the city’s Bureau of Sanitation to implement a full recycling program within a year.
“I am not satisfied with the progress that’s been made with implementing what the council directed two years ago,†Councilman Hal Bernson said. “They should have been in operation by now, and frankly, I got tired of waiting.â€
Bernson’s motion did not specify what approach to recycling the city should use, leaving that decision to the bureau. The most commonly discussed strategy would distribute several bins to each household, for separate collection of recyclable paper, aluminum cans, glass bottles, recyclable plastics and non-recyclable items.
![Los Angeles, CA - May 19: Carlos Vargas, left, and Paulina Rubio, members of the harm reduction team from Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care Systems [HOPICS], a leading homeless services and housing agency, look for drug addicts to help and pass out supplies at a homeless RV encampment along 77th St. in South Los Angeles Friday, May 19, 2023. The team hands out syringes, fentanyl test strips, overdose reversal nose spray and medication to prevent overdoses, infection and disease transmission, including the HIV virus. Fenanyl is particularly insidious because it can be found in all other drugs, especially meth and heroin. The handouts are also meant to reduce infection through broken pipes, which can cut users mouths and open them to infection. . (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc99ba0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3900x2608+0+34/resize/1024x685!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe9%2F77%2F4b8bd35d4881a3edec6b945b143b%2F1298639-me-soaring-fentanyl-deaths-24-1-ajs.jpg)
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