Celebrating 50 Percent Reduction at Miramar Landfill!

On this page you will find quotes from speakers heard at the event as well as press coverage.

Margo Reid Brown, Chair of the Integrated Waste Management Board
"You did it, California. You have cut your trash in half,” Margo Reid Brown, chairwoman of the state Integrated Waste Management Board, said during a news conference at Miramar Landfill."

Mayor Jerry Sanders, City of San Diego
"I offer my congratulations to everyone in San Diego for exceeding state’s 50 percent waste reduction goal by recycling at home and at work. With the Miramar Landfill rapidly soon reaching its capacity, we need to work even harder to recycle and divert trash."

Elmer Heap, Jr., Director of San Diego's Environmental Services Department
"The city is seeking to expand recycling programs that should keep the landfill diversion rate rising. For instance, city officials want to partner with a private firm to build a facility capable of separating construction waste from other trash, allowing more of it to be recycled. Construction waste currently accounts for 35 percent of all material that ends up in local landfills."

Press Coverage

San Diego is saluted for waste reduction: City has cut trash to landfill by 52%
San Diego Union Tribune Story: August 26, 2006
With piles of pungent wood compost serving as a backdrop, the head of California's recycling agency congratulated the city of San Diego and the state yesterday for reducing landfill waste by an average of 52 percent.

California reaches recycling goal
North County Times Story: August 25, 2006
SAN DIEGO--It took five years longer than it was supposed to, but California is now in compliance with a landmark 1989 law that required half of waste headed for landfills to be recycled or reused, state officials announced Friday in a news conference at San Diego's Miramar Landfill.

Kimberly Hunt Reports: Local coverage video of 50 percent reduction celebration event at the Miramar Landfill. (Windows Media, 273 Kb, 2:03 minutes)