Local News in Brief : L.A. Trash Ban Sought
Glendale officials Tuesday proposed a ban on the dumping of trash from Los Angeles at Scholl Canyon Landfill in order to lengthen the life of Glendale’s only dump.
Under an ordinance expected to be adopted by the Glendale City Council next week, both private and municipal waste haulers from Los Angeles would be prohibited from using the dump after Dec. 26. Private haulers from Burbank will also be forced to go elsewhere.
The amount of trash brought to Scholl has tripled in the past 10 years as landfills in Los Angeles and other cities have closed. Officials say that at the present rate of use, Scholl, a regional landfill that serves 50 cities and communities, will be full by the year 2001.
![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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