ABOUT US

The Solid Resources Valley Collection Division (SRVCD) is the agency charged with the responsibility of one of the most critical operations faced by every municipality: the collection and disposal of solid waste. The Valley Collection Division serves the Los Angeles incorporated areas of the San Fernando Valley north of Mulholland Drive. Because of the increasing complexities of urban life, the function of solid waste collection has expanded to include recycling of refuse, ever more efficient methods of collection, and reduction of air, ground and groundwater pollution due to our operations. We provide collection of household refuse, yard trimmings, recyclables, dead animals and bulky items. The Valley Division is the first to have completed the process of phasing out our diesel powered collection vehicles and replacing them with low polluting Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) rolling stock.

We are part of one of the largest municipal solid resource collectors and recyclers in the United States currently employing 287 personnel, of whom 251 are truck operators assigned to our primary mission of collection. With this complement of personnel more than 812,239 tons were collected in calendar year 2005. Of that total, 440,454 tons were recycled, yielding a diversion rate of just over 54%.

Besides the normal complement of solid waste collectors, truck operators, maintenance laborers and their supervisory staff, we employ an extensive variety of skills and professions. Personnel with bookkeeping, accounting and economics backgrounds, management analysts, senior management personnel plus skilled clerical and secretarial support all combine to present a highly sophisticated organization. In addition, all operations are supported by the most up to date computer technology.

The SRVCD serves a population of 243,645 residences in an area of 228 square miles which is divided into two districts (waste sheds).