After reaching a settlement with a Ventura-based environmental nonprofit late last year, Waste Management must now create a plan to reduce the amount of pollution seeping into the ground from its trash hauling facility in an effort to protect local water quality.
WM’s trash collection and hauling facility—an 8.2-acre property located off West Los Angeles Avenue in Simi Valley— must now be swept weekly with a machine to ensure there are no metal contaminants, according to the Dec. 29 settlement.