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In celebration of Earth Day, Athens Services team members grabbed trash picks and did their part in “Keeping Whittier Prettier” during the city’s annual cleanup of the Greenway Trail. Along with the Whittier Police and Parks and Recreation departments, Athens helped beautify one of Whittier’s most frequented trails. Filled with flowers and luscious greenery, the […]

The implementation of SB 1383 in 2022 marks a big shift in how Californians handle their food waste. For the first time, residents and businesses need to put their leftover food not with their trash but with their green waste.

Athens Services has broken ground on a new materials recovery facility (MRF) and transfer station in the City of Irwindale.

Athens Services has reached a major milestone by meeting targets set by the City of Los Angeles to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills. The Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Department (LASAN) reported the results in its 2020 recycLA Progress report.

Single-use plastics are plastic items that are used only once and then thrown away. Some examples are plastic snack bags, plastic grocery bags, plastic straws, and plastic bottles.

Athens Services collects and recycles more than 100,000 Christmas trees each holiday season. According to Statista, each holiday tree disposed of at a landfill will generate 35 pounds of greenhouse gases as it decomposes.

For more than 60 years, the Crown Recycling facility in north Los Angeles has been a local fixture as a leading recycling facility for the city and the region. It began as Crown Disposal waste hauling in 1960 and became a materials recovery facility (MRF) in 1974

The first publicly funded, recycling collection program in the United States started in the 1960s. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) people back then generated 2.68 pounds of solid waste per day; as of 2018 we generate roughly 4.9 pounds of solid waste, with almost 24% being recycled and 9% composted.

Veterans Day is a time to recognize and thank U.S. veterans who answered the call to defend our country and democracy. At Athens Services, we are proud to count as part of the Athens family many distinguished individuals who have served in the military. The dedication, leadership, and commitment of these heroes benefit Athens and […]

Carlos Cuyan and his daughter Nancy are proud to be working for a family-owned company like Athens Services that has strong family values. Carlos takes care of residential and business customers, while Nancy helps businesses comply with State recycling laws like SB 1383, designed to help reduce greenhouse gases in California.