Article: Taking care of the trash; L.A.'s chief recycler, Joan Edwards, takes on a pile of work. (director of Los Angeles, California Office of Integrated Solid Waste Management)

Joan Edwards, a lifelong environmentalist who is director of the City of Los Angeles' Office of Integrated Solid Waste Management, is staking her reputation on a plan which depends on L.A. businesses voluntarily reducing and recycling their trash.

Edwards is the architect of the City of Los Angeles' plan -- expected to be released this week -- to comply with the state recycling law, AB 939. The state law requires that cities divert 25 percent of their trash from landfills by the year 1995 and 50 percent by the year 2000.

Because cities can be fined $10,000 a day if they don't comply with AB 939, many around the state have adopted strict regulations regarding ...

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