
The effort initially grew out of an ICON "Don't Trash Pomona" campaign, begun by member congregation First Presbyterian Church, in which leaders succeeded in negotiating a 33% reduction of trash processed at the plant and conversion of company trucks to CNG alternative fuel.
Said Lisa Engdahl of First Presbyterian, the ban "communicates to the region that it is not business as usual in Pomona; we have high hopes and expectations for our city...we will no longer be the region's dumping ground."
Pomona Moves to Ban New Business in This Industry, Inland Valley Bulletin
Pomona Council Takes Steps Leading to Moratorium on Recycling, Waste Processing Businesses, Inland Valley Bulletin
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