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City presents Good Earthkeeping Awards to airport tenant, recycling firm and film-industry alliance
Summary
Councilmember Ruth Galanter presented Good Earthkeeping Awards to Hudson General (airport tenant), Looney Bins (recycling company), and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for sustainable building, set-material reuse and industry-wide recycling efforts.
Councilmember Ruth Galanter presented multiple Good Earthkeeping Awards recognizing sustainable building and recycling initiatives by airport tenants, a Sun Valley recycling firm and the film and television industry.
Hudson General received an award for sustainable renovation at Los Angeles World Airports facilities; the company reused demolition materials and incorporated recycled-content products and energy-efficient fixtures. Tom Stolnick and Wally Schwartz accepted on behalf of the company.
Looney Bins of Sun Valley received an award for reusing materials from studio sets. Council remarks credited the company with reclaiming wood, drywall and other materials for resale or donation. Presenters said Looney Bins helped recover more than 600 tons of wood from Sony, reclaimed over 3,000 tons of drywall, and reclaimed approximately 200 cubic yards of polystyrene (speaker corrected an earlier figure in the remarks). Myron Spaccarelli and John Teal accepted the award.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) received an award recognizing studio and network recycling programs. Councilmember Galanter said the industry collectively diverted about 24,800 tons of waste from landfills in 1998, up from roughly 2,400 tons in 1990, and that studios have supported the city’s L.A. SHARES program to redirect set materials to schools and nonprofit arts programs. Sheldon Kasdan and AMPTP committee members accepted on behalf of the alliance.
Presenters framed the awards as examples of public-private partnerships that reduce landfill disposal, conserve resources and provide materials to arts and schools; no funding or regulatory changes were proposed during the presentation.
