30 tons of trash left behind from Occupy Los Angeles

Dec. 5 -- Protesters left 30 tons of debris at the Occupy Los Angeles encampment at City Hall park.

According to the Los Angeles Times, items such as books, CDs, luggage, boom boxes, mattresses, dining chairs and electric razors were left behind.

All of the items will be taken to a landfill, the paper reported.

Crews wearing hazmat suits had to rake the trash into piles.

Public Works board President Andrea Alarcon told the paper that sanitation workers also collected about 3,000 gallons of water that washed into a catch basin and had to test it for hazardous materials.

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Vince Bond Jr. at vbond@crain.com or 313-446-1653.

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