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Brower joins Canyon Animal Hospital

Canyon Animal Hospital has hired Lauren Brower as a veterinarian.

Brower was born and raised in Laguna Beach. After graduating from Laguna Beach High School, she attended the University of San Diego, majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry. As an undergraduate she rode on the university’s varsity equestrian team. In 2004, she was accepted to the Ohio State University School of Veterinary Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, and was initiated into the veterinary honors society, Phi Zeta.

While attending veterinary school, she received the Pfizer Award for Small Animal Clinical Proficiency.

After graduation, Brower has returned to Laguna Beach to practice as a full-time small animal veterinarian at Canyon Animal Hospital while studying therapeutic acupuncture.

The hospital is located at 20372 Laguna Canyon Road. The phone number is (949) 494-1076.

Firm offers recycling of hazardous waste

Waste Management Inc. is launching thinkgreenfromhome.com, an online service for the recycling of household waste, including compact fluorescent lamps, batteries, and other electronics.

To store and recycle used CFLs and batteries, customers can order and receive prepaid-postage kits delivered by mail.

The kits use technology designed to reduce the risk of exposure and contamination from lamps broken during storage and shipping.

The kits are suitable for both storage and transport of discarded bulbs or batteries and are approved for shipping by the Postal Service.

Thinkgreenfromhome .com is part of Waste Management’s sustainability initiative committing the company to investing in new technologies to nearly triple the amount of recyclables it manages by 2020.

For more information, visit www.thinkgreen fromhome.com.