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El Sobrante Landfill is a Class 3 regional disposal facility permitted to accept up to 10,000 tons per day, seven days per week. It employs approximately 40 full-time employees. Landfill operations are overseen by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health.
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The El Sobrante Landfill has been the focus of various media coverage locally and nationally, but a recent visit by journalist Valentina Martelli brought the landfill onto the international stage. A Los Angeles-based reporter for an Italian television program, Valentina wanted to see how trash can be handled in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. The Italian city of Naples has been facing a trash crisis for almost a year and we are proud that our landfill could serve as a case study on which other countries can model their operations.
In addition to operating a state-of-the-art landfill, we also have a dedicated litter clean-up crew who looks after six miles of the I-15 freeway. In fact, this is our 12th year of sponsoring Caltrans’ Adopt a Highway program. We took over the litter pick-up from a contractor last June and have since picked up more than 1600 bags of trash.
We would like you to meet Dave Hillyer, landfill supervisor at El Sobrante. Dave is also a Sergeant First Class with the Army Reserve and is preparing for his second tour of duty in Iraq.
As always, we are here to take you on a tour of our operations and answer any questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact me or Community Relations Manager Lily Quiroa.
Best,
Damon De Frates
District Manager
El Sobrante Landfill
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