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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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Dear Friends,
At the end of 2006 we launched this newsletter and are pleased to share with you the latest news and issues affecting our community.
The most important news at El Sobrante has been our recent installation of a state-of-the-art landfill gas flare. This new ultra-low emissions flare will replace an existing system of landfill gas flares and will help decrease emissions caused by the gas produced by the natural decomposition of landfill waste. You might have noticed that we have been ramping up our litter control efforts, both internally at the landfill and in the greater community. In this issue, we also have a little more information about the 52 Coastal California Gnatcatchers who make our wildlife habitat their home. We are constantly monitoring the habitat to ensure the best possible conditions for the gnatcatchers and other endangered species that live there, which is why we have recently turned our attention to coming up with the best way to solve a difficult issue for us — taking a humane approach to removing feral cats that have been living at the landfill.
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We are proud to be part of the Temescal Valley community and our mission is to help keep it clean. If you happen to be driving along Temescal Canyon Road you might see some of our Waste Management team members out picking up litter. Every week, as part of our litter patrol, these employees help clean up the area starting at the I-15 freeway underpass and continuing to Weirick Road. Our litter patrol also cleans the area around Dawson Canyon Road leading to the landfill. In addition, facility managers monitor the entire area and dispatch crews to keep the area clear of litter and abandoned junk. These activities are all part of our efforts to keep our neighborhood as well as our perimeter litter-free.
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You may not know that El Sobrante is right in the middle of a world famous “biodiversity hotspot” that makes up Southern California. Western Riverside County, alone, is host to hundreds of plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. Among these important species is the Coastal California Gnatcatcher. In fact, just 52 California Gnatcatchers – at all of 4 ˝ inches long – are at the heart of our efforts to preserve hundreds of acres at El Sobrante Landfill. Many thousands of acres of adjacent Gnatcatcher habitat have been preserved under California state law.
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At El Sobrante Landfill, being a good neighbor is one of our highest priorities. But even the best of neighbors have unexpected guests. In our case, it’s feral cats. The cats attack the protected wildlife, eat sensitive vegetation and throw off the natural balance within the habitat. To give the cats their own home, our biologists and environmental specialists developed a special program to catch, neuter and relocate the animals to Lancaster Landfill, a sister property in the Antelope Valley that has plenty of wilderness space for the cats to roam.
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A new state of the art landfill gas flare is now operating at Waste Management’s El Sobrante Landfill. The new landfill gas flare will replace an existing system of landfill gas flares that have been in operation since June of 1993.
We are one of the first in California to invest in this new gas flare technology, which will reduce NOX emissions by approximately 60 percent and carbon monoxide emissions by about 70 percent compared to a traditional landfill gas flare system. The $1.3 million investment, designed by John Zink, Inc., an industry leader in landfill emission control, is currently the best available technology in the market.
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