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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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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.
Significant efforts are also devoted to keeping the area near the landfill clean. The working area or “working face” of the landfill is about the size of a football field and it is enclosed by permanent or portable fences that collect blowing trash, which the litter patrol then clears. There is also an assigned work crew dedicated to making sure that all drivers tarp their trucks prior to leaving the landfill. We report all landfill violations to their employer, and, if needed, we also ban drivers that routinely violate our policies.
Finally, for the past eleven years, we have sponsored Caltrans’ Adopt-A-Highway program. We have been responsible for six miles of the I-15 freeway, starting on the southbound side at Ontario Avenue and ending right before the Temescal Canyon Road exit and starting on the northbound side at Temescal Canyon road and ending right before Cajalco Avenue. We have had issues with the contractor responsible for the clean-up and have recently ended our relationship. However, this is a program we highly value and we are currently working with Caltrans to make alternative arrangements. Within the next couple of weeks, we will have our own crew working the roadside to keep the area clean. We hope that you will see a vast improvement along the freeway once this is implemented and will keep you updated on our progress.
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