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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,
Summer is winding down, but we’ve been extremely busy at the El Sobrante Landfill the last couple of months setting new records in safety and also dealing with a devastating fire in our wildlife preserve.
The safety of our customers and employees is very important at Waste Management and I am proud to share that the employees of the El Sobrante Landfill recently achieved 1,000 work days without a loss-time accident or injury. This is an impressive milestone and we are proud of everyone involved.
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We take safety seriously at the El Sobrante Landfill and are proud of our employees’ recent achievement of working 1,000 days without a loss-time accident or injury.
This is an amazing accomplishment for the 45 employees who have worked safely for more than 300,000 hours without suffering any injuries that would have prevented them from returning to work for at least one full shift. Landfill supervisor Craig Mitchell credits this record to the diligence of the landfill staff for being able to identify and avoid potentially unsafe situations and apply Waste Management’s safety program “Mission to Zero” (M2Z). The program mandates zero tolerance toward acts, conditions or behaviors that may cause unsafe conditions in or around the landfill.
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The area surrounding the El Sobrante Landfill is a protected wildlife habitat and is home to 31 protected species. Unfortunately, these species were put in danger in May when a motocross rider illegally trespassed on the property, causing a fire that damaged almost a third of the preserve.
The fire started on a late Tuesday afternoon just east of the landfill in the Spanish Hills area of Temescal Valley. It took 160 local firemen to finally get the fire under control the following day, leaving a total of 990 acres scorched. Of those acres, 280 acres are owned by Waste Management and 172 acres are part of our wildlife preserve.
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At the end of the lifespan of the El Sobrante landfill, the Temescal Valley community will eventually enjoy over 1,300 acres of protected open space managed under the direction of the California Department of Fish and Game, free of any future development. How is this possible? Through our rolling closure plan, which means that as each phase of the landfill reaches its capacity to hold waste, we close it down and then restore the land with native vegetation, essentially recreating nature for the benefit of wildlife.
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