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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,
It has been over three months since I became the new Senior District Manager at El Sobrante Landfill and have had the pleasure of meeting many of you at the Temescal Valley Advisory Council meetings and at other community events. In fact, I spent a couple of hours working the Keep America Beautiful cleanup event down at the Temescal Wash area. It is certainly nice to be back in the area where I grew up and oversee one of Waste Management’s best sites.
I want to remind you that we are still working to obtain final approval on our landfill permit revision that will allow us to operate El Sobrante 24 hours-a-day. This will help us run our operations more efficiently by bringing the trucks during the off-peak hours and at the same time help relieve the local morning commute. We have submitted our revised permit application to the Local Enforcement Agency and a hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 3rd, during the Temescal Valley Advisory Council (TMAC) meeting. Please see public notice for details about the meeting.
One change that will be happening in June is that television broadcasts will officially go exclusively digital. If you need to get rid of your television, please make sure you use an environmentally responsible recycler- we need to make sure that electronic units are kept out of the landfills and are disposed of properly. If you need help getting rid of your unit, you can bring it to the El Sobrante Landfill electronics recycling area. As a resident of Riverside County, you can drop the TV off for free.
The summer months are fast approaching and it has been a busy school year for El Sobrante. We have built a great educational program that many schools and scout groups in the area have taken advantage of. However, with summer just around the corner it doesn’t mean that our tours have ended. If you have time and kids looking for things to do, contact our community relations manager and we would be more than happy to have your family visit us.
Finally, we would like to introduce our site engineer, Solavann “Sol” Sim. He is our first site engineer that is solely assigned to El Sobrante Landfill. He is in charge of all landfill construction projects and responsible for all regulatory environmental procedures. He comes with a strong project management and engineering experience and we can’t say enough of his talents. We feel lucky to have him.
As always, we invite you to tour our operations and are here to answer any questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact me or our Community Relations Manager Lily Quiroa at 951-277-5112.
Best,
Mike Williams
Sr. District Manager
El Sobrante Landfill
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