Transfer Station Opens

The city of Sacramento opened a new recycling and transfer station in December. The facility will accept up to 1,500 tons of waste per day from Sacramento residents and businesses.

About 30% of the commercial material taken in at the facility will be recycled, which will help Sacramento meet state mandates requiring the city to divert 50% of its waste by 2000.

"City garbage trucks will no longer have to drive thousands of extra miles each day to the county landfill," says Reina Schwartz, Sacramento’s solid waste manager. "This will result in decreased fuel usage, increased air quality and reduced need for additional trucks and driving."

Adjacent to the transfer station will be the city’s permanent household hazardous waste collection facility. The facility will accept toxic materials such as paint, oil and batteries.

The $20 million recycling and transfer station and HHW facility will be operated by BTL Enterprises, which also operates facilities in Oxnard, Los Angeles and Burbank.