| PICTURES |
• Digital
Pictures
• 2500
ft. Flyover |
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| OPERATING HOURS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: |
Monday through
Saturday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. for all customers
Commercial Trucks and Dump Trucks ONLY from 4
p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas |
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| OPERATING HOURS FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CENTER (HHW): |
Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Closed rainy days and major holidays, as listed above.
IMPORTANT! Only certain materials are allowed at the HHW. Follow the Hazardous Waste link at left for more information. |
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| MANAGER |
| • Mike Giancola |
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| LOCATION |
| 32250 La Pata
Avenue, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 |
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| LANDFILL ACCESS |
Public access is for Orange County residents
only, others call 1-714-834-4000.
If State permitted daily tonnage
limit is reached at any Orange County landfill,
waste haulers are subject to diversion at any time
to local transfer
stations located
throughout the county, due to the regulatory tonnage
capacity of this landfill.
Commercial and public access is available using
the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), exiting at Ortega Highway
to La Pata Avenue. Click
here to see map. |
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| SPECIAL WASTE |
Limited amount of dewatered sewage sludge is accepted.
Chemically treated wood waste is accepted (immediate
burial required).
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| ACCEPTABLE WASTE |
| Municipal solid
waste from commercial haulers and the public. |
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| UNACCEPTABLE WASTE |
• Asbestos,
batteries, brake linings, chemicals
• Fuel tanks, mufflers, paints, poisons
• Hazardous waste, animal parts, body parts
• Medical wastes, radioactive material
• Auto body shredder wastes, fuels, heavy
metals
• Explosives, pesticides, contaminated soil
• Liquid waste (moisture content 50% or
greater)
• Nuisance dust |
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| Residents of Orange County can take household hazardous waste to an Orange County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Click here for information. (No business hazardous waste accepted.) |
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| Businesses must contact a hazardous waste disposal company by checking the telephone directory under the listing "Waste Disposal - Hazardous" or searching the internet at www.enviroyellowpages.com. |
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Click on the following link for a partial list of companies in our area.
http://www.oclandfills.com/business_haz_waste.asp |
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| LANDFILL PERMIT |
Prima Landfill
is permitted to accept up to 4,000 tons of waste
per day (TPD).
The landfill is required to comply with numerous
landfill regulations from federal, state and local
regulatory agencies. The landfill is subject to
regular inspections from the California Integrated
Waste Management Board and the Board's Local Enforcement
Agency, the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board and the South Coast Air Quality
Management District to assure compliance with
those regulations. |
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| OPEN AND CLOSURE DATES |
| Prima is approximately 1,530 acres with 699 acres
permitted for refuse disposal. The landfill was
opened in 1976 and is scheduled to close in approximately
2067. A General Development Plan is being prepared
for Prima Deshecha Landfill which indicates end
use as a regional park. |
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