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Our renewable energy projects create enough energy to power nearly 1 million homes and save the equivalent of more than 13 million barrels of oil per year.
The Simi Landfill and Recycling Center alone powers the equivalent of 2,500 homes each day with two landfill gas-to-energy generators using methane gas.
WM's North American operations recycled and carboard enough paper in one year to save 41 million trees.
In California, we operate the largest fleet of clean natural gas collection vehicles and have reduced air emissions by 247 tons.
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Helping Construction Materials Find a Second Life
We opened our new construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility at the Simi Valley Landfill in January 2008. Nine months later, we’re proud to announce that thanks to the efforts of local residents, businesses and contractors, more than 24,000 tons of C&D materials have been recycled. This is a terrific achievement for us, for Ventura County, and, most of all, for our environment.
The materials collected at our C&D facility include wood, concrete, dirt, drywall, metal, cardboard, plastic, roofing materials, carpet, appliances and tile. To date, the material we have recycled includes:
- Metal - 1,728,624 pounds
- Cardboard and Plastic - 437,800 pounds
- Drywall - 631,380 pounds
- Wood - 13,423,680 pounds
These materials are sorted and transported to regional facilities to find a second life as new products. Recycling these materials helps preserve valuable landfill space and helps Simi Valley and Ventura County meet state laws that require every municipality in California to divert at least 50 percent of its waste from landfills. In addition, Ventura County recently adopted its own C&D recycling ordinance that requires all construction projects to divert at least 60 percent of their waste.
WM’s C&D facility is located at the Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center at 2801 Madera Road, just north of the 118 Freeway. The facility accepts co-mingled C&D waste from the public and from private contractors.
For information about C&D recycling services at your job site, please contact Tom Jacobellis (805) 955-4346. For more information about the C&D recycling facility, please contact Scott Tignac (805) 579-7478.
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