OAL Welcomes Employees to Bi-annual Summit By Nikil Patel, Business Services Administrator The management team at Olinda Alpha Landfill held the bi-annual Employee Summit (ES) June 25-26, uniting employees to discuss and review past, current, and future endeavors. The summit started with a welcome message and an overview of the...
Orange County residents can dispose of their household hazardous waste for FREE at any of the County's four Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers listed below. Hours of Operation: 9am - 3pm, Tuesday through Saturday (closed on major holidays and during rainy weather) Telephone: 714-834-4000 Anaheim Collection Center -- 1071 N...
The County of Orange operates one of the nation’s premier solid waste disposal systems, providing this essential public service to residents and businesses in 34 cities and unincorporated areas. Our three active landfills are among the largest statewide, receiving more than four million tons of solid waste annually. With a...
What is a Fee Exemption? At times the landfills require specific materials in order to sustain daily operations and will offer gate fee exemptions for those items. Qualifications To qualify for exemptions: Loads must be in a two-axle, self-unloading dump truck or larger, or trailer with dump capacity. No hand...
Food scrap pails, recycling details and hauler info Orange County residents are required to sort organic waste, including specific food items, into their organics cart. Below are links to resources for organics recycling, composting tips, household hazardous waste, local waste haulers, recycling coordinators, food donation opportunities and more. Food scrap...
Medication Disposal Most medicines can be disposed of in the trash. However, it is important to take proper steps to prevent accidental ingestion when throwing old medicine away. View medication drop box locations How to monitor, secure and destroy your medications Sharps Disposal California law prohibits disposal of home-generated sharps...
The California Voluntary Protection Program (Cal/VPP) is a program run by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). It recognizes employers who have implemented effective health and safety management systems in the workplace. VPP is an employee owned – management supported, highly engaging safety and health management program...
OC Waste & Recycling advises regional leaders to make policy and business decisions related to SB 1383 and other current and imminent waste industry-transforming legislation. Workshop resources: " Imagine What Can Be " - Tom Koutroulis, Director, OC Waste & Recycling " Not Your Father's Waste Management System " -...
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS IN ORANGE COUNTY More than 30% of material that enters California landfills is considered organic material. Organic material includes edible food, which can be recovered to combat food insecurity. By recovering edible food we not only help out those in...
The following is a partial list of disposal companies to assist with the proper disposal of waste materials. A more comprehensive list of companies that dispose of waste can be found in the Business-to-Business telephone directory under the listing “Waste Disposal – Hazardous” or by searching on the internet by...