Facility details
- Address
- 5401 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara, CA 95054 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Santa Clara County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1962 / 1993
- Ownership
- Public · City of Santa Clara, CA
- Waste in place
- 5,158,633 tons (as of 1993)
- Design capacity
- 5,501,512 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 160,966 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
- LFG energy project
- Operational: Electricity (Microturbine)
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
Nearby facilities
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- Sunnyvale LF Landfill 2.0 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Sunnyvale MRF and Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.6 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Sunnyvale Materials Recovery And Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.6 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Apple Recycles Recycling 3.2 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Danny's Recycling Recycling 3.3 mi · Santa Clara, CA
- Republic Services Newby Island Recyclery Recycling 3.4 mi · Milpitas, CA
- Republic Services Recycling 3.5 mi · Milpitas, CA
- Newby Island Sanitary Landfill Landfill 3.5 mi · Milpitas, CA
Nearest other landfill: Zanker Road Landfill, San Jose — 1.9 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling1.6 mi · Santa Clara, CA · 58 drivers
- Legacy Sanitation Inc1.6 mi · Santa Clara, CA · 1 driver
- Lynx Recyclers, Inc1.6 mi · Santa Clara, CA · 1 driver
- Silicon Valley Recycling Inc1.6 mi · Santa Clara, CA · 1 driver
- Junk Bees1.6 mi · Santa Clara, CA · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Santa Clara, San Jose, Alviso, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Milpitas, Fremont, Newark, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Campbell, Cupertino.
County context
One of 9 landfills in Santa Clara County, CA.
144 waste haulers in Santa Clara County, CA.
ZIP 95054 at a glance
- Population
- 25,704 (1,545 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 34
- Households
- Median income $207,895 · 77% earn six figures
- Housing
- 33% owner-occupied · median home value $1,490,024 · median rent $3,447
- Workforce
- 78% labor-force participation · 4.8% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle