Facility details
- Address
- 2830 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Santa Clara County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1955 / 2011
- Ownership
- Public · City of Palo Alto, CA
- Waste in place
- 4,738,964 tons (as of 2011)
- Design capacity
- 5,830,998 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 19,286 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
- LFG energy project
- Shutdown: Direct (Direct Thermal), Electricity (Reciprocating Engine)
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
- Shoreline LF at Mountain View Landfill 2.0 mi · Mountain View, CA
- PSSI/Stanford Recycling Recycling 3.3 mi · Stanford, CA
- All Green Electronics Recycling & Data Destruction Recycling 4.5 mi · Mountain View, CA
- Marsh Road LF Landfill 4.9 mi · Menlo Park, CA
- Sunnyvale Materials Recovery And Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Sunnyvale MRF and Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Mr Haul Transfer Station 5.8 mi · Redwood City, CA
- Sunnyvale LF Landfill 5.8 mi · Sunnyvale, CA
- Evergreen Oil Company Recycling 6.8 mi · Newark, CA
- Tri-Cities Landfill Landfill 6.8 mi · Fremont, CA
Nearest other landfill: Shoreline LF at Mountain View, Mountain View — 2.0 mi
Area served
Serves Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Stanford, Atherton, Sunnyvale, Alviso, Newark, Redwood City, Los Altos, Fremont, Portola Valley.
County context
One of 9 landfills in Santa Clara County, CA.
ZIP 94303 population 47,123.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle