GreenWaste San Jose Material Recovery Facility
Northern California’s Premier Material Recovery Facility.
California’s first high diversion organic waste processing facility.
The largest of the facilities is the Recyclables facility. It takes residential and commercial mixed recyclables and separates them into individual commodities, including cardboard, glass, aluminum, and a variety of plastics. These materials are baled and sent to processors to produce new products.
Operating at over 45 tons per hour, this plant will recover up to 85% of the material it processes.
The Municipal Solid Waste facility is a high diversion organic waste processing facility designed to maximize the recovery of compostable and recyclable material from garbage and other mixed material streams. There are two processing lines that handle the vastly different waste from single family homes and multi-family complexes.
Operating at 90 tons per hour, this facility will recover up to 75% of the material it processes.
Materials at the Yard Trimmings facility are divided by size, separating woody debris from the compostable fraction. The compostable fraction is sent to the GreenWaste Z-Best Composting Facility to be transformed into an organic compost used for regenerative agriculture and landscaping.
Operating at 70 tons per hour, this facility will recover up to 98% of the material it processes.
Diversion Rates
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Recyclables (Single Stream) |
Garbage and Mixed Compostables (MSW) |
Yard Trimmings |
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|---|---|---|---|
Diversion Rate |
~85% |
~75% |
~98% |
Permits:
The GreenWaste San Jose Material Recovery Facility is California’s first high diversion organic waste processing facility. We have received the highly acclaimed Gold Excellence Award in the Recycling System category from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA). This facility incorporates three distinct processing facilities, each designed to separate different types of materials: recyclables, garbage and mixed compostables, and yard trimmings.
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GreenWaste San Jose Material Recovery Facility
625 Charles Street
San Jose, CA 95112