The Newby Island Sanitary Landfill is a permitted Class III, Subtitle D facility located at 1601 Dixon Landing Road, Milpitas, California. Newby Island Landfill is a subsidiary of Allied Waste. The facility was purchased in 1973 by Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc, who has since merged with Allied Waste North America, Inc in 1999.

The facility encompasses over 342 acres with the permitted footprint covering 313 acres. The facility is permitted to accept up to 4000 tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) per day.

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Newby Island has 10 waste management units: one unit is designed and constructed to meet or exceed criteria for Federal Subtitle D, eight units meet the Chapter 15 clay lined requirements, and one inactive unit. The Subtitle D liner system consists of an underdrain system, a composite clay layer, a synthetic liner, and a leachate collection and removal system. The facility monitors groundwater and surface water. It has leachate collection tanks, gas probes, and an extensive landfill gas management system that generates 3.5 Megawatts of electricity annually. The balance of landfill gas is treated and used for power at San Jose Water Pollution Control Plant. Each load of waste received is screened for radioactivity and hazardous wastes.

Newby Island can accept industrial wastes, wastewater treatment sludge, grit, screenings, water treatment sludge, construction/demolition debris, contaminated soils, clean soils and municipal solid wastes. The Special Waste Group will help with attaining disposal approval of these wastes and ensure that the non-hazardous waste is handled properly for disposal. The Newby Island Sanitary Landfill has an extensive recycling program for construction/demolition debris, metal, drywall, asphalt, concrete, and wood debris; and a Recyclery that handles glass, plastics, cardboard, aluminum cans, mixed paper, green waste and a composting operation. Newby Island is an approved recycler for the City of San Jose and Alameda and Santa Clara County.

Newby Island is part of a group of Allied Waste Bay Area Landfills. The other landfills are Ox Mountain Sanitary Landfill in Half Moon Bay, Keller Canyon Landfill in Pittsburg, and Forward Landfill in Manteca. Our central Northern California Sales Office can assist with disposal projects throughout the Bay Area and at any of our landfills. For more information please contact 800-204-4242.

Newby Island Sanitary Landfill
1601 Dixon Landing Road
Milpitas, CA 95035
Phone: 408-945-2800
Fax: 408-262-2871