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2. Newby Island landfill - Wikipedia

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   In 2007, a 95 feet (29 m) height expansion was proposed and approved by San Jose in 2012. In 2008, Allied Waste was acquired by Republic Services Group based in Florida. In August 2012, Republic Services announced the Newby Island Resource Recovery Park located on the same site, the world's largest recycling operation.

3. Center for the Development of Recycling - Wikipedia

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   The Center for the Development of Recycling (CDR) was a university-based, non-profit, environmental research and service organization. The CDR operated the recycling services directory website RecycleStuff.us and operated a call center for appointments on the disposal of household hazardous waste on behalf of the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo until June 30th 2024.

4. Garbage truck - Wikipedia

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   Thornycroft Steam Dust-Cart of 1897 with tipper body. Wagons and other means had been used for centuries to haul away solid waste. Among the first self-propelled garbage trucks were those ordered by Chiswick District Council from the Thornycroft Steam Wagon and Carriage Company in 1897 described as a steam motor tip-car, a new design of body specific for "the collection of dust and house refuse".

5. Allied Waste Industries - Wikipedia

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   The company had a plan to reduce its local carbon footprint by more than 3.3 million pounds each year in San Mateo County, California, by converting its monthly 80,000 gallons of petroleum diesel to B20 bio-diesel fuel. Allied Waste converted the local 225-truck fleet to the cleaner-burning B20. [4]

6. San José–Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility - Wikipedia

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   In the 1880s, San Jose built a simple sewage disposal system that discharged untreated wastewater directly into the San Francisco Bay. It was the largest sewage disposal system in the South Bay, with enough capacity for 250,000 people despite a population under 15,000, in order to discharge organic waste from the city's many fruit canneries.

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