Healdsburg Transfer Station
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The Healdsburg Transfer Station is a solid waste recycling
and reuse facility in Sonoma County
, California
, located at 166 Alexander Valley Road, north of the City of Healdsburg
. It is a publicly owned facility operated by the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency. Its coordinates are 38.6515°N 122.8686°W.
Sonoma County along with some Europe
an nations and certain other non-federal U.S. public agencies has been a leader in recycling
and adopting an extended producer responsibility
plan to promote waste stream recycling and reuse. The Healdsburg Transfer Facility receives and processes a wide array of residential and commercial wastes in order to reduce the waste stream volume destined for landfill
s.
The facility has oversight from the Sonoma County Environmental Health Department, which assures adequate protection of water quality
and prevention of soil contamination
due to the facility's operations. The county has also retained Lumina Technologies to conduct an independent assessment of sound levels
emitted from the facility and access vehicles. Results of the sound level testing indicated that the Healdsburg Transfer Facility operates in a manner consistent with state and county noise regulation
s.
Recycling
Recycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse...
and reuse facility in Sonoma County
Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, located at 166 Alexander Valley Road, north of the City of Healdsburg
Healdsburg, California
Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 11,254...
. It is a publicly owned facility operated by the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency. Its coordinates are 38.6515°N 122.8686°W.
Sonoma County along with some Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an nations and certain other non-federal U.S. public agencies has been a leader in recycling
Recycling
Recycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse...
and adopting an extended producer responsibility
Extended producer responsibility
Extended producer responsibility is a strategy designed to promote the integration of environmental costs associated with goods throughout their life cycles into the market price of the products.- Definition :...
plan to promote waste stream recycling and reuse. The Healdsburg Transfer Facility receives and processes a wide array of residential and commercial wastes in order to reduce the waste stream volume destined for landfill
Landfill
A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...
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Environmental issues
The facility has oversight from the Sonoma County Environmental Health Department, which assures adequate protection of water quality
Water quality
Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which...
and prevention of soil contamination
Soil contamination
Soil contamination or soil pollution is caused by the presence of xenobiotic chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment....
due to the facility's operations. The county has also retained Lumina Technologies to conduct an independent assessment of sound levels
Noise pollution
Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing human, animal or machine-created environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life...
emitted from the facility and access vehicles. Results of the sound level testing indicated that the Healdsburg Transfer Facility operates in a manner consistent with state and county noise regulation
Noise regulation
Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972, other local and state governments passed further regulations...
s.