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Lovelace Materials Recovery Facility & Transfer Station
serving Stockton, Tracy, Lodi,
Manteca, Ripon, Lathrop, Escalon and San Joaquin County
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Background
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Lovelace materials
Recovery Facility and Transfer Station is owned and operated by San Joaquin
County. The facility was purchased on July 1, 1977 and remodeled during 1994
and 1995. Lovelace encompasses 15 acres. This site receives an average
of 499 tons of waste daily, which is transported to Foothill Sanitary Landfill,
on County-owned transfer trucks carrying loads of up to 22 tons per truck.
During the year 2010, Lovelace received 127,380 tons of waste.
San Joaquin County's other facilities include the North County Recycling Center
& Sanitary Landfill, Foothill Sanitary Landfill
and the
San Joaquin
County Household Hazardous Waste
Consolidation Facility.
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Hours of Operation
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Gates open daily from 7:00 am
to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday and 8:00 am to 4:00 on Saturdays
and Sundays.
Exceptions: Closed New Year's Day, Easter Sunday,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. |
Acceptable Materials
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Commercial and household waste
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Construction/demolition waste
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Agricultural waste
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White goods such as refrigerators, freezers,
and air conditioning units
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Tires (mounted or unmounted)
San Joaquin County Landfill
Brochure
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Camper Shells
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Cabover
campers (remove all thermostats and appliances)
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Camper trailers less than 25 feet in length (remove thermostats and appliances, dismantle the camper
trailer into small sections, and bring a Junk Slip from DMV).
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Unacceptable Materials
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Hazardous
waste
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Loads of soil or gravel
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Mobile homes
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RVs; camper trailers greater than 25 feet that are NOT dismantled into small sections
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Burned waste
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Items of sufficient weight, mass, hardness or difficulty in
processing that may damage facility equipment
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Tarping Requirements
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All loads must be properly
covered or tarped so that flying debris is
avoided.
Loads not properly covered or tarped
will be charged a
DOUBLE disposal fee. |
San Joaquin County Department
of Public Works
Solid Waste Division
Last updated 05/31/2011
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