Newby Island landfill and Stützengrün

The Newby Island Landfill is one of the largest active dumps on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. It is located in Santa Clara County, California in the United States. The site is located within the City of San José at the western terminus of Dixon Landing Road. The address is 1601 Dixon Landing Road, Milpitas. Although the address and public street access to the site are both in the City of Milpitas, the landfill property is entirely within the City of San Jose. Newby Island Landfill has a length of 5.07 kilometers. It is located West of the City of Milpitas near Dixion Landing Road and 880. It is the terminus for waste for all of San Jose, Milpitas and other cities. The 342 acre pile is still at least 30 feet from its permitted height of 120 feet, and has decades to go before it is scheduled to close. The landfill is an island surrounded by a levee which keeps its runoff from directly entering the bay, and the water that drains from it is treated in the dump's own treatment plant. Electricity for the dump is generated by burning the methane collected from the decomposition of the waste. Dried sewage sludge from the nearby San Jose Treatment Plant is the material used as cover, mixed in with the trash, blending San Jose's waste streams. It is operated by Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI), which, along with Waste Management Incorporated, transports and disposes of most of the household trash in the United States. History

The Newby Island landfill opened around 1930. It operated as an open burning dump until 1956 when it became a landfill.

Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) of Northern California began operation of this site late in 1973.

In 1994, a settlement agreement between the City of Milpitas, City of San Jose, Browning-Ferris Industries, and the International Disposal Company of California. This agreement resulted in some odor mitigation strategies which included relocation of the composting area to the western most section of the landfill to reduce the odor impact.

In 1999, BFI was sold to Allied Industries. 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. It processes up to 110 tons per hour of multiple waste streams. The facility will process all of the commercial waste generated by businesses in San Jose. Newby Island houses the local hauling company, recyclery, composting facility and landfill.

In 2014, Allied Waste submitted a permit to increase the capacity enough to hold 245 towering feet msl of trash from the current allowed height of 150 feet. This would increase the capacity of the site by 15 million cubic yards. The City of Milpitas is filing a lawsuit against this expansion.

Stützengrün and Newby Island landfill

Stützengrün is a community in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 2 Geology 2.1 Constituent communities 3 History 4 Politics 4.1 2007 mayoral election 5 Culture and sightseeing 6 Economy and infrastructure 6.1 Transport 6.2 Established businesses 6.3 Education 7 References 8 See also

Geography Location

Stützengrün lies in the Ore Mountains right on the boundary with the Vogtland. In Stützengrün is found the Weißbach (stream), which empties directly into the Eibenstock Reservoir. Geology

The community lies on a hilly plateau of Eibenstock tourmaline-granite and stretches from a height of 570 up to 680 metres above sea level. Constituent communities

As well as the namesake community of Stützengrün, the municipal area also includes the amalgamated centres of Hundshübel and Lichtenau. History

Development of population figures (31 December): Source as of 1998: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen Politics country subdivision Hundshuebel

At the 2005 Bundestag election, the CDU earned the most in the first and second votes. Voting in Stützengrün went thus: 2007 mayoral election

At the mayoral election on 2 September 2007, the Bürgermeisterin Birgit Reichel (CDU) was elected once again with 99.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 48.3%. Culture and sightseeing On the Kuhberg

Right on Bundesstraße 169, which runs through the community, is the Bauernbarockkirche (“Baroque Farmers’ Church”), built in 1701 and now a protected monument, with its carved altar and a 130-year-old Jehmlich organ.

A further attraction in the community is the 795-m-high Kuhberg (“Cow Mountain”) with the Prinz-Georg-Turm (tower) which affords an unrivalled view of the neighbouring communities. Moreover, the Bergwiesenerlebnispfad (“Mountain Meadow Experience Path”), which features indigenous vegetation and Scottish Highland cattle, makes for an inviting walk. Economy and infrastructure Transport

Stützengrün lies on Bundesstraße 169. Until the 1970s, the community was connected to the railway by the narrow-gauge line that ran from Wilkau-Haßlau to Carlsfeld. In 1997, the stretch to Schönheide was rebuilt and since then has been run as a museum railway. Established businesses Brush fabrication Brush industry Small and medium-sized businesses Sporadic agriculture Commercial-industrial area on the B 169 Education

The elementary school at Stützengrün on Schulstraße (“School Street”) serves the local schooling needs.
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