Hayward Transfer Station

We accept various types of soils and dirts.

GreenWaste is able to recycle your dirt, soil, or sod and divert it from landfills. Recycling dirt can be difficult, however, GreenWaste offers dirt recycling that is simple. Soil is recycled and processed into various compost and soil blend products. Help reduce waste and recycle your clean soil and clean fill dirt.

Clean Fill Dirt/Sod

Dirt and sod.

GreenWaste is able to recycle concrete debris and waste and turn it into marketable aggregate landscaping materials. 

GreenWaste accepts various types of concrete debris and waste. We accept clean concrete as well as concrete with other materials mixed in. Whatever your construction project is, bring your concrete waste to GreenWaste Recycling to achieve the highest diversion rate on your concrete materials.

There are two categories of concrete that can be recycled.

Clean Concrete

Clean concrete from building pads, driveways, road construction, etc. May include native stone and asphalt, with minimal flush-cut wire or rebar. No dirt, base rock, brick, roofing tiles, wood, or trash.

Mixed Concrete

Concrete and asphalt containing some wire or rebar and a small amount of dirt or base rock. No brick, roofing tiles, wood, or trash.

Materials will be classified as non-recyclable items (trash) if Stucco/Plaster materials are bagged. Excessive trash, wood, etc. in the loads will deem the entire load as trash.

GreenWaste can recycle your waste and construction debris and help your waste management plan.

Construction and Demolition Debris contains materials such as wood, concrete, and metal. GreenWaste can fulfill your disposal needs by recycling your construction waste and debris, No matter what size your project is, GreenWaste can recycle your construction waste and debris. No matter what your jurisdiction construction and demolition waste management program is, GreenWaste can help you achieve the highest diversion rate possible by recycling your construction and demolition debris/waste.

There are two basic categories of debris from commercial and residential construction:

Construction and Demolition Waste

These are materials that contain over 75% recyclable items. These types of loads come from construction sites, but may contain some demolition debris, and are usually hand-loaded. These loads are tipped at one of our Sorting Operations. Recyclable items in these loads may include lumber, drywall, concrete, brick, tile, granite, rigid plastics, OCC, paper, metals, brush and trees, rock, asphalt, windows, appliances and toilets.

Mixed Debris

May be classified as trash, or miscellaneous debris if containing excessive amounts of trash.

Non-recyclable items (trash) may include laminated wood, painted wood, sawdust, insulation, PVC pipes, film plastics and other packing materials, asphalt roofing, roofing felt, roofing insulation, fiberglass insulation, vinyl flooring, ceiling tiles, stucco, soil, asphalt, windows, doors, carpeting, carpet padding, furniture, cabinets, sinks, furniture and Styrofoam, crushed materials, mattresses, rubber tiles, ground rubber materials, textiles and linen, couches, chairs, desks, office partitions, signs, foam board, cabinets, wet materials, Visqueen, composite type materials and or materials contained in trash bags.

Yardwaste, brush, car and RV, and treated wood parts are not accepted.

Contractors and private individuals deliver Drywall to GreenWaste typically with most loads containing clean Drywall. Incoming loads composed primarily of Drywall are directed to the Drywall area for unloading. Drywall that is separated out at the other on-site recycling operations are regularly transferred to the Drywall area.

In the recycling process, materials such as wood, metals, and trash are removed on-site leaving the Drywall. Once there is a sufficient amount of Drywall, it is crushed with a bulldozer for easier loading.

There are two basic categories of recycled drywall:

Drywall

This is drywall that is source separated

Drywall – Mixed

Drywall that contains nominal amounts of other items such as Visqueen, ceiling tiles, wood or other debris. These loads are normally generated during new construction, not by demolition.  May be classified as trash or miscellaneous debris if containing excessive amounts of trash.

Non-recyclable items (trash) may include laminated wood, painted wood, sawdust, insulation, PVC pipes, film plastics and other packing materials, asphalt roofing, roofing felt, roofing insulation, fiberglass insulation, vinyl flooring, ceiling tiles, stucco, soil, asphalt, windows, doors, carpeting, carpet padding, furniture, cabinets, sinks, furniture and Styrofoam, crushed materials, mattresses, rubber tiles, ground rubber materials, textiles and linen, couches, chairs, desks, office partitions, signs, foam board, cabinets, wet materials, Visqueen, composite type materials and or materials contained in trash bags.

Yardwaste, brush, car and RV, and treated wood parts are not accepted.

 

We accept various types of waste materials, including mixed debris waste and miscellaneous debris waste.

Miscellaneous debris contains a low volume of recyclable commodities. This classification would be considered trash at any other C&D recycling facility. We can accept and process the waste and recycle all salvageable material. We will divert materials from landfills and process the recyclable components within the mixed waste category.

Examples of mixed debris include house clean-outs, appliances, non-varnished furniture, OCC, paper, and construction debris hauled by a self-haul vehicle, junk hauler or contractor. If the materials contain a high percentage of non-recyclable materials, the load will be considered trash or miscellaneous debris (please refer to definitions).

Non-recyclable items (trash) may include laminated wood, painted wood, sawdust, insulation, PVC pipes, film plastics and other packing materials, asphalt roofing, roofing felt, roofing insulation, fiberglass insulation, vinyl flooring, ceiling tiles, stucco, soil, asphalt, windows, doors, carpeting, carpet padding, furniture, cabinets, sinks, furniture and Styrofoam, crushed materials, mattresses, rubber tiles, ground rubber materials, textiles and linen, couches, chairs, desks, office partitions, signs, foam board, cabinets, wet materials, Visqueen, composite type materials and or materials contained in trash bags.

Yardwaste, brush, car and RV, and treated wood parts are not accepted.

Recycling roofing materials we accept include the following categories:

Wood Shingle Roofing with Tarpaper

These materials include source-separated wood shingles that include tarpaper.

Wood Shingle Roofing with Tarpaper – Mixed

Although these materials are still processed as a source-separated item, they usually contain other materials other than shingles with tarpaper. These materials can include asphalt shingles, trash, tar and gravel roofing, and plastics. May be classified as trash or miscellaneous debris if containing excessive amounts of trash.

Tar and Gravel Roofing

Roofing materials containing roofing felt or paper, tar and assorted gravel materials.

Composite Asphalt Roofing

Source separated residential roofing shingles does not include tar and gravel roofing or commercial roofing tear-offs. If wood, metals, or bags are commingled in the load, the load will be considered composite asphalt roofing-mixed.

How we Recycle

Commercial and residential asphalt roofing containing lumber, flashing, cardboard, insulation, or trash. Wood shingles, trash and insulation may also appear in the load. This material is made into alternative daily cover (ADC).

Non-recyclable items (trash) may include laminated wood, painted wood, sawdust, insulation, PVC pipes, film plastics and other packing materials, asphalt roofing, roofing felt, roofing insulation, fiberglass insulation, vinyl flooring, ceiling tiles, stucco, soil, asphalt, windows, doors, carpeting, carpet padding, furniture, cabinets, sinks, furniture and Styrofoam, crushed materials, mattresses, rubber tiles, ground rubber materials, textiles and linen, couches, chairs, desks, office partitions, signs, foam board, cabinets, wet materials, Visqueen, composite type materials and or materials contained in trash bags.

Yardwaste, brush, car and RV, and treated wood parts are not accepted.

All types of shingles – asphalt, adobe, shake, etc. – are considered construction and demolition (C&D) waste. For complete information about disposal of the full range of construction materials, visit the City of San Jose’s Construction & Demolition page.

Loads can contain stucco, plaster, pool plaster or gunite. Loads must not be wrapped in Visqueen or contained within garbage bags or boxes. Please place Visqueen in a trash bag at the front of your load.

Any load that resembles the images below will be charged as trash. Materials will be classified as non-recyclable items (trash) if Stucco/Plaster materials are bagged. Excessive trash, wood, etc. in the loads will designate the entire load as trash.

These are materials that should go directly into the outgoing trash pile.

Non-recyclable items (trash) may include laminated wood, painted wood, sawdust, insulation, PVC pipes, film plastics and other packing materials, asphalt roofing, roofing felt, roofing insulation, fiberglass insulation, vinyl flooring, ceiling tiles, stucco, soil, asphalt, windows, doors, carpeting, carpet padding, furniture, cabinets, sinks, furniture and Styrofoam, crushed materials, mattresses, rubber tiles, ground rubber materials, textiles and linen, couches, chairs, desks, office partitions, signs, foam board, cabinets, wet materials, Visqueen, composite type materials and or materials contained in trash bags.

Yardwaste, brush, car and RV, and treated wood parts are not accepted.

Help reduce waste and recycle your trash properly.