Davis Street Transfer Center

On April 14 CMMA juniors went to the Davis Street Transfer Center for a field trip. The purpose of the facility is to collect items that normally would go to land fills and recycle them. It serves about 20 Bay Area cities. At the center bottles and plastic are recycled into new plastic materials. Wood is recycled into garden mulch used as a fertilizer for the ground and yard trimmings are made into compost. Also electronics are recycled at the facility.

These are the electronics being recycled:

These are cans and plastic bottles being recycled:

This is the mulch made from wood:


I learned that any material can be recycled at the center. Also you can make money by recycling these items that normally you throw away for free. I also learned recycling is vital to prevent a huge buildup of trash on our planet. I learned that we can reuse these recycled items for our own benefit. Instead of throwing away our old water bottles we can recycle them and then it will be turned into another bottle someone else can use.

The trash we place in the bins either gets burned or is placed in landfills. A landfill is a hole built into the ground in which trash is placed away from it's surroundings. It's basically a storage place for the trash. The landfill for Alameda is located at: 10840 Altamont Pass Road Livermore CA, 94550.