About the WPWMA’s New State-of-the-Art Recycling & Composting Facilities

Shovels and hard hats are lined up and on display at the groundbreaking ceremony

The total cost of the facility improvements will be $120 million. This includes a high-diversion Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), a state-of-the-art Construction & Demolition (C&D) recycling facility, a new Maintenance Shop, and a compost facility expansion. Construction of these facility improvements began in May of 2023. Minimum recovery rates for municipal solid waste (general commercial and residential garbage) will […]

Groundbreaking on $120 Million Recycling Facility in Western Placer County Planned for April 13

Dump Site with work vehicles

ROSEVILLE, CALIF. – The Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA) is scheduled to break ground on their multi-year facility improvement project that will increase processing abilities, maximize recycling and waste diversion efforts, and jumpstart a local circular economy to benefit the western Placer region on Thursday, April 13 at 5 p.m.   The ceremonial groundbreaking will […]