Contact Details
- Address: 5 mi. S of Battle Mountain, Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- GPS: 40.63793,-116.94048
- Phone: (775) 635-2728
- Mobile Phone: (775) 635-2728
Opening Times
- Monday 8am-4pm
- Tuesday 8am-4pm
- Wednesday 8am-4pm
- Thursday 8am-4pm
- Friday 8am-4pm
- Saturday 8am-4pm
- Sunday 8am-4pm
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The Battle Mountain Sanitary Landfill is located on 5 mi. S of Battle Mountain, Battle Mountain, NV 89820. This landfill is opened on the following hours:
- Monday: 8am-4pm
- Tuesday: 8am-4pm
- Wednesday: 8am-4pm
- Thursday: 8am-4pm
- Friday: 8am-4pm
- Saturday: 8am-4pm
- Sunday: 8am-4pm
The landfill is closed on all US federal holidays. The dumps on the landfill are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable state laws.
The Battle Mountain Sanitary Landfill Nevada buries trash and garbage below secured and stratified layers of dirt and isolating material. The transfer station accepts tire, solid waste, hazardous waste, and inert material waste. For any other type of waste that you are not SURE ABOUT, you can reach them out at (775) 635-2728.
You may contact the Battle Mountain Sanitary Landfill about any information regarding: waste managing policies, recycling policies, commercial garbage, accepted types of trash, industrial waste, household garbage, appliances disposal and hazardous waste management.
You can reach the Battle Mountain Sanitary Landfill about their opening hours to the public and what is the visitor policy. They would gladly answer your questions.
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Popular questions at Battle Mountain Sanitary Landfill
There is a lot of waste generated in the USA. In 2018, there were 292 million tons of waste generated. Averagely that is 4.9 Lb. of waste per person. The waste from municipalities is recycled the most. The data says that in 2018, there was a recycling rate of 32%. Some of the waste is reprocessed not other means such as bio-chemical management.The largest categories of waste pertain to paper, food plastics, yard trims, and metals. Food, plastics, and paper make are the main resources for energy production from waste.
The first step onto the waste stations is to weigh the incoming garbage trucks. These sites are also open to the public and they help the community. The work of waste sorting stations is very important, and it helps to optimize the process of waste management. Transfer stations pre-compact the waste thus it is easier for the bulldozers to manage the waste at the sanitary landfills.
There is an interesting type of landfill, inert landfills. This type of landfill receives sand, concrete, and other waste related to construction. This type of waste does not have any biohazards nor decomposes, or it does so very slowly. These types of waste neither produce liquid waste. In this category, we mostly have asphalt, rocks, bricks, yard leaves. In this category, we do not include demolition waste.
The schedule of each landfill differs and they different hours of operation. To find the opening hours regarding a specific landfill, you use the above site. After you have located the desired landfill to use, the operating hours can be seen on current page of site after clicking into the “Opening hours” section. There you will be able to locate the opening hours and any other facts about the business services of the landfill.
Chemical landfills are a variation of sanitary landfills. Chemical landfills are made to secure and hazardous waste. This type of landfill is made on top of a nonporous bedrock. The idea is to create a place that is specialized to reduce the likelihood of hazardous waste reaching the environment. This type of landfill has a pit with a heavily protected bottom that does not allow hazardous materials to reach the soil. These landfills are operated by specialized personnel, and they have strong monitoring systems. To deposit materials in a chemical landfill, it is mandatory to research the local applicable laws and any federal laws that pertain to the type of waste that you intend to dispose of.
