What does 4,000 tons of organics, recycling and garbage look like and how does it get processed in one day?  If you are a Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) resident or business owner find out for yourself and see what happens to your organics, recycling, and garbage once it leaves your curb. 

CVSan is opening 2012 registration for Castro Valley residents and business owners to attend free tours of the Davis Street Transfer Station (DSTS) in San Leandro.  The dates of the 2012 tours are as follows: March 14^th, June 14^th, September 14^th, and November 14^th.  For more information please visit www.cvsan.org/dststour.  Please note registration is limited and will close on specified dates.

Davis Street processes 4,000 tons of materials a day with 4 state of the art processing facilities, including a brand new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certified organics building, single stream materials recovery facility that houses a high-tech optical sorter which uses infrared light and manual sorters that separate materials with precision and speed.  Most attendees find the 3 hour tour engaging and very interesting and can’t wait to walk through the processing facilities and ask those “Where do I put this?” questions of DSTS and CVSan staff. 

To reduce vehicle emissions and make the tour more enjoyable, CVSan provides transportation to the facility free of charge.