Landfill

Frank R. Bowerman Sanitary Landfill

11002 Bee Canyon Access Road, Irvine, CA 92602

Before you go

  • Residency and ID. No public disposal is permitted. Commercial customers must show proof of a current Orange County-based business license, California contractor's license or other form of business identification (no business cards).

At the gate

Type Landfill
Address 11002 Bee Canyon Access Road, Irvine, CA 92602
County Orange County
Phone 949-551-7100
Website www.oclandfills.com/about-us/contact-us
Last checked Oct 21, 2026

Hours

7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday (commercial haulers); 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday (transfer trucks only)

Holiday hours vary. Gates often close to new loads 15–30 minutes before posted closing.

Accepted materials

Accepted materials clean broken asphalt (Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, no cost), clean soil, treated wood waste (commercial)

Fees have not been confirmed yet. Call the scale house at 949-551-7100 before you go.

Nearby with confirmed hours or fees: Waste MGT. of Orange LVTS , Waste Management Of Orange , El Sobrante Sanitary Landfill .

Facility facts

Ownership Public
Owner County of Orange - OC Waste & Recycling, CA
Operator County of Orange - OC Waste & Recycling, CA
Operational status Open
Permitted activities Solid Waste Landfill
Waste types accepted (per permit) MSW
Landfill class III
Year opened 1990
Planned closure year 2053
Composting on site Yes
Registry details (24)

Figures and identifiers as published in the EPA and state permit registries cited below.

Cease-operation date 2053-11-01
Cease-operation date type Estimated
Total acres 725
Disposal acres 534
Current area (acres) 259.6
Design area (acres) 534
Design capacity (tons) 174,549,200
Maximum permitted capacity 266,000,000 Cubic Yards
Remaining capacity 160,896,082 Cubic Yards
Remaining capacity as of 2023-09-13
Waste in place (tons) 64,319,453
Waste-in-place year 2022
Annual waste accepted (tons) 2,191,039
Annual waste figure year 2022
Maximum permitted throughput 11,500 Tons per day
Landfill gas collection system Yes
Landfill gas energy project Yes
Landfill gas energy projects 1
EPA GHGRP ID 1002107
EPA LMOP landfill ID 62
CalRecycle SWIS number 30-AB-0360
Permit status Permitted
Enforcement agency County of Orange
Local government Irvine

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Sources: epa.gov (facility record, facility facts and permit and registry IDs; fetched Oct 21, 2026) ; calrecycle.ca.gov (facility record, facility facts and permit and registry IDs; fetched Oct 21, 2026) ; oclandfills.com (hours, phone and website; fetched Oct 21, 2026) ; oclandfills.com (website, accepted materials and residency rule; fetched Oct 21, 2026) . Registry figures are as of Oct 21, 2026. Facility details were last checked on Oct 21, 2026.