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Solid and Hazardous Waste Disposal

MSW Landfills in Nueces County

County
Facility
Name
Permit Holder
Type
Status
Location
Remaining
Years
Nueces
Cefe Valenzuela
(361) 537-0953
City of Corpus Christi
1
A
Farm-to-Market Rd 2444 & County Road 20
100
Nueces
J.C. Elliott Landfill
(361) 857-1631
City of Corpus Christi
1
A
7111 Ayers St. South of Saratoga, Corpus Christi
Expected Closure:
11/2007
Nueces
El Centro Landfill
(361) 767-7905
Allied Waste Industries Inc.
1
A
3189 County Rd 69
Robstown, TX
61.1
 

Field Name

Code

Explanation

Status

A

Accepting Waste
 

IP

No waste has ever been accepted

Type

1

Allows for the disposal of Municipal Solid Waste, Class 1 Non-hazardous Industrial Waste, Class 2 Industrial Waste, Class 3 Industrial Waste, and Special Waste. Sanitary landfill, daily cover required.

Source: Coastal Bend Council of Governments

  

 

 

J.C. Elliot and Cefe Valenzuela Landfills

The City of Corpus Christi’s J.C. Elliott landfill is considered to be the regional landfill for the Coastal Bend. Elliot landfill is located at 7001 Ayers Street (State Highway 286) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Corpus Christi in Nueces County. The J.C. Elliott Landfill is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The newly opened Cefe Valenzuela landfill has over 2,268 acres and 130.5 million cubic yards of permitted airspace for an estimated 65.2 million tons of waste in its 810-acre disposal area. Designated for commercial-only use, the Cefe landfill is located in Nueces County approximately four miles southeast of the Town of Petronilla, and 14 miles southeast of Corpus Christi. It is in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 2444 and County Road 20. The landfill is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Cutting-edge landfill designed to serve the city for 100 years

 

 

Hazardous Waste Disposal Location


Hazardous Waste Disposal Providers

Location

Distance from Corpus Christi

Expected Life

US Ecology Texas L.P.
(361) 387-3518

3277 County Road 69
Robstown, TX

15 miles

Currently 15 years. Intent to build cell capacity for 50 additional years of life expectancy.

Additional Information: Treats and disposes hazardous waste, industrial waste, naturally occurring and NRC-exempt radioactive materials.

Services include: Hazardous, NORM and NRC-exempt waste disposal; Stabilization of inorganic wastes; (e.g., metals) Chemical oxidation treatment of organic waste; Encapsulation of debris; Industrial non-hazardous waste disposal; Disposal of exempt PCB wastes.
Source: US Ecology Texas