Facility Overview

Scholl Canyon Landfill is the only public landfill located in the City of Glendale. It is operated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and sits in the hills above the city, reached by taking the Figueroa Boulevard exit off the 134 Freeway and following Figueroa north until the road ends at the landfill. The facility is part of an integrated waste management and resource recovery system. While landfills remain an important asset, their role is a diminishing one as Glendale continues to advance toward its goal of zero waste through recycling, materials recovery, and alternative and conversion technologies.
 
Disposal and the waste shed Disposal at Scholl Canyon is limited by ordinance to solid waste generated within a defined set of Los Angeles County communities—including the incorporated cities of Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, and Sierra Madre, along with several neighboring unincorporated areas. This "waste shed" approach prioritizes access for agencies that do not have a landfill within their own jurisdiction. Turning landfill gas into energy Since 1994, the facility has captured the methane gas produced by decomposing waste and transported it via a five-mile pipeline to the city's Grayson Power Plant, where it helps fuel the steam boilers. The energy generated from Scholl Canyon landfill gas is certified as renewable under California's Renewable Portfolio Standard—turning a byproduct of the landfill into a clean power source for the community.