About Us
California Waste Services (CWS) is an independently owned company that began operation in 1999 to provide superior customer service to Southern California not yet experienced in the roll-off dumpster hauling industry. The company was founded by two waste industry veterans from Colorado after their roll-off dumpster hauling operation and transfer/processing facility located in Basalt was sold.
CWS began operation solely as a roll-off dumpster hauling company only to realize within a year that the future in California was to integrate the recycling of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. In the late 1990s, California State Assembly Bill 939 — which mandated 50 percent of a municipality's waste stream must be diverted from sanitary landfills — was winding its way though the State Legislature. Once the bill passed, recycling was to become state law. CWS was one of only a handful of hauling companies to identify this development and take action. In 2000, CWS opened the first C&D processing facility in Southern Los Angeles County. The Gardena/Harbor Gateway facility remains our only location and includes our corporate offices, maintenance facility and equipment storage area.
The C&D facility is permitted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to process up to 1000 tons a day of C&D waste. Today, more than 75 percent of all C&D waste delivered to the recycling facility is sorted into separate, reusable commodities. In fact, our current recycling rate meets the AB939 recycling goals set for the year 2020.
In 2005, CWS identified another industry trend because the availability to dispose inert waste materials in the South Bay of Los Angeles was finite and nearing capacity. CWS was granted a permit by the CIWMB to accept up to 1,500 tons a day of inert waste (dirt, concrete, sand, etc.) which continues in the new millennium, Meanwhile, within the next decade, the CWS Inert waste recycling facility will become the South Bay's main transfer point for inert materials when the two remaining inert landfills reach capacity and ultimately close for good.
On January 1, 2010, CWS was granted a permit to construct an automated sorting system that incorporates the world's latest technology. A four million dollar investment will allow CWS to remain the industry leader in C&D processing. Expected date of installation is set for the first half of 2012.
CWS would not be a success were it not for the outstanding individual efforts from the more than 100 area employees, most of whom have been with our company for more than a decade.
We look forward to the opportunity to serve you.
Sincerely,
Eric Casper
Founder/President
