South San Francisco Scavenger Company and Blue Line Transfer (SSFSC) are family owned companies that have been providing solid waste and recycling collection services to our local communities since 1914. Since our inception, we have maintained an enjoyable place to work, providing high quality service to all of our customers, and have minimized the negative impacts of our collection and waste processing services. We service the Cities of Millbrae, Brisbane, South San Francisco and the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Our owners live and work within San Mateo County, making our dedication to these communities personal; the long-term health and well being of the Cities we operate in sustains our employees, families and the livelihood of the business. HISTORY
The company began collecting waste and recyclables in 1914, and has operated continuously as a regulated company disposing of refuse from its service areas. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, SSFSC pioneered the transition from open dumps to the sanitary landfills of today. In the 1950’s and 1960’s we helped perfect the collection of refuse in watertight collection vehicles. In the 1970’s we started the first transfer station in northern California, with recovery of recyclables starting on opening day! In the 1980’s the firm was among the first to install prototype waste reduction and resource recovery technologies, including curbside collection of recyclable materials, motor oil and oil filters. Over the years, the waste and recycling industry has had to adapt because of increasingly stringent and complex environmental health standards put in place in order to protect and preserve the health and welfare of our communities. We have always focused on finding innovative and cost effective waste management practices for recycling and disposal and reducing greater amounts of refuse from the landfill.
