SVR is responsible for providing secure long-term solid waste disposal and resource recovery service to all of its members in an environmentally sound and cost-effective manner. 

To accomplish this goal, SVR currently owns one active and three closed landfills, a recycling center, and a transfer station, and oversees the operation of these facilities. SVR is also responsible for overseeing future landfill siting or expansion to meet the area’s long-term solid waste disposal needs.