Location and Hours:
The Recycling Center is located at 605 Dimeo Lane, which intersects Highway 1 about 3 miles north of the City limits. The facility is open Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and closed on Sundays, with the following exceptions:
- Closed Thanksgiving Day
- Closes at 12 noon on December 24 (Christmas Eve)
- Closed all day December 25 (Christmas Day)
- Closes at 12 noon on December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
- Closed all day January 1 (New Year’s Day)
The Recycling Center accepts the following items FREE:
| paper |
Containers |
- White and colored paper
- Brochures and flyers
- Envelopes
(windows and stamps OK)
- Junk mail
(remove any plastic)
- Newspaper
(No need to bag or bundle, no plastic bags or rubber bands)
- Magazines, catalogs, phone books
(no need to bag or bundle)
- Paperboard
(cereal boxes, beer and soda packs, shoe boxes, egg cartons)
- Paper bags - any color
(to reduce waste save and reuse)
- Corrugated cardboard - No waxed
(large amounts accepted, no need to bundle)
- Hardback and paperback books
- Shredded paper - contained in a paper bag. (No crosscut paper)
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- Glass bottles and jars - all colors
(beer, wine, soda, food, etc.)
Rinse clean, remove caps, lids, corks; paper labels OK.
- Metal cans - Keep loose
(aluminum, tin, steel, bi-metal, food-aerosol) Rinse clean, paper labels OK.
- Aluminum
(cans, pie plates, trays, foil wrap)
Must be clean. Flatten and fold foil -
do not ball up.
- Plastic containers #1 - #5 & #7
(plastic bottles, jars and tubs)
Rinse clean, remove caps and lids.
- NO POLYSTYRENE (#6)
- Plastic bags and plastic film (clean, dried, bagged and tied)
RIGID PLASTICS
- 5 gallon buckets
- Molded plastics (like lawn chairs, toys)
- Nursery pots & microwave trays
- Laundry baskets
- Plastic storage bins
- Plastic hangers
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| Not RecyCLable |
- Waxed paper or cardboard
- Paper plates, paper cups, paper towels, napkins, or tissues
- Plastic-coated paper or cardboard
- Milk cartons
- Aseptic packaging (juice boxes, soy milk containers)
- Wet or food-contaminated paper or cardboard
- Crosscut paper (fibers too short)
- Blueprints
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- Styrofoam blocks, peanuts or cups
- Drinking glasses
- Dishware and ceramics
- Cookware (Pyrex)
- Window glass and mirrors
- Light bulbs (incandescent)
- Non-food aerosol cans
- Single plastic bags
- Plastic cups, clamshells & utensils
- Plastic motor oil bottles
- Clothing and shoes
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Other Non-Recyclable Items:
- Rubber bands
- PVC pipe
- Tarps
- Carpet
- Brake fluid (Household Hazardous Waste)
- Household Hazardous Wastes (Saturday only 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Additional recyclable items accepted for FREE:
- Fluorescent lightbulbs and tubes (limit 10 per visit)
- Household batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9-volt, button cell and other)
- Scrap metal
- Used oil filters
(drain and place in zip-lock or plastic bag with tie)
- Used motor oil
(call 831-420-5220 to request a free, 2-1/2 gallon container)
- Anti-freeze, Transmission fluid
- Auto batteries
- Computers and monitors
- Televisions and stereos
- Small electronics (DVD players, radios, toasters, hair dryers, etc)
- Motors, engines and transmissions (must be drained of all fluids)
The Recycling Center accepts these items for a FEE:
(see Resource Recovery Facility Fees for charges)
- Refrigerators/freezer
- Water heaters
- Washers
- Dryers
- Stoves and microwaves
- Mattresses
- Box Springs
- Air conditioners
- Tires
- Tree stumps
- Greenwaste
Questions?
Call Customer Service
831-420-5220
email