MarBorg Industries - 119 North Quarantina Street.*South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station - 4430 Calle Real.If you have any questions about the County’s organic waste recycling programs, please contact us or call (805) 882-3618.
Please call each location before your visit for hours of operation and applicable fees. Scroll to the bottom for locations by community and region. Saturday Farmers Market (1119 E Cota Street, Santa Barbara, Saturday 8am – 1pm, residents only)Ĭlick here for a list of sites that accept green waste for businesses and residents. Isla Vista Food Co-Op (for Isla Vista residents only, located at 6575 Seville Road, carts are available at all times) Residents and commercial food scraps generators have the option to drop-off their food scraps at the following locations: Residents who self-haul their waste must also recycle their organic waste, but they are not required to maintain records. Click here for the self-hauler recordkeeping form. SB 1383 requires commercial organic waste generators, including landscapers, to maintain certain records if they self-haul their organic waste. Please visit your city’s website for specific details on how you can properly participate in organic waste recycling. Your jurisdiction has its own green cart recycling program. If you live or work in the cities of Carpinteria, Guadalupe, Lompoc, or Santa Maria:
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You'll need Windows Media Player or a similar program to listen to them: We also have Award Winning Songs that can help you figure out what can and can't go in your green cart in the areas described above. Santa Ynez Valley & South Coast Greenwaste Songs! Learn more by reading our Green Waste Do's and Don'ts. Remember, all materials on the "No" list go in the trash (or your home composting system if acceptable). Additionally, poisonous vegetation, like eucalyptus and oleander, leach toxins that can potentially harm us or our plant friends and will contaminate our mulch piles. This is because fibrous plants such as palm fronds or bamboo can jam the grinders at our facilities that are used to produce mulch. NO (Trash these): No food waste, plastic bags, plastic pots, wood ash, soil, rocks, ceramic pots, hoses, diapers, or pet waste please! Some types of plants should not be placed in the green container and must go in the trash, including agave, bamboo, cactus, cannabis, castor bean, eucalyptus, oleander, palm fronds, pampas grass, poison oak, thistle, yucca, and any invasive species. YES: Yard waste including of leaves, grass clippings, small branches, flowers, ivy, and other plants. The yard waste from your green cart is ground and chipped to produce mulch, which is readily available for community use. Only yard waste should be going into your green cart. If you are located in the cities of Buellton, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Solvang, or the unincorporated areas of the Santa Ynez Valley, and South Coast: Paper products that are meant to be waterproof have a plastic or wax lining and should go in the trash. NO (Trash these): Please do not put any plastic bags, soil, rocks, plant pots, hoses, pet waste, diapers, or plastic/wax lined paper products such as ice cream cartons, broth cartons, or single use paper cups in your green cart. You can also keep your food scraps in the fridge or freezer until collection day to reduce any odors. Place food waste in paper bags before putting in the green cart. Tips & Tricks: Use a kitchen pail to collect food scraps and other household organic waste as the week goes on. YES: Green containers in these areas now accept more types of organic waste, including grass clippings, leaves, small branches, flowers, plants, fruit or vegetable scraps, meats, bones, cheese, coffee grounds, tea bags (staples removed), coffee filters, used napkins, greasy pizza boxes, wet or food-soiled paper bags, moldy or bad leftovers, or plate waste. Everything placed in your green cart is made into compost at a local facility and then used in local agriculture. Green Cart Recycling If you are located in the unincorporated Lompoc or Santa Maria Valleys, including Los Alamos, Vandenburg Village, and Orcutt:Īll organic waste should now go into your green container! Organic waste includes all food scraps, food-soiled paper, and wet paper products along with yard waste.
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