County Programs Christmas Tree Recycling
No matter where you live in Santa Barbara County, it is easy to recycle your Christmas tree!
Reminders
To properly prepare your Christmas tree for recycling, please remove all ornaments, tinsel, and stands. Trees with stands and flocked trees cannot be recycled, and will not be accepted. Also, for trees over six feet, please cut them in half.
If you live in the City of Carpinteria and you are a customer of E.J. Harrison and Sons, you may place your tree in or near your green waste container on January 10, 2008.
If you live in the unincorporated areas of Carpinteria, Goleta, Hope Ranch, Isla Vista, Montecito, or Summerland, or in the Cities of Santa Barbara or Goleta, and you are a customer of Allied Waste (formerly known as Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI)) or MarBorg Industries, you may place your tree in or next to your green waste container or next to your trash container on those collection days.
For customers of Waste Management (also known as Health Sanitation Service (HSS)) who live in the following areas, please place your tree next to your trash container on collection day from January 7, through 11, 2008:
Cities of Buellton, Guadalupe, Santa Maria, and Solvang and the unincorporated areas of Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Mesa Oaks, Mission Hills, Orcutt, Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, and Vandenberg Village/Country Club.
If you live in the City of Lompoc, please place your Christmas tree near your trash containers by 7:00 a.m. on January 7, 2008 for pickup by the City.
Drop-Off Locations
If you do not have recycling service through your franchise waste hauler, you may drop your tree off at one of the following locations during normal operating hours:
South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station 4430 Calle Real Santa Barbara (805) 681-4345 Open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; this service is available for free through January 19 , 2008.
Health Sanitation Service 1850 W. Betteravia Road Santa Maria (805) 922-2121 Open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Lompoc Landfill South Avalon Road Lompoc (805) 875-8024 Open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on weekends and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Recycling and Transfer Station (formerly known as the Foxen Canyon Landfill) 4004 Foxen Canyon Road Los Olivos (805) 688-3555 Open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; this service is available for free through January 19, 2008.
Vandenberg Air Force Base Landfill Building 9505, 6th Street and Utah Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA 93437 (805) 606-7571 (Open to military family housing residents, Air Force personnel, and pre-approved contractors only.)
Holiday Waste Prevention Tips
You can help reduce the amount of waste generated in Santa Barbara County by taking a few of the following simple steps: - Flatten, save, & reuse gift boxes, wrapping paper, bows and gift bags; - Buy cards & wrapping paper products made with recycled paper; - After receiving new gifts, donate old items to a local charity or thrift store; - Save & reuse holiday decorations for future years; - Cut up brown paper grocery bags to wrap parcels for mailing; - Save bubble wrap & Styrofoam peanuts, or offer them to local private mailing stores;
If you have any questions, please call the County Public Works Department, Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division, at (805) 882-3616. Happy holidays!
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