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*South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station

Address: 4430 Calle Real Santa Barbara, CA
Phone: (805) 681-4345

Accepts the following materials from South Coast communities and the Santa Ynez Valley for recycling: scrap aluminum, aluminum cans, appliances, asphalt, audio and video tapes, household batteries (no nickel cadmium or rechargeable batteries), vehicular batteries, compact and digital video disks, all types of electronics and small appliances, brick, cardboard, concrete, drywall, fluorescent lights, glass [no window panes], gravel, magazines and junk mail, metal, metal cans, newspapers, white and color paper, paperboard, hard plastics nos. 1 through 7, audio and video tapes, tires, wood pallets, and wood. Also sells discounted Earth Machine composting bin.

Households may obtain free mulch for their homes and gardens by accessing a pile that is maintained at the South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station. Also, for a fee, qualified trucks (no pickup trucks or trailers) may be loaded with large amounts of mulch. For more information, please call (805) 681-4345. Finally, the County will also deliver mulch for a fee in a dump truck, a roll-off truck, or a semi-truck, after a Purchase Agreement/Liability Waiver form has been signed. To schedule a delivery of mulch, please call (805) 681-4981.

Hours

Facility is open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Fees

For more information on fees, visit the South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station web page on the County website.

Materials accepted