About Locations
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Locations marked with a "*" are run by the County of Santa Barbara, creators of LessIsMore.org.
*South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station
Address: 4430 Calle Real Santa Barbara, CAPhone: (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
Electronics
- Audio-Visual Equipment
- Business Electronics
- Cell Phones
- Computers & Peripherals
- DVDs, CDs and Video Cassettes
- Holiday Lights
- Laptop Computers
- Large Appliances
- Office Equipment
- Portable Electronics
- Small Appliances
- Telephones
- TVs and Computer Monitors
- Video Game Systems
Hazardous Waste
- CFLs - Compact Fluorescent Lights
- Fluorescent Light Tubes
- Non-Rechargeable Batteries
- Treated Wood
- Vehicular Batteries
Recycle
- Aluminum Scrap
- Brass and Bronze
- Cardboard and Paperboard
- Cast Iron
- Colored Paper and Junk Mail
- Copper
- Glass Containers
- Magazines, Catalogs and Phone Books
- Metal Cans
- Metals
- Newspaper
- Paper
- Paperback Books
- Plastic
- Plastic Bags
- Plastics #1 and #2
- Plastics #3 - #7
- Steel
- Tin
- White Paper and Computer Paper
Reduce & Reuse
- Asphalt
- Bicycles
- Bricks
- C & D Recycling
- Concrete
- Drywall Recycling
- Flooring
- Gravel
- Magazine, Catalog and Newspaper Reuse
- Masonry
- Mattress Recycling
- Propane Tank Reuse
- Roofing
- Sand
- Tires
- Vinyl Records

