Firestone Complete Auto Care – National City West

This location accepts used motor oil up to 1 gallon at no charge – any amount above that is 50 cents per gallon.  Used oil filters are accepted at no charge and they’ll recycle unmounted tires for $7 each.

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Auto Zone – Spring Valley South

This location accepts used motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, and car/motorcycle batteries. Receive $10 store credit for recycling your batteries!

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Loan-A-Tool® Program

Need a specialty tool to check a system or make a replacement? With Loan-A-Tool®, you can get the tool from us, return it when you’re done, and save a bundle. Contact store for details and specifics on which tools are available for rental.

Firestone Complete Auto Care – El Cajon

This location accepts used motor oil and oil filters at no charge. Recycle passenger tires with no rim for $3.50

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

A Bedder World Mattress Removal and Recycling

A Bedder World will pick up mattresses, box springs, futons, bed frames, and toppers from residents and businesses in San Diego County. Fees apply, call to schedule a pick-up appointment.

DOES NOT TAKE MATTRESSES WITH BED BUGS!

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A & B Truck Recycling

Find any part that you need at affordable prices at A & B Truck Recycling. Our business in San Diego, California, is your place for affordable new and used foreign and domestic truck parts, as well as towing, wrecking, and salvaging services.

Firestone Complete Auto Care – National City East

This location accepts used motor oil up to 1 gallon and oil filters at no charge; there is a charge of 50 cents per gallon over.   Firestone recycles unmounted tires for $7 each.

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Battery Pros Battery

BP Battery has been a family owned & operated business since 1987. For two generations now we’ve been serving your battery needs. To find out about our wide range of battery services, emergency replacement services, or for a program consultation.

*This business only takes lead-based batteries found in vehicles, boats and commercial machinery. No regular household batteries are accepted at this location.

 

Contact for service.

Auto Zone – National City

This location accepts used motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, and car/motorcycle batteries. Receive $10 store credit for recycling your batteries!

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

For more details: https://www.autozone.com/diy/trustworthy-advice/what-does-autozone-recycle

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Loan-A-Tool® Program

Need a specialty tool to check a system or make a replacement? With Loan-A-Tool®, you can get the tool from us, return it when you’re done, and save a bundle. Contact store for details and specifics on which tools are available for rental.

 

Auto Zone – San Marcos

This location accepts used motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, and car/motorcycle batteries. Receive $10 store credit for recycling your batteries!

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Loan-A-Tool® Program

Need a specialty tool to check a system or make a replacement? With Loan-A-Tool®, you can get the tool from us, return it when you’re done, and save a bundle. Contact store for details and specifics on which tools are available for rental.

858 Appliance

At 858Appliance we specialize in the diagnostics and repair of air conditioning and heating units, refrigerators and freezers, washer and dryers, garbage disposal units, microwaves, range ovens and stoves, cooktops and more.  Our expert technicians will come to you the same day and we are committed to getting to the bottom of your problem as quickly as possible.  We will provide you with an honest and accurate estimate so you know exactly what to expect as soon as we can, with no surprises.

We offer same day service in all of San Diego County and, in addition to offering the best prices in town we are pleased to back up the quality of our work with a 120 day parts and labor warranty.

Our service fee is $39 and we offer a free service call with any repair.

Box Brothers – Clairemont Mesa

This location will reuse packing peanuts and bubble wrap. Pick-up service available for large quantities.

Call for more information.

AutoZone | Encinitas | Used Oil Collection Center

This location accepts used motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, and car/motorcycle batteries.

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this Used Oil Certified Collection Center to ensure hours and program participation.

Loan-A-Tool® Program

Need a specialty tool to check a system or make a replacement? With Loan-A-Tool®, you can get the tool from us, return it when you’re done, and save a bundle. Contact store for details and specifics on which tools are available for rental.

Borrego Springs Library

Did you know you can safely recycle your batteries for free by taking them to 14 San Diego County Library branches?

That’s right, the library. It’s not just for books; it’s for batteries too!

Just bring them to the battery drop-off bins located inside the 14 branches. The libraries primarily collect standard alkaline batteries — Cs, Ds, AAs, AAAs, 9-volts, you name it. But they can also take rechargeable batteries; lithium batteries must be bagged separately.

Please tape positive end of batteries to reduce flammability and place batteries in a resealable bag.

Donated Materials Policy

The San Diego County Library is no longer accepting physical donations of materials for the collection, with the exception of items produced by local authors or musicians.

The Library purchases materials at steep discounts that come with labels, barcodes and covers, ready for customer use. It is more expensive to accept a donation and prepare it for circulation than it is for the Library to purchase a title that comes prepared by our vendors. If you would like to support the Library’s collection, we encourage you to donate funds for the purchase of physical and digital materials for our communities.

If you are looking for an organization to donate your books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, or magazines to, consider contacting one of the organizations below:

Your Branch Friends of the Library
Many branch Friends of the Library groups accept book donations for their book sales. Please check their websites or phone ahead to ensure that your donation can be accepted at this time. Items donated to the Friends of the Library are sold to support San Diego County Library branch collections and events.

Salvation Army (books, DVDs, CDs)
1-800-728-7825

Goodwill (books, DVDs, CDs)
1-800-GOODWILL

Amvets (books, DVDs, CDs)
877-990-8387

Vietnam Veterans of America (books, DVDs, CDs)
877-775-8387

Father Joe’s Villages (books, DVDs, CDs – limit 5 boxes):
1-800-HOMELESS

Kids Need to Read (like new kids’ books)
480-256-0115

Bridge to Asia (books)
510-665-3998

You can also recycle books and magazines in your recycle bins, particularly if they are damaged or outdated.

Auto Zone – Fallbrook

This location accepts used motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, and car/motorcycle batteries. Receive $10 store credit for recycling your batteries!

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Loan-A-Tool® Program

Need a specialty tool to check a system or make a replacement? With Loan-A-Tool®, you can get the tool from us, return it when you’re done, and save a bundle. Contact store for details and specifics on which tools are available for rental.

Bonita – Sunnyside Branch Library

Did you know you can safely recycle your batteries for free by taking them to 14 San Diego County Library branches?

That’s right, the library. It’s not just for books; it’s for batteries too!

Just bring them to the battery drop-off bins located inside the 14 branches. The libraries primarily collect standard alkaline batteries — Cs, Ds, AAs, AAAs, 9-volts, you name it. But they can also take rechargeable batteries; lithium batteries must be bagged separately.

Please tape positive end of batteries to reduce flammability and place batteries in a resealable bag.

You can also recycle your U.S. flags at this site and many other library sites in the county as well.

Donated Materials Policy

The San Diego County Library is no longer accepting physical donations of materials for the collection, with the exception of items produced by local authors or musicians.

The Library purchases materials at steep discounts that come with labels, barcodes and covers, ready for customer use. It is more expensive to accept a donation and prepare it for circulation than it is for the Library to purchase a title that comes prepared by our vendors. If you would like to support the Library’s collection, we encourage you to donate funds for the purchase of physical and digital materials for our communities.

If you are looking for an organization to donate your books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, or magazines to, consider contacting one of the organizations below:

Your Branch Friends of the Library
Many branch Friends of the Library groups accept book donations for their book sales. Please check their websites or phone ahead to ensure that your donation can be accepted at this time. Items donated to the Friends of the Library are sold to support San Diego County Library branch collections and events.

Salvation Army (books, DVDs, CDs)
1-800-728-7825

Goodwill (books, DVDs, CDs)
1-800-GOODWILL

Amvets (books, DVDs, CDs)
877-990-8387

Vietnam Veterans of America (books, DVDs, CDs)
877-775-8387

Father Joe’s Villages (books, DVDs, CDs – limit 5 boxes):
1-800-HOMELESS

Kids Need to Read (like new kids’ books)
480-256-0115

Bridge to Asia (books)
510-665-3998

You can also recycle books and magazines in your recycle bins, particularly if they are damaged or outdated.

Auto Zone – San Luis Rey

This location accepts used motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, and car/motorcycle batteries. Receive $10 store credit for recycling your batteries!

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

Loan-A-Tool® Program

Need a specialty tool to check a system or make a replacement? With Loan-A-Tool®, you can get the tool from us, return it when you’re done, and save a bundle. Contact store for details and specifics on which tools are available for rental.

3 in 1 Refinishing

BATHTUBS, CLAW-FOOT TUBS, CAST IRON, FIBERGLASS
Bathtubs come in all materials, and age in different ways. We are experts in repairing worn surfaces on bathtubs and showers. Even if it’s been previously refinished, we can work with it. We do residential and commercial work.
Contact us for a Free Estimate.

SHOWERS, BATH SHOWERS
Give your shower a bright, new appearance by refinishing the stained and worn fiberglass shower pan. Yes, there is a bit of work involved, but if you can clean, sand and use a spray paint can you can create a beautiful new shower stall.
Contact us for a Free Estimate.

KITCHEN COUNTERS, BATH COUNTER-TOPS, LAMINATES, TILE
We can refinish counter tops in your kitchen and bath room. Whether it’s laminate or cultured marble, we can refinish it. We have a wide selection of finishes. Solid colors and those that look like granite and marble, so we can take your ugly surfaces, and make them pretty.
Contact us for a Free Estimate.

HOT-TUBS, SPAS, FIBERGLASS ENCLOSURES, WHIRLPOOLS
We repair and refinish spas, jacuzzis, fiberglass enclosures. Harsh chemicals, abrasives, and heat eventually take the finish off. We put the finish back on. Plain and simple, your hot-tub or shower will look like new. We do residential and commercial work.
Contact us for a Free Estimate.

COMMERCIAL REFINISHING WORKcount
Commercial work includes hard surfaces in apartments to restaurants to offices.
Contact us for a Free Estimate.

Auntie Helen’s Thrift Store

Donate clothing and supplies

We accept new and gently used merchandise (clothing, books, household items, furniture, books) for our thrift store.

We also accept new items for hygiene kits, like toothbrushes and individually-sized toiletries.

Donations Accepted at the back of the store:

Currently donations are accepted on

Sat, and Sun:  10 am – 2 pm

We will soon be accepting donations on additional days!

Bonita Point 76 Auto Care

This location accepts used motor oil and oil filters at no charge.

Oil contaminated with water, gas, or other automotive fluids will not be accepted. Call 1-800-237-BLUE to find the nearest household hazardous waste collection center.

Call this certified collection center to ensure hours and program participation.

AT&T – Fallbrook

Recycle your old cellphones, smartphones, cell phone batteries and cellphone accessories (regardless of manufacturer or carrier) through AT&T’s Reuse and Recycle Program.

1-800-HAUL-OUT

1-800-HAUL-OUT provides non-hazardous junk removal services.

This company sorts and separates items to divert as much as possible from the landfill. Over 65% of material collected is recycled.

Lawnmowers and motor-driven garden tools should be free of any gasoline and motor oil.

Call for more information.

1-800-GOT-JUNK

1-800-Got-Junk offers commercial junk removal services, residential junk removal services, and scrap metal removal and recycling.