Recycle dog collars, leashes, and harnesses at Petco!

In honor of Global Recycling Day, Petco stores will be collecting old dog collars, leashes, and harnesses for recycling!

Did you know? Pet gear needs to be replaced regularly to maintain comfort and safety.

When you drop off your accepted items at Petco, we’ll recycle them into products such as plastic lumber and pallets, leather accessories, and filling for pet bedding, insulation, and sports equipment.

Don’t wait! This promotion ends March 29. As an added bonus: Fetch 40% off a brand-new collar, leash, or harness when you trade in your old ones.

Accepts rechargeable batteries and cell phones/ phone batteries

Compost Workshops

Offered every Sunday at 11:30 AM.

Composting turns organic waste that would end up in a landfill into nutrient-rich soil. Lower your carbon footprint, divert waste, and enhance your garden all with one solution. Join us for a one-hour workshop to get you started and answer questions. (Included with cost of admission)

On the first Sunday of the month, the compost workshop will be offered in English and Spanish. On the last Sunday of the month, the workshop will cover Vermicomposting!

Compost bins are available for $35 to Chula Vista residents who have attended one of the City’s composting workshops or the Master Composter Course.

Chula Vista residents can receive free admission to the Living Coast on select Sundays! Click here to sign up.

A nonprofit dedicated to making vehicle donations simple and beneficial for donors while supporting children’s education and mentorship programs

Accepts Rechargeable Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts Ebike Batteries

Accepts Ebike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

• Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

E-Bike Batteries accepted

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Accepts E-Bike Batteries

Battery Recycling- Accepts E-Bike Batteries ONLY

Accepts E-Bike Batteries ONLY

Accepts rechargeable batteries cellphones

HOW DOES IT WORK?

We collect and recycle natural wine corks to create high-performance composite materials and components.

Recycle your natural wine corks at your local ReCORK Public Collection Partner.

We collect and recycle natural wine corks to create high-performance composite materials and components.

Recycle your natural wine corks at your local ReCORK Public Collection Partner.

We collect and recycle natural wine corks to create high-performance composite materials and components.

Recycle your natural wine corks at your local ReCORK Public Collection Partner.

Save your wine corks!

At San Diego Deconstruction and Demolition, we master both traditional demolition and deconstruction processes to meet the unique needs of our clients. In traditional demolition, our crews systematically dismantle building structures and send the source-separated remnants to the recycling yard, landfill, or specialized disposal facilities if necessary.

Deconstruction, however, involves meticulous planning and precision. This process requires detailed assessment of each structural component for potential reuse. Each salvageable material is carefully disassembled, sorted, packaged, and shipped for future reuse. Any non-reusable materials are responsibly recycled. Deconstruction embodies the purest form of recycling—reuse.

San Diego, California, February 2004-present: Life Acts is an active 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization taking food & resources to the needy in San Diego & to other global communities in crisis. Life Acts partners with conscientious businesses, community groups, and people, who serve the worldwide cause to bring hope, relief, & resources to people in need. Every month, we feed over 6,000+ people.

Book donation center.

Contact us for all of your buying, selling or donating needs!

Book donation center.

We have expanded our inventory to include: puzzles, games, Comics, graphic novels, Non-Fiction, DVD’s, CD’s, Audiobooks and Cookbooks, as well as, Suspense, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Romance, Sci-Fi, True Crime, Westerns, Adventures, Cozy Mystery, Christian and more.

We offer curbside pickup, phone orders or email orders for guests at high risk.

619-462-4200

Email orders: bookplacesandiego@gmail.com

What can I donate to Father Joe’s Villages?

Donation Drop-Off
Monday – Sunday
10:00 am until donation capacity is reached.

Please call 619-600-3778 prior to coming to the store to donate goods.

A San Diego Used Bookstore. Buy – Sell – Trade

Fashion consignment store. Our best sellers (items that bring you the greatest return) are designer handbags and accessories, anything by Chanel, better label workout wear, current style designer clothing, and designer jewelry (both costume and fine jewelry).

Accepts:

• Designer Clothing
• Jewelry
• Handbags
• Shoes
• Sunglasses

At Local Book Donations, our goal is simple: we want to encourage you to donate used books locally. We aim to help keep books in the community, save unnecessary waste and shipping, and most importantly, shine a spotlight on local organizations who can benefit from your old books.

We feature nonprofits, literacy charities, libraries, and used bookstores where you can exchange your books. America is a nation of the great novel, and the more books we can save and pass on, the richer everyone will be.

Curie is the first company in the United States to offer smoke alarm recycling. Until now, smoke alarms have been typically thrown in the garbage. CuriePack^SM offers an economical solution for these environmentally sensitive devices.

Curie Environmental Services offers a mail in program for radioactive smoke alarms.

This organization receives food donations from businesses to distribute to clients / the community.

This organization receives food donations from businesses to distribute to clients / the community.

Accepts non-perishable food and perishable food

We are group of volunteers that enjoy serving our community. We provide meal essentials for  families in the National City area, as well as our surrounding cities.

I Love to Glean is a fiscally-sponsored nonprofit corporation formed to partner with others to facilitate countrywide food recovery systems that increase the capacity for recovery and distribution of otherwise wasted food. We work with feeding agencies, kitchens, and direct clients.

Edible Food Recovery Organization

From one location to thousands, from produce to pizza to paper towels, we are the Donation Engine for your business.

Food Recovery Collection Service Area: Vista, Oceanside, San Marcos, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Escondido

churchoffice@faithvista.org

760-724-7700

Types of Food Accepted: Fresh Produce (whole fruit & vegetables) Shelf-stable/ Non-perishable Foods Perishable Foods (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.) Baked Goods Prepared Foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Food Recovery Collection Service Area: Escondido

mark.litreal@usw.salvationarmy.org

(760) 745-8616

Types of Food Accepted:

Fresh Produce (whole fruit & vegetables), Shelf-stable/ Non-perishable Foods, Perishable Foods (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.), Frozen Foods, Baked Goods

Food Recovery Collection Service Area: Escondido

donations@interfaithservices.org

(760) 489-6380

Types of Food Accepted:

Fresh Produce (whole fruit & vegetables), Shelf-stable/ Non-perishable Foods, Perishable Foods (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.), Frozen Foods, Baked Goods

Servicing all of San Diego County

No local office: national company headquartered in Tennessee

P.O. Box 22787

Knoxville, TN 37934

ContactUs@foodtodonate.com

(800) 831-8161

Types of Food Accepted:

Prepared (food prepared in a commercial kitchen but not served to customers)

Frozen items

Services Chula Vista and surrounding communities within 40 miles.

Phone: (619) 866-1469

Email: Zenaida Orellano

zorellana@sdrescue.org

Types of Food Accepted: Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables), Shelf-stable/ non-perishables Perishables, Prepared (food prepared in a commercial kitchen but not served to customers), Prepared frozen items

Services Chula Vista, Coronado, National City, Imperial Beach, San Diego and surrounding areas within 30 miles

Phone: (619) 761-6771

Email: Roberta “Bobbi” VanMechelen

robertavm2@gmail.com

Types of Food Accepted:

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables), Shelf-stable/ non-perishables, Perishables, Prepared (food prepared in a commercial kitchen but not served to customers), Prepared frozen items

This is a self-serve, self-load, and self-haul event. Residents must use their own containers, gloves, and shovels. If you are hauling mulch in an open truck bed, please bring a tarp. Commercial vehicles are not permitted.

Mulch application helps control weeds, is a great tool to help save water ( 2-3 inches of mulch retain soil moisture), prevent erosion, and moderate soil temperature.

Use of compost Improves plant growth and health, provides plant nutrients in a stable organic form, reduces erosion, and also helps conserve water by retaining soil moisture.

For more information, call Public Works at 760.639.6177.

Shelf-Stable/non-perishable foods

Contact ivette.Garcia@syhealth.org for any food donation inquiries

Please limit your donations at these sites to one or two bags of food. Many of our public donation drop off sites are small, local businesses with limited storage capacity and are not equipped to accept large amounts of donations.

If you would like to drop off larger quantities of food, please do so at our Miramar or Vista distribution centers.

Please limit your donations at these sites to one or two bags of food. Many of our public donation drop off sites are small, local businesses with limited storage capacity and are not equipped to accept large amounts of donations.

Fresh produce (whole fruit and vegetables)

Prepared food, packaged food

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable
Perishable (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Prepared (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)
Frozen foods

williamandkim@hotmail.com

(858) 337-0613 (Kim Rearick)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)
Beverages

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)
Bulk Foods

Food Recovery Collection Service Area: Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido, Carlsbad, Encinitas

isabel@calvaryoceanside.org

lindag@calvaryoceanside.org

(760) 754-1234 x 239

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Beverages

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Beverages
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)
Bulk Foods

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Baked Goods
Beverages

keith@theokc.com

(760)707-8108

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Perishable food (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)
Frozen Foods
Baked Goods
Candy and soda
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable food
Baked Goods
Prepared foods (hot, cold, or frozen prepared food)

Fresh produce, perishables, and
non-perishables.

Monday thru Friday every week

Fresh produce, perishables and
non-perishables.

Primarily Spanish Speaking

u-Tool-ize is a tool lending program intended on providing community members with free access to tools and equipment, with the goal of fostering environmental stewardship, sustainable practices, and personal empowerment. The tool library carries a diverse range of tools for home improvement, gardening, electrical, plumbing, automotive, bicycle, and crafting which can all be borrowed, just like books, by NCPL cardholders. This program launched in July 2024 and is supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

Before borrowing any tools or equipment, users must:

• Verify identity with a government issued photo ID AND National City Public Library card (full privilege and in good standing)
• Read and sign the u-Tool-ize user agreement (signing can be done electronically when you visit u-Tool-ize)
• Read and sign the liability waiver and indemnification form (signing can be done electronically when you visit u-Tool-ize)
• Be 18 years of age or older
• Create a tool library account on MyTurn

After completing those steps users can check out up to five (5) tools at a time for up to seven (7) days. All tools are first come, first served. Tools must be returned clean. View tool inventory

The U-Tool-ize tool library is located on the second floor of the library, down the hall from the Tech Lab and restrooms. Tools can be checked out during the tool library’s designated open hours. Tools can be returned to the tool library’s during its designated open hours and to the Computer Center during all other library hours.

CARE carpet drop-off location

Please note: Area rugs are not covered under the CARE Program and therefore are not accepted.

California Drop-off Site Map

Do you accept carpet directly from the public? Yes
Tip Fee/Discount for Carpet: $0 for homeowners (DIYer’s); $0 per load (Pick-Up Truck/Van); $0 per load (Stake Bed/Box Van); Larger loads please call ahead for pricing (Larger than Stake Bed and Box Van with Trailers)

CARE carpet drop-off location

Please note: Area rugs are not covered under the CARE Program and therefore are not accepted.

California Drop-off Site Map

Do you accept carpet directly from the public? Yes
Kinds of carpet accepted (e.g. nylon only) All Types
Tip Fee: For Homeowners/DIY: $15.00 per load; Pick-Up Truck/Van: $25.00 per load; Stake Bed/Box Van: $50.00 per load. Larger loads call ahead for pricing (larger than stake bed and box van with trailers)

Learn how the City of San Diego will review the trash and recycling collection services it provides and potential new customer fees.

Tell us your preferences.

Complete a brief online survey! This survey will help the City of San Diego better understand your needs and views about trash, recycling and organic waste collection services in the City.

https://cleangreensd.org/questionnaire/

Fresh produce, perishables, and
non-perishables.

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishable
Perishable
Prepared (food prepared in a commercial kitchen but not
served to customers)
Frozen items

Donate your produce to help improve local community health and strengthen the local food system – while reducing food waste! We are partnering with Fresh Food Connect to launch our Homegrown Hunger Relief program in the communities of Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach and Balboa Park!

Donation Station Locations and times:

• San Diego Botanic Garden – 300 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas: Sundays 9:30am-5:00pm

• Encinitas Library – 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas: Sundays 9:30am-5:00pm

• Olivenhain Germania Hotel – 7th & Cole Ranch Rd: Sundays 9:30am-5:00pm

• Healthy Day Partners Harvest Yard – 425 Raphael Ct. Encinitas: Everyday 9:30am-5:00pm

• Encinitas Community Garden – for community gardeners only: Sundays 9:30am-5:00pm

• Village Rock Shop – Carlsbad Village – 2690 State St., Carlsbad Sundays 9:30am-4:00pm

• Jimbo’s – Carlsbad Forum – 1923 Calle Barcelona, Sundays 9:30am-5:00pm

  Contact Mim with any questions: 714-329-1349

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables)
Shelf-stable/ non-perishables
Perishables
Prepared frozen items

Services Carlsbad, Coronado, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, National City, Oceanside, San Diego and areas of San Diego County within 40 miles of its location

Phone: (619) 386-5166

Email: Yessika Pena

yessika@togetherhospice.com

In 2021, we began offering collection bins for plastic bags and films in our U.S. stores. Our program is designed to collect these materials and mix them into a bale with other recyclables. We contract with companies to pick up these bales for sorting and recycling. Although our contracts with these companies require these items to be recycled to the maximum extent practicable, in some circumstances, the companies we contract with determine that items placed in our bins cannot be recycled—for example, a plastic bag may be contaminated.

Your items will be sent to Homeboy Recycling & Debrand Services
for upcycling, recycling, donations, or refurbishing.

We accept all Women’s, Men’s, and Kid’s apparel items with the exception of intimates, swimwear, and socks.

We accept apparel in any condition whether that be stained, ripped, or broken. We just ask that you launder everything before sending it our way. Once received, we’ll sort and recycle your items for a second life — from new textiles to new projects, including furniture batting, insulation, & padding — sending nothing to landfill.

Bring in 5+ items of unwanted clothing from your wardrobe &
receive 15% off your purchase.

Your items will be sent to Homeboy Recycling & Debrand Services
for upcycling, recycling, donations, or refurbishing.

We accept all Women’s, Men’s, and Kid’s apparel items with the exception of intimates, swimwear, and socks.

We accept apparel in any condition whether that be stained, ripped, or broken. We just ask that you launder everything before sending it our way. Once received, we’ll sort and recycle your items for a second life — from new textiles to new projects, including furniture batting, insulation, & padding — sending nothing to landfill.

Bring in 5+ items of unwanted clothing from your wardrobe &
receive 15% off your purchase.

Your items will be sent to Homeboy Recycling & Debrand Services
for upcycling, recycling, donations, or refurbishing.

We accept all Women’s, Men’s, and Kid’s apparel items with the exception of intimates, swimwear, and socks.

We accept apparel in any condition whether that be stained, ripped, or broken. We just ask that you launder everything before sending it our way. Once received, we’ll sort and recycle your items for a second life — from new textiles to new projects, including furniture batting, insulation, & padding — sending nothing to landfill.

How it Works

1. Print your pre-paid shipping label
2. Drop off your package at your local USPS
3. Earn GUESS credit to redeem on new styles.

Services are reserved to residents of the the City of Santee and Unincorporated San Diego County only.

Household hazardous waste and electronic waste is accepted.

Did you know that household cleaners are considered hazardous waste? Learn more about it by visiting our Resources page.

Services: 

–Drop off  by appointment only on Saturdays between 9 AM – 1 PM at 925 O’Connor St, El Cajon, CA 92020. This facility is open every Saturday excluding holidays.

– City of Santee residents can get curbside pick-up of motor oil and used oil filters. Call Waste Management to schedule 619-596-5100.

Hours of operation:

-Every Saturday of the month by appointment only.

Santee Residents please call Waste Management to schedule an appointment, using the following steps:

1. Call Waste Management at 619-596-5100
2. Say “Household Hazardous Waste” when the virtual assistant asks what you want help with. This will bring you to the Haul Away landing zone
3. If you are a WM customer, say your address or account number (City of Santee residents and some County residents are serviced by WM)
4. If you are NOT a WM customer, say “No Address” or “No Account”
5. Say “Residential” when asked if it is a residential, business, or contractor address.
6. You will be connected with an agent who can schedule your HHW drop-off appointment
7. Please note:  If it associates your phone# with an account for a different facility, for example, Temecula, repeat “No Address”

Maximum Transportation Limits: 

-15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds total volume of household hazardous waste.

Handling instructions:

-Leave products in the existing container, if possible.

-Ensure lids are on tight so containers will no leak.

-Transport containers in the trunk or in the back of the vehicle away from passengers and pets

-Do not transport over 15 gallons or 125 pounds at one time.

-Containers used for transport must be no larger than a 5 gallon bucket.

Other requirements:

-Bring proof of residency in the form of a drivers license or a utility bill.

-Gasoline needs to be in an approved container, commonly found at auto parts stores. Please note, containers are not returned.

-Needles/sharps should be transported in a rigid, puncture-resistant, tightly-sealed container, including: bleach bottles, liquid detergent bottles, or coffee cans with lids.

-Empty containers can be recycled in your blue bin.

Almost every bottle and can you use can be recycled. Look at the label for the universal recycle symbol and the words CA CASH REFUND or CA CRV.* Containers with these markings are good to go in your curbside bin and will be accepted at the recycling center. For more information about the CRV program, check out our Frequently Asked Questions. Other acceptable labels include “California Redemption Value,” “CA Redemption Value” or “California Cash Refund.”

There’s no need to wash or crush your recyclables. Just separate your aluminum, glass, and plastic containers in different bags or bins, and head for the recycling center.

Recycling centers are not owned or operated by the State of California. All recycling center days and hours of operation are determined and overseen by the individual recycling center operator and must be posted at the center. Centers are required to be open a minimum of 30 hours per week, at least five days a week, and at least one weekend day. If you would like to report a recycling center closure or file a formal complaint regarding a certified recycling center, please email CalRecycle or call 1-800-RECYCLE.

Cali Resources primarily recycles for commercial customers.

If you are a resident, please call first to confirm accepted items for recycling.

Products Recycled

Cali Resources is a state-of-the-art full service electronics recycling facility. Cali Resources provides tracking and audit of downstream processing to ensure proper handling. The following is a partial list of electronic items that Cali Resources recycles.

Computer Towers

Servers

Keyboards

Mouse

Cell Phones

Printers

Copiers

Facsimile Machines

Stereo Systems

Calculators

Speakers

Telephones

DVD Players

VCRs

Wires

Cables

Connectors

MP3 Players

Audio Devices

Appliances

Automotive

Electrical and Mechanical parts

Cardboard

Plastics

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals

If you have electrical or electronic equipment to recycle, or mechanical equipment to recycle, even if it is not on this list, please contact Cali Resources to coordinate your recycling needs.

Beverage Container CRV Recycling

Beverage Container CRV Recycling

Beverage Container CRV Recycling

Dirty bins attract unwanted pests, from ants to flies, to maggots!

​Servicing the San Diego area!

​Call or email us for a free estimate on your trashcan cleaning

Email: ScrubbishSD@gmail.com or call 619-523-8135

PakTech beverage handles are made of High Density Polyethylene (#2 HDPE), one of the more commonly accepted plastics in curbside recycling programs. Yet though they’re made of a recyclable material they are rarely picked up or read correctly by the sorting systems at Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs).

Customers can return PakTech beverage toppers to the Jumbo’s Brewery takeback bins. The restaurant will then transport the collected PakTechs to one of our collaborative hubs. At this point, PakTechs will be put through a grinder to turn them into a small, usable size for what is to come next.

For more information please visit: https://sdbrewcycling.org/paktechs

To Serve individuals and families in our community with food and essentials with dignity and compassion

Services Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, National City, San Diego and surrounding areas within 20 miles.

Phone: (619) 761-6771

Email: Brenda Trejo

operationpromise630@gmail.com

Types of Food Accepted:

Fresh produce (whole fruit & vegetables), Shelf-stable/ non-perishables, Perishables, Prepared (food prepared in a commercial kitchen but not served to customers), Prepared frozen items

Bring us your food scraps to add to our hot piles and worm tunnel

Call center to verify details and accepted items.

Coupons available on website.