Recycling

City of Encinitas Recycling Program
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	Residential Curbside Single Stream Recycling
Mixed Paper	Copy paper, "junk" mail, magazines, telephone books, cereal boxes (no cartons with waxy coating), etc.
Newspaper & Cardboard	All types (pizza boxes okay if not too soiled)
Aluminum cans & steel (tin) cans	All types
Glass containers	All colors accepted
Plastics*	Plastic bottles and jugs marked # 1 or #2 and all beverage containers labeled CA Redemption Value or CA Cash Refund.
Green Waste	Recycle yard waste material (grass clippings, weeds, tree branches, leaves, hedge trimmings, etc.) every week on the same day as rubbish collection. Place landscape material in a rigid yard waste can, not to exceed 32-gal. capacity.

	Options for Apartment & Condo Dwellers
If your apartment building or HOA provides recycling for the complex, see the single stream options above.
Drop off Location (no $ redemption)
EDCO Recycling Center 137 N. El Camino Real (Above the Sheriff Station, off El Camino Real) Open anytime- Accepts all the items listed above in the single stream section.
Buy- Back Centers ($ redemption)
#1. TOMRA Pacific Inc/Stater Bros #158 1048 N El Camino Real Encinitas CA 92024 (760) 943-7738 Buy-back machine, open anytime.
#2. TOMRA Pacific Inc/Vons #144 262 N El Camino Real Encinitas CA 92024 (909) 980-1204 Open Tuesday - Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Sometimes closed for lunch.

For more info on bottle and can recycling:
Department of Conservation Website

For more info click here: EDCO Recycling Info

Christmas Tree Recycling, City of Encinitas
Residents can place the Christmas tree out with the green waste recycling on normal collection days. NC TIMES ARTICLE ON CHRISTMAS TREE RECYLING.

This page maintained and updated with funds from the
California Department of Conservation.

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