What Would You Like to Recycle?
Recycling
Fee Schedules
Central Disposal Site
- Site overview
- Reuse & recycling area
- Municipal composting
- Wood reuse & recycling
- Landfill gas power plant
- Household Toxics Facility
Curbside garbage cart
Not accepted in the gray garbage cart:
The following items have either been banned from landfill disposal in Sonoma County or are considered hazardous waste.
To find recycling options, use the “What would you like to recycle?” search function at the top of this web page and choose a topic.
- Appliances
- Asbestos
- Bulky items that do not fit in your trash can such as furniture
- Cardboard
- Electronics
- Fluorescent lamps/CFLs
- Hazardous
- Household batteries
- Liquid waste
- Medications/pharmaceuticals
- Mercury containing products
- Mercury thermostats
- Motor oil
- Paint
- Scrap metal
- Syringes/needles (sharps)
- Thermostats
- Tires
- Treated wood
- Wood (unpainted recyclable dimensional lumber)
- Yard debris
Some
materials can’t be recycled or composted in
our local programs. Items placed in the gray garbage cart do not get
sorted to recover materials. These materials are buried in landfills. If
you have more garbage than will fit in your cart, County
Refuse Disposal Sites offer
reuse, recycling and disposal options. Another option
for reusable items is donation to thrift stores or charities. As the
opportunities for reuse and recycling change constantly, use
the "What would you like to recycle?" search function at
the top of this web page and “Choose a topic” before throwing items
away.
Accepted in the gray garbage cart:
- Bags, cups and utensils labeled as "Compostable" or "Biodegradable"
- Blue print paper
- Cellophane (e.g., Saran Wrap)
- Cooking grease (solid only)
- Crunchy plastics (CD wrappers, cereal box liners)
- Diapers
- Feces
- Foil-backed or plastic-backed paper
- Hoses
- Incandescent light bulbs (No Fluorescent lamps and CFLs)
- Kitty litter
- Meat and dairy food scraps
- Mirrors (broken)
- Painted or glued bags
- Pencils
- Pens
- Plant 6-packs
- Plastic bags labeled #3
- Plastic bags that are dirty or have moisture
- Plastic bags, wrappers and film (not labeled "Compostable")
- Plastic utensils
- Plexiglas
- PVC pipe (white irrigation/plumbing pipe)
- Rubber bands
- Straws
- Styrofoam (formed)
- Terra-cotta nursery pots
- Vinyl siding
- Waxed cardboard or paper
- Wood, painted
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