Recycling Options for Common Household Items

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*only empty aerosol cans can be placed in the recycle bin, otherwises please refer to the Waste Guide on Universal Waste

Waste Guide

Need help finding where you can take your waste to dispose or recycle it? Click on any of the links below to get the answers. Each link provides recycling and/or disposal information and locations.

If your waste type is not listed below, please contact the Department at (951) 486-3200 or at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help you.

• Aerosol Cans (See Universal Waste)
• American Flag Proper Disposal
• Animal Carcass Waste
• Animal Excrement
• Appliances
• Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Material
• Ash
• Batteries, Household and Rechargeable (See Universal Waste)
• Batteries, Motor Vehicle (Lead Acid)
• Boats (See Vehicles, Trailers and Boats)
• Bottles and Cans
• Cardboard (See Paper)
• Carpet
• Cell Phones (See Universal Waste)
• Christmas Trees
• Computer Disc, Video Cassette and Compact Disc (see Digital Media)
• Computer Monitors, Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) and TVs (See Universal Waste)
• Compressed Gas Cylinders
• Construction, Demolition and Renovation Waste
• Cooking Oil
• CRT Panel Glass
• Designated Waste
• Digital Media
• Dirt, Contaminated (See Soil)
• Dirt, Non-Contaminated (See Soil)
• Drywall & Gypsum Board
• Electronic Devices (See Universal Waste)
• Explosive Waste, Hazardous Device
• Eyeglasses
• Fire Debris
• Fire Extinguisher
• Food Crops and Food Banks (See Organic Waste)
• Food Waste (See Organic Waste-Residential or Organic Waste-Commercial) 
• Grease and Grease Trap Waste
• Green Holiday Suggestions
• Green Waste (See Organic Waste-Residential or Organic Waste-Commercial) 
• Grit and Screenings Waste
• Hazardous Waste - Business Hazardous Waste or Household Hazardous Waste
• Hearing Aid Donation (See Universal Waste)
• High Moisture Content Waste (See Liquid Waste)
• Human Excrement
• Lamps (Light Bulbs) (See Universal Waste)
• Landscape/ Lawn and Garden Equipment
• Lead-Painted Building Materials (See Construction, Demolition and Renovation Waste)
• Liquid Waste
• Mattresses & Box Springs
• Medical Waste
• Medication
• Mercury Containing Equipment (See Universal Waste)
• Metal Recycling
• Needles and Sharps-Residentially Generated or Business Generated
• Nursery Pots and Buckets
• Organic Waste-Commercial
• Organic Waste-Residential
• Packaging Material
• Paint (Latex and Oil Based)
• Paper Recycling and Junk Mail Reduction
• Pharmaceutical Waste (See Medication)
• Plastic
• Propane Tanks (See Compressed Gas Cylinders)
• Reusable Items and Household Goods
• Routine Waste
• Small appliances and electronics (See Universal Waste)
• Sewage Waste
• Sharp Waste (See Needles and Sharps Residentially Generated or Business Generated)
• Shoe Donations
• Smoke Detectors (See Universal Waste)
• Soil
• Solar Panels
• Televisions (See Universal Waste)
• Tires
• Toner and Inkjet Recycling
• Trailers (See Vehicles, Trailers and Boats)
• Treated Wood Waste
• Universal Waste
• Used Oil and Oil Filters
• Vehicles, Trailers and Boats
• Yard Waste (See Organic Waste-Residential or Organic Waste-Commercial)