Recycling centers throughout San Diego County vary in hours of operation, what items they accept, and whether or not they pay for certain recyclable materials.
There are several resources that can help you with recycling:
- I Love A Clean San Diego County at ilacsd.org.
- If you live in an incorporated city, call 1-800-237-BLUE.
- If you live in an unincorporated community,
call 1-877-R-1-Earth or go to sdcounty.ca.gov/dpw/recycling/index.html.
Following is a list of recycling centers in East San Diego County:
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Alpine
Viejas Transfer Station
7850 Campbell Ranch Road
619-445-8472
Hours: Friday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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El Cajon
American Recycling
210 El Cajon Boulevard
619-593-0089
Hours: Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Jacumba
Boulevard/Jacumba Recycling
42748 Old Highway 80
619-766-4598
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Campo
Merit Recycling
32102 Highway 94
619478-9049
Hours: Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Monday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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El Cajon
California Metals Recycling
297 S. Marshall Avenue
619-444-3111
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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El Cajon
M&M Recycling
145 N. Magnolia Avenue
619-588-2118
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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El Cajon
Miller Metals
636 Front Street
619-444-2136
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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El Cajon
Green Earth Recycling
636 Front Street
6866-506-7070
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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La Mesa
EDCO Station Buyback Center
8184 Commercial Street
619-466-3355
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Lakeside
Quality Recycling
10027 Vine Street
619-938-9694
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Lemon Grove
EDCO Disposal Corporation
6700 Federal Boulevard
619-287-7555
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Lemon Grove
SANCO Resource Recovery
6750 Federal Boulevard
619-287-7555
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and
Saturday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Santee
Allan Company
8514 Mast Boulevard
619-448-4295
Hours: Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 4:30 .m. and
Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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6 Comments on Recycling centers in East San Diego County
what a great list to post
Hey, Eric - Thanks. I've found that providing useful information to prospective Clients works well and doesn't take as much time as trying to play the search engine optimization game. As Warren Buffet said, "If everything is doing something, do something else. No one around here provides useful or helpful information. They all just tell how their office is ranked #1 in sales, #3 in listings, etc. My premise is that if I'm helpful when people are not paying me, imagine how helpful I'll be when they are.
Hey, Jim. What a great list to share. Keep up the great work, Jim
I hope that you have a great weekend!!!
Hi Jim....You've got a series of useful information going on for your Localism people. I'm pretty sure they will find it useful....good stuff, eh ;-) BTW I left you a message with the Bighorn sheep....hahahaha
I didn't realize that there were actually that many recycling centers in San Diego.
Just stopping by to make sure we have all of your blog post photos in our photo collection.