Recycling Programs

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NEW: Food Scrap Composting
Mix food scraps and yard trimmings in the green cart!

Curbside Recycling Program
For single family homes, apartments and businesses

Community Recycling Center
El Cerrito's long-standing recycling center on Schmidt Lane

Garbage and Green Waste Collection
Residential, commercial and debris box collection services, provided by East Bay Sanitary

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
Drop off and mobile HHW collection, provided by RecycleMore

Motor Oil Recycling
Free curbside motor oil and filter recycling for El Cerrito residents

Recycling During the Holidays
Annual Holiday recycling collection schedule and drop-off hours

Garbage and Recycling Rates
City Council adopted rates for garbage, greenwaste and recycling collection

Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question about recycling? Check here first!

Complete Materials Recycling List
Find out where to recycle what via this listing hosted by Contra Costa County

Recycling News

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(Updated August 30, 2010)

New Recycling Center Community meetings, process, and other details. Take the Recycling Center Mini-Survey It takes just one minute!

El Cerrito owns and operates its own curbside recycling programs and a community recycling center

Managed by the Environmental Services Division, El Cerrito's recycling programs provide leadership, planning, and implementation of comprehensive waste management services for the community, emphasizing waste prevention and reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.

In addition to owning and operating the curbside recycling programs for residents and businesses and the popular El Cerrito Recycling Center, the City also manages the franchise agreement with East Bay Sanitary Company (the City's contracted garbage and green waste collector). The City is also working on plans to re-design and re-construct a new community recycling center to replace the current aged facility.

We're also a certified Green Business with the Contra Costa Green Business Program.