The County of San Diego Recycling Section aims to preserve precious landfill space, conserve natural resources, save water and energy, decrease pollution, increase jobs, and strengthen the economy. The County of San Diego Recycles. It’s In Our Nature!

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• Learn how to keep composting worms happy year-round with in-ground worm bins at Solana Center’s free workshop on January 18, 2025 from 10am - 12pm at the Borrego Art Institute. Learn more & register HERE.
• Fix your broken items for free and learn new skills! Join the San Diego Fixit Clinic at the San Diego County Fallbrook Branch Library on Saturday, January 25th, from 12pm - 3pm. First come, first served! Free to the public, register today, click HERE.
  
• Join Solana Center’s free food waste prevention webinar for food-generating businesses on Wednesday, January 22nd! Their experts will answer all questions you may have about food donation and organics recycling for your business. You must pre-register HERE to attend.
• Learn traditional backyard composting at Solana Center’s workshop on Wednesday, February 22, 2025 from 10am - 12pm at the Fallbrook Library. Perfect for beginners! Sign up HERE.
• Composting on your farm, ranch, or large property is an ideal way to manage crop residues & manures while enriching your soil! Join Solana Center at TERI Campus of Life for a 3-week course on medium-scale composting. Saturdays,  February 22 - March 8, 9:30am - 12pm. Register HERE.
• Learn where your recyclables go and why it matters in the County's newsletter, Recycling Works...but Needs You!
• State law and County ordinance require all residents and businesses to recycle. Non-compliant properties will soon be automatically enrolled in recycling service by their haulers along with the additional cost for these services. For more details, please see our FAQ webpage.
• The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors unanimously approved updates to the Non-Exclusive Franchise Agreement and Solid Waste Ordinance on May 5, 2021. These updates will help the County achieve its sustainability goals of progressively diverting solid waste from landfills and achieving an 80% waste diversion by 2030, while also aligning with state laws, AB 1826, AB 827, and SB 1383. Learn more here.
• The County of San Diego is accepting applications to become a Construction and Demolition Franchised Hauler and a Certified Recyclable Materials Collector .  Learn more.

Have a recycling question? Email Recycle@sdcounty.ca.gov or call: