The blue recycling cart comes in two sizes: 64 and 96 gallons. If you need an additional recycle cart, they are available at no extra charge. Make sure that lids remain closed -- it prevents littering and protects the contents from weather and pests.
PLEASE DON'T MIX RECYCLABLES WITH TRASH!!
Recyclables that are contaminated must be disposed of as trash, defeated the whole purpose of recycling!
RECYCLING 101
It’s easy to be green. All paper and cardboard can be recycled. Simply throw them in the correct bin! A helpful tip from Chula Vista Clean businesses. Live green, shop green.
GREEN PURCHASING
RECYCLED CONTENT
It’s easy to be green. Purchase products made from recycled materials. You’ll be investing in a green future! A helpful tip from Chula Vista Clean Businesses. Live green, shop green.
Don't trash a good thing - Recycle It!
Empty metal paint and aerosol cans
Dry food boxes, packaging, paper bags, cardboard, milk cartons, and juice boxes
Magazines, newspapers, catalogs, phone books
Steel, tin, pie tins, metal hangers, aluminum cans, foil -- all California Redemption Value (CRV) containers are acceptable.
White paper, colored paper, letters and junk mail
Glass or plastic bottles and jars -- all California Redemption Value (CRV) containers are acceptable.
Free Used Oil & Filter Recycling
Chula Vista Residential Households
You have two options to recycle your used oil and filters:
Bring your used oil and filters to the nearest Certified Collection Center. Call 1(800) 237-2583 for the nearest location.
Arrange for curbside collection by calling Allied Waste Services at 421-9400 at least 48 hours before your regular collection day.
Chula Vista Apartment/Condo Residents
Bring your used oil and filters to the nearest Certified Collection Center. Call 1(800) 237-2583 for the nearest location.
TIP: Remember to fully drain your oil filter for at least 24 hours and place it in a non-breakable container with a watertight lid.
Recycle Your Cooking Oil
Single-Family Households
Place your used cooking oil in a bottle or container with a watertight lid.
Call Allied Waste at (619) 421-9400 two days before your regular collection day, then put your oil at the curb for pickup.
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Take your oil to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility* located at 1800 Maxwell Road on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm (except holiday weekends).
Chula Vista Apartment/Condo Residents
Take your oil to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility* located at 1800 Maxwell Road on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm (except holiday weekends).
* The facility will only accept oil from residential users. Oil must be strained to remove large food particles. Cooking oil contaminated with toxic or hazardous material or oil that is stored in a container that held hazardous material will not be accepted.
Additionally, effective July 1, 2012 State Assembly Bill 341 mandates that all commercial businesses in California recycle. AB 341 Fact Sheet
Businesses may also sell or donate recyclable and reusable materials to an alternate recycling or reuse company.
Allied Waste Services can also provide recycling for loads of concrete, asphalt and wood if your business is going through a remodeling or building project. Additional materials may be recyclable as well, check with Allied Waste Services before co-mingling the materials with trash.
Reuse and recycling are good for the environment and will help you keep your business waste costs down.
For additional recycling information and a free waste audit contact the City's Public Works Depart.-Environmental Services Section at (619) 691-5122.
