HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS APPLIANCE UNIVERSAL WASTE RECYCLING DISPOSAL (City of San Diego residents only) Large Appliances or “white goods” cannot Universal are a type of hazardous The City of San Diego’s Household Hazardous be disposed in the trash and include items waste that contains heavy metals and may Waste (HHW) Facility accepts paint, oil, such as: cause harm if released into the environment. cleaners, solvents, sharps, pesticides, and most common household chemicals. Air Conditioners DO NOT PLACE UNIVERSAL WASTES IN THE Appliance, Clothes washing machines and dryers TRASH OR IN RECYCLING CONTAINERS City of San Diego HHW Facility Information and stoves The HHW facility is open only on Saturdays. Electronics and and freezers Universal waste includes: Make an appointment by calling Water heaters (858) 694-7000. Consumer Batteries - alkaline, lead acid, lithium, nickel cadmium (NiCad), Universal Waste Large appliances must be recycled due to nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and mercury. For more information, call (858) 694-7000, their metal content and/or because they or visit www.sandiego.gov/environmental contain hazardous substances requiring Electronics – phones, monitors, printers, services/miramar/hhwtransfac.shtml. special handling such as refrigerants, oils, parts, laptops, game RECYCLING GUIDE PCB capacitors, and mercury. consoles, cameras, DVD/VHS players, Residents Outside the City of San Diego and other portable electronics. Check with your city’s HHW program or Small Programmable Appliances, such as Light Tubes and Bulbs - fluorescent, high residential refuse hauler for HHW disposal microwave ovens, bread makers, many intensity discharge, metal halide, locations, or search www.earth911.com coffee pots, and any other programmable mercury vapor, neon, and sodium light appliance, cannot be placed in the trash bulbs (excludes incandescent bulbs Business Waste or in recycling containers. These appliances which can be disposed in the trash). contain circuit boards with heavy metals The San Diego Household Hazardous Waste Mercury Containing Items - thermometers, Transfer Facility is not permitted to accept and must be recycled by an appliance recycler. thermostats, monometers,certain any amount of business-generated switches and gauges. hazardous waste, including waste from non- profit organizations. Non-programmable small appliances may be recycled at an appliance recycling Call the County of San Diego at location or disposed in the trash. (858) 505-6700 for disposal information. Refer to the list on the reverse for Refer to the list on the reverse to locate an appliance recycler near you recycling locations that accept universal or visit www.earth911.com wastes, or visit www.earth911.com NO DRUGS DOWN THE DRAIN

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This information is available in alternative formats upon request. Revised January 2013 Home Items to be Discarded Recycling Retailers Recycling Centers Household Visit the City of San Diego Environmental Services Hazardous Department website at www.sandiego.gov, or ✓ Accepted for no charge Waste www.calrecycle.ca.gov for more information (HHW) # Accepted as trade-in City of San Diego Accepted for a fee HHW Collection $ Facility: Always call recycler to verify current status and fees

Best Buy: (888) 237-8289 bestbuy.com/recycling Goodwill Industries: (619) 225-2200 goodwill.org Home Depot: (800) 466-3337 Homedepot.com Radio Shack: (800) 843-7422 Radioshack.com A-1 Alloys: ( 800) 266-2569 www.A1Alloys.com EDCO: (619) 287-7555 edcodisposal.com E-World Recyclers: (760) 599-0888 Eworldrecyclers.com : Miramar Landfill Recycling Center Allan Co. (858) 268-8971 Recycling: Otay Landfill Center: (619) 421-3773 Recycle San Diego: (858) 569-1807 recyclesandiego.org Sycamore Landfill RecyclingCenter: (Allan Co)448-4295 (619) (858) 694-7000 Additional Information and Links Appliances: (Large) - freezers, refrigerators, air conditioners, ovens, stoves, washers, # dryers, water heaters, , $ $ $ $ Locate appliance recyclers at www.earth911.com heaters/furnaces $

Appliances: (Small) - Microwave, # Programmable appliances must be recycled. If non- ovens, bread machines $ ✓ $ $ $ $ programmable, it can be recycled or placed in trash.

Batteries: (Rechargeable)lithium ion, nickel ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Locate a Rechargeable location cadmium, nickel metal hydride at www.call2recycle.org Batteries: (Single Use) mercury, lithium metal ✓ ✓ ✓ Consider using rechargeable batteries rather than Batteries: (Single Use) alkaline ✓ $ ✓ single use batteries.

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs): ✓ $ ✓ Place bulbs in a bag to prevent cuts or contamination if breakage occurs. ✓ Electronics: , monitors, , ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Locate e-waste events and e- sites radios, cell phones, gaming consoles, DVD # ✓ # $ ✓ at www.calrecycle.ca.gov/electronics/collection players $ $ $ $ $

Light Tubes and Bulbs:(except incandescent Place tubes in a protective box sleeve, plastic bag, or bulbs) $ ✓ long box to prevent cuts or contamination if breakage occurs.

Mercury Containing Items: Thermostats, Locate a thermostat collection site at switches, thermometers, monometers ✓ www.thermostat-recycle.org

Before turn-in, place used sharps in a puncture resistant container Sharps: Needles, syringes, lancets ✓ with tight lid. Locate a mail back program at www.earth911.com

Locate a Certified Used Oil Collection Center at Used Motor Oils, Oil Filters: ✓ ✓ www.calrecycle.ca.gov/UsedOil/Reports/CenterSearch/

Hazardous Waste: Aerosol cans (not empty), cleaning chemicals, contaminated oil, paint, ✓ Empty containers may be disposed of in the trash. pesticides