Recycling helps the planet and can even save you money! It is free to drop off household recycling, like plastic bottles, cardboard, glass, and aluminum, at any County convenience center.
Materials Accepted for Recycling by Santa Fe County
Santa Fe County provides places to drop off mixed recyclables, glass, automotive fluids, tires, green waste, and scrap metal. Permit fees apply to drop off green waste and tires.
Click on the orange links below for locations and guidelines for each material
Mixed Recyclables
metal cans, rigid plastic bottles and containers, cardboard, paper... more info
YES:
Aluminum cans
Boxboard (cereal boxes, egg cartons, etc.)
Brown paper bags
Cardboard
Food and beverage cartons
Junk mail
Magazines and catalogs
Newspaper
Office paper
Paperback and hardcover books
Phone books
Plastic bottles and containers (jars, tubs, clamshells, etc.)
Rigid plastics (toys, laundry baskets, buckets, etc.)
Shredded paper (place in clear plastic bags)
Steel/tin cans | NO:
Batteries
Bubble padded or Tyvek envelopes
Electronics
Containers which held toxins such as paint, pesticides, and motor oil
Food-contaminated containers (i.e. greasy pizza boxes)
Garden hoses
Paper cups
Paper towels, napkins, tissues
Plastic film (grocery bags, bubble wrap, shrink wrap, food wrappers, etc.)
Pressurized cylinders
Scrap metal (place in scrap metal area)
Styrofoam
Syringes, sharps, or sharp containers
Wax coated cardboard
Waxy paper (i.e. tea bag wrappers) Collapse Menu |
Glass
bottles and jars... more info
*Glass is accepted for recycling in Santa Fe County, but should not be placed in with mixed recyclables. Scroll down to learn more about recycling glass and other materials at County convenience centers!
Glass
Free
YES:
Bottles
Jars | NO:
Ceramics
Drinking glasses
Light bulbs
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