Hazardous waste, including electronic waste, accounts for significant amounts of toxic waste in landfills. It is illegal to place hazardous waste in the trash or down a drain or gutter because they contaminate our soil, drinking water, and air. Hazardous Waste includes items such as electronics, fluorescent bulbs and tubes, paints, pesticides, cleaning products, old […]

Electronic waste, such as fluorescent tubes and consumer batteries, are prohibited from the trash. Electronic waste contains a variety of toxic components like lead, cadmium and mercury, arsenic, and flame retardants, and when dumped in a landfill, these materials can contaminate the soil and groundwater, thus impacting surrounding areas. Electronic waste includes: batteries, fluorescent bulbs, […]

Recology Mountain View provides debris box and commercial recycling services throughout the City. Construction and demolition (C & D) material is sorted for recycling at Greenwaste’s Resource Recovery Facility in San Jose, through an advanced C & D processing facility. Debris boxes are used for medium to large projects, including business construction and demolition, and […]

Residential Food Scraps Program Beginning July 2017, all Mountain View residents with curbside service (individual carts) can place food scraps in the their current yard trimmings cart. The yard trimmings and trash carts will both be serviced weekly.   Curbside Recycling Cartons & Aseptic Container Recycling Cartons and aseptic containers are now accepted in single-family […]

We work closely with city and state government to ensure that our shared sustainability goals are made possible. The most impactful pieces of recycling and compost legislation are AB 341, AB 1826 and, more recently, SB 1383. AB 341 California Assembly Bill 341 (AB 341) mandates recycling for all businesses that generate more than 4 […]

Example Bulky Items: Appliances Electronics Mattresses Furniture Metal Items, including scrap metal Textiles Carpet & padding For large items that don’t fit in your bins, like old furniture, appliances, or mattresses, drop them off at one of our facilities below. Metro Central Transfer Station  Suttle Road Material Recovery Facility Current Recology commercial customers, please give us a call to […]

Hazardous waste, including electronic waste, accounts for significant amounts of toxic waste in landfills. Items such as electronics, fluorescent bulbs and tubes, paints, pesticides, cleaning products, old medications and other chemicals are illegal to put in the garbage or pour down a drain or gutter because they contaminate our soil, drinking water and air. What […]

Recology: A World Without Waste Recology Portland provides debris box service for residential and commercial customers within the city limits of Portland. Debris boxes are best used for medium to large projects, including business construction and demolition, and residential clean-ups. Example materials collected include: concrete, wood, bricks, metals, asphalt, sheetrock, glass, porcelain, concrete, and dirt. […]

WASTE ZERO SERVICES Audits and Consultations Our Waste Zero Team helps businesses apply best management practices in collecting recycling, composting and landfill materials. We provide a single point of contact to help you implement new recycling programs or improve your existing program and make sure you have the resources you need. Depending on your type […]

The GLEAN Program invites artists to push the boundaries of material exploration. With a stipend to support their practice and seemingly endless materials to work with, artists are challenged to expand their existing studio practice by making work from the materials gleaned from the Metro Central Transfer Station (aka, “the dump”). One of the goals of this program […]