COVID-19 - Coronavirus: Facility Update

All Facilities are currently open. Administrative office is closed. Facility operational hours or services may be modified, reduced or facilities may close periodically during this period to adjust to community demands and employee safety needs. Check for updates here.

Welcome to Salinas Valley Recycles!

Salinas Valley Recycles is a public agency and utility service that owns and operates the only open and active landfill in the Salinas Valley. We are not the garbage hauler, but you can find information and contacts for your local garbage and recycling collection company on the Your Hauler page.

Salinas Valley Recycles Cares about your money!

Salinas Valley Recycles cares about saving money for your community. We manage your landfill responsibly without taking on unnecessary debt that will cost you in the long run, or importing trash from other cities for income.

Salinas Valley Recycles cares about your community because it’s our home too.

Learn more about our fiscally sustainable approach to solid waste management and financing in our Annual Report.

What Goes Where

Monterey County’s guide to help you determine how to recycle everyday materials. Plastic containers, pizza boxes, coffee cups, bags, paint – the app will guide you to curbside programs and nearby drop-off locations to maximize reuse and recycling options.

Secure Your Load

Prevent litter, accidents and additional fees

Free Household Hazardous Waste Disposal

Safely recycle your unwanted or unused toxic products

Free Compost Workshops

Learn how to turn kitchen & yard scraps into nutrient-rich compost

Free Mattress Recycling

At all 3 Salinas Valley Recycles locations

Residential

Facilities

Commercial

Government

Schools

Sustainability

COVID-19 Related Press Releases

Landfill Operators Request Greater Discretion for Essential Use

Monterey County Landfill Operators Provide Critical Public Health Services Through COVID-19 Crisis

Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency within the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority COVID-19 “Coronavirus”

Announcements

Press Release: Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary School Earns State Recycling Award

We are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! Enter to win and share what motivates you to recycle!

Press Release: Salinas Valley Recycles Unwraps it’s Organics De-Packager

Information on the Potential Closure of the Sun Street Transfer Station and City of Salinas Notice of intent to Withdraw

Current Project Status

2015/2016 Tire-Derived Aggregate Grant Program

Quick Links

Messages From Wally-Waste-Not

Reusing items during COVID

Dear Wally Waste-Not, I recently went to the grocery store and brought my reusable bags but was told that I could not use them or even bring them in the...

Recycling News

Jesse G. Sánchez Elementary School Earns State Recycling Award

(Salinas, CA) Jesse G. Sánchez Elementary School, and its staff and students have been named the 2020 recipients of the California Resource Recovery...

Main Office

128 Sun St., Suite 101
Salinas, CA
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm,
Closed Weekends.
Ph:(831)775-3000