| Curbside Recycling in King City |
Your hauler is King City Disposal (Waste Management). Call them at (831) 385-3281.
Single-family homes in King City have weekly collection service of recycling, yard waste and garbage.
Roll your full carts to the curb by 6:00 am on your regular collection day.
Recycling cart:
Please put items into the recycling cart loose, not bagged or bundled. Containers must be empty. Rinse out excess food residue. Flatten containers if possible.
Glass bottles & jars Plastic containers: bottles, tubs, clamshells and other rigid plastics |
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![]() Plastic bags NOTE: place clean, empty plastic bags inside another plastic bag and tie off top. No single bags. |
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Green yard waste cart:
- Grass clippings
What's even better than putting grass clippings into the yard waste cart? Try "grass-cycling". - Leaves
- Tree limbs and branches (up to 4 in diameter)
- Weeds
- Plant trimmings
Garbage cart:
Items not listed for the recycling or yard waste cart have to go into your trash cart, e.g.
- Styrofoam
- Napkins & tissue paper
- Food soiled paper & cardboard e.g. pizza boxes
- Ceramics & china, e.g. broken dishes
- Drinking glasses
- Window and mirror glass
- Dog poop & kitty litter (put in plastic bag and tie off top)
- Chips bags and candy wrappers
- Food waste
- Diapers
- Shoes & clothing
Click on an item to find out where to recycle or dispose of it:
Construction and demolition debris includes concrete rubble, lumber, dirt (clean fill), drywall and other building material wastes. Most of these can be reused or recycled into new clean wood construction materials. The following locations accept construction and demolition debris. Fees apply.
Note: Keeping different types of building material wastes separate will result in significantly lower recycling charges.
Crazy Horse Landfill
350 Crazy Horse Canyon Road
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 663-2796Sun Street Transfer Station
139 Sun Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 424-5535
Gonzales:
Johnson Canyon Landfill
31400 Johnson Canyon Road
(831) 675-2165
King City:
Jolon Road Transfer Station
52654 Jolon Rd.
King City, CA 93930
(831) 385-6213
Never send cooking oils, fats or greases down the drain. Even small amounts can cause problems in your home plumbing or further down the sewer line. Instead, used cooking oil can be recycled into soaps, industrial lubricants, biodiesel and other products.
Cooking oil is accepted for recycling at SVSWA's Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility in Salinas and at:
Salinas Tallow Co.
1 Work Circle
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 422-6436
Every year Californians generate about one old tire for each person in the state. That's close to 40 million tires! Several million tires are already stockpiled throughout the state and many more are illegally dumped.
Abandoned tires are not only an eye sore but also dangerous. When rainwater accumulates inside the tires, they can provide prime breeding grounds for mosquitoes, transmitters of the West Nile Virus and other serious diseases.
Fortunately old tires can be given a new life. Tire rubber is ground up and recycled into surfacing material for playgrounds, or used as an ingredient for rubberized asphalt, a material that increasingly replaces conventional asphalt in road construction.
Salinas Valley residents have several options to recycle used tires:
- Free waste tire collection week
Once a year - usually in the fall - the SVSWA offers one week of free tire collection for residents. For information on the next collection, drop-off locations and rules, call us at (831) 775-3000.
- Drop-off year round at the following locations. Non-rimmed tires only. Fees may apply.
Salinas: Crazy Horse Landfill
350 Crazy Horse Canyon Road
(831) 663-2796Sun Street Transfer Station
139 Sun Street
(831) 424-5535Gonzales: Johnson Canyon Landfill
31400 Johnson Canyon Road
(831) 675-2165King City: Jolon Road Transfer Station
52654 Jolon Rd.
(831) 385-6213
Household Batteries
Household batteries - the kind used in flashlights, toys, electronics etc - contain small, but very potent amounts of heavy metals and corrosive chemicals. These toxic substances can contaminate our soil and water if they end up in the landfill. It has been illegal to put household batteries into the garbage since 2006.
Please buy hand-operated items whenever possible and use rechargeable instead of single-use batteries. Rechargeables have a much longer life span: up to 800 charge-discharge cycles before they have to be replaced.
Please drop off your used household batteries at the following locations:
Greenfield:
Gonzales:
King City:
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Prunedale:
Salinas:
Soledad:
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Additional drop-off locations for rechargeable batteries ONLY:
Rechargeable batteries can be dropped off for recycling at any store that also sells them, e.g. Radio Shack, Best Buy, Lowe's, Office Depot and Staples Office Supply. To find a participating retailer in your zip code call the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation at 678-419-9990 or visit www.rbrc.org.
Tip: Get a free battery bucket from the SVSWA or use an empty jar to collect spent household batteries at home or at work.
Electronics include computers and monitors, computer equipment, televisions, printers, VCRs, cell phones, telephones, radios, digital watches, gameboys, joysticks, game accessories and microwave ovens.
Although these products are safe while in use, they are considered hazardous waste when discarded due to their content of heavy metals and other toxic chemicals. It has been illegal to put "e-waste" into the garbage since 2006.
Your options to recycle unwanted electronics:
- Occasional "e-waste" collection drives held throughout the community. Watch for announcements in the local media and on our home page.
- Electronics may be accepted through your hauler's bulky item collection. Contact your hauler directly for details.
- Drop off "e-waste" at any of the following locations:
Salinas:
Crazy Horse Landfill
350 Crazy Horse Canyon Road
(831) 663-2796
Sun Street Transfer Station
139 Sun Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 424-5535Gonzales:
Johnson Canyon Landfill
31400 Johnson Canyon Road
(831) 675-2165King City:
Jolon Road Transfer Station
52654 Jolon Rd.
King City, CA 93930
(831) 385-6213
Fluorescent tubes and bulbs are safe while in use but are considered hazardous waste when discarded. The reason is that they contain toxic mercury vapor and other heavy metals such as cadmium and lead. When fluorescent tubes and bulbs are broken or crushed in the landfill, heavy metals are released. They can contaminate soil and water, and harm wildlife.
Please drop off your spent fluorescent tubes and bulbs at the following locations for recycling.
Tip: Bundle and tape tubes together to avoid breakage.
| Salinas: HHW Collection Facility 139 Sun Street, Salinas (831) 424-5520 Home Depot 1890 N Davis Rd, Salinas (831) 444-9814 Orchard Supply Hardware 1067 N. David Rd., Salinas (831) 422-9652 |
Pick-up service for businesses and facilities: Recyclights (800) 884-8982 Recyclights provides special recycling containers for fluorescent tubes and bulbs, then picks them up on-call. Contact them for details and fees. |
Car batteries, also referred to as a lead-acid battery, contain about 21 pounds of lead, three pounds of plastic and one gallon of sulfuric acid each! These materials pose a hazard to people's health and the environment if they're not handled properly.
Please recycle your car battery at one of the following locations, so that the materials can be reclaimed and made into new batteries.
| Castroville: Pettigrew & Foletta Auto parts 10865 Merritt St (831) 633-2431 Gonzales: "ABOP" station at Johnson Canyon Landfill 31400 Johnson Canyon Road (831) 675-2165 Auto Zone 851 R 5th St. (831) 675-8444 King City: "ABOP" station at Jolon Road Transfer Station 52654 Jolon Road (831) 385-6213 Auto Zone 510 Canal Street (831) 385-0773 Kragen Auto Parts 815 Broadway (831) 385-8430 Prundedale: Auto Zone 17643 Vierra Canyon Rd. (831) 663-6820 Prunedale Lube Auto Care 8485 Prunedale Rd. North (831) 663-9400 Soledad: Kragen Auto Parts (5 gal max) 2233 H De La Rosa Sr St. (831) 678-3008 |
Salinas: Sun Street HHW Collection Facility 139 Sun St. (831) 424-5535 Auto Zone 1541 N. Sanborn Rd. (831) 772-0937 Auto Zone 1011 East Alisal (831) 757-1904 Auto Zone 1488 North Main Street (831) 444-0701 Bridgestone Firestone Store 150 Northridge Shopping Ctr. (831) 449-4434 Kragen Auto Parts 989 North Main Stree (831) 753-0829 Kragen Auto Parts 43A South Sanborn Road (831) 758-4626 Kragen Auto Parts 1219 South Main Sreet (831) 422-9074 Kragen Auto Parts 610 Williams Road (831) 757-4288 Lopez Auto Repair 102 West Market Street (831) 758-1993 |
Antifreeze
Antifreeze contains toxic chemicals that can cause serious health problems and even death. It is especially dangerous to animals and children because of its sweet taste. Two tablespoons of antifreeze can kill a small dog!
Never dispose of spent antifreeze in the garbage, toilet, sink or storm drains. Please take it to one of the drop-off locations listed below for recycling.
| Gonzales: "ABOP" station at Johnson Canyon Landfill 31400 Johnson Canyon Road (831) 675-2165 King City: "ABOP" station at Jolon Road Transfer Station 52654 Jolon Rd (831) 385-6213 Owens Chevron 1 Broadway Circle (831) 385-5291 Prunedale: Prunedale Lube & Auto Care 8485 Prunedale Rd. North (831) 663-9400 |
Salinas: "ABOP" station at Sun Street Transfer Station 139 Sun St. (831) 424-5535 Dick Adams Automotive 242 Griffin Street (831) 758-8277 |
Do you change your own motor oil and filters? Used motor oil and filters are hazardous waste materials and require special handling. You can recycle both conveniently through your curbside service! Here's how:
- Get a FREE used oil container and filter bag by calling King City Disposal at (831) 385-3281 or pick them up at a participating used motor oil collection centers.
Please do not use any other container. - Change your oil. Avoid spills. Have rags handy to clean up any drips and spills immediately.
- Carefully transfer oil from oil pan to oil recycling container. Pour slowly to avoid spills. Secure the cap tightly.
- Drain oil filter into pan for several hours. Transfer oil to oil recycling container.
- Place the used oil filter in the filter bag provided and attach it around the container.
- When full, place the containers at the curb by 6:00 a.m., on your waste collection day and your recycle driver will empty and leave them for you to use again!
Note: Do not place your oil container or filter bag out more than 12 hours before pickup. Oil is a hazard so it is important not to leave it unattended for extended periods of time.
For a limited time after the holidays, usually starting right after New Years, holiday trees are collected from the curb for free on your regular recycling day. Look for announcements or contact your hauler directly for exact dates.
For curbside collection:
- Trees must be cut into 3 ft. sections
- Remove all tinsel, lights and decoration
- Remove plastic, wooden and metal stands
- Flocked trees are NOT accepted
- The trees will be chipped and composted, not landfilled.
During the holiday tree collection period, trees can also be dropped off for free at any of the SVSWA's landfills and transfer stations.
Soledad, Gonzales and Greenfield residents who want to get rid of large items such as furniture, bed frames, appliances etc. have several options. If any of these items are in reusable condition, please consider donation to a local reuse business or charitable organization. Check our reuse guide for locations.
- On-call pick-up: Single family homes only. To schedule a bulky item pick-up, for fees, acceptable items and set-out rules call King City Disposal at (831) 385-3281.
- Annual cleanup week (June or July):
Garbage account holders can drop off up to 3 bulky items for free at the Jolon Road transfer station.
For exact date and acceptable items call King City Disposal at (831) 385-3281.







