California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)

California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) brings together the state's recycling and waste management programs and continues a tradition of environmental stewardship.

Through landmark initiatives like the Integrated Waste Management Act and Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, California works toward a society that uses less, recycles more, and takes resource conservation to higher and higher levels. Our state now leads the nation with a 65 percent recycling rate for all materials, and today recycling supports more than 140,000 green jobs in California.

CalRecycle's vision is to inspire and challenge Californians to achieve the highest waste reduction, recycling and reuse goals in the nation. Through innovation and creativity, sound advancements in science and technology, and efficient programs that improve economic vitality and environmental sustainability, we build a stronger California.

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

In a world where our resources are finite, it’s important we recycle whenever we can. Recycling involves the process of gathering and processing materials (such as bottles and cans) that would be otherwise discarded and converting them into something new and useful.

Recycling is vital for cleaning up the environment and keeping our communities clean. By reusing recycled items to produce new products we reduce the impact we have on mother nature. Also, it doesn’t hurt that you can also make a little bit of extra money by recycling the right types of items.

Mattress Recycling

How to dispose of a mattress

We are proud to be a ByeByeMattress (https://byebyemattress.com) collection site! As of October 14, 2019, we'll accept your mattresses, box springs, and removable futon mattresses for free and recycle them at the Glenn County Transfer Station.

Thanks to the ByeByeMattress Recycling Program, we are diverting mattresses, box springs, and removable futon mattresses from landfills and deterring illegal dumping.  California residents can drop off these items at our facility for free! 

Your used mattress, box spring, and removable futon mattresses can have a better life.  Let ByeByeMattress recycle them.  Drop them off for free at the Transfer Station. 

Say ByeByeMattress and hello recycling!  Drop off your used mattress, box spring, and removable futon mattresses for free at our facility and let it become something new such as carpet padding, insulation or mulch.

Bye Bye Mattress Logo and hyperlink

Printer Ink Cartridge Recycling

Just about every American household and business has a printer. Unfortunately, over a million used ink cartridges are thrown away each day because there is no direct ink recycling service available, like there is for paper and plastic.

To address this growing issue, DoorStepInk Recycle Program was launched. The program is a free mail-in ink cartridge recycling service designed to help address the public's need to recycle their printer ink cartridges.

Planet Green pays for shipping and recycling of cartridges.

Planet Green is a leader in U.S. remanufactured inkjet cartridges. based in Chatsworth, CA, we have been in the ink recycling business for over 20 years. Here is a link to a news clip about Planet Gren.  https://youtu.be/GM7oAZI9U7k.

Mail In Ink Recycle Program Flyer

Asbestos Recycling

For many years asbestos has been used in a wide variety of ways, and we now know that it causes a severe type of lung cancer known as mesothelioma. It is important that we regulate and monitor how it’s used, disposed of, and even recycled. The government has regulated and limited the use of asbestos, but it has not been completely banned. Additionally, there are many older buildings with asbestos that need to be safely removed. Thanks to advances in research, recycling of asbestos may be a possibility.

Mesothelioma.net has an extensive list of articles and resources discussing the importance of recognizing and dealing with this harmful material. Recycling asbestos is a new found way of better controlling the substance and is undergoing further testing for better results. Make sure to check this information out and more!

Earth911

Earth911 is a privately owned, for-profit company that specializes in providing consumers with accessible and actionable recycling information across the country.

Our Earth911 Recycling Directory is the most accurate and comprehensive directory of its kind and contains recycling information for over 300 materials. We have collected over 1 million ways to recycle that people can search for to find their nearest recycling options and resources. We also have the toll-free, bilingual 1-800 CLEANUP® environmental hotline and a free mobile application, iRecycle®.

They work with various corporate and industry partners to support the Earth911 Recycling Directory, which requires a significant investment to maintain and update on a daily basis. The information we provide through our directory, editorial, and resources maintain a strict neutrality policy and we take the distribution of fact-based, informational and actionable content very seriously.

Featured on popular venues like the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America and The New York Times, and syndicated by cool people like MSN.com, National Geographic and the Huffington Post, we want everyone to know that recycling is easy, and sometimes (dare we say) fun.