Facility details
- Address
- 5500 Grossmont Center Dr
La Mesa, CA 91942 - Phone
- (858) 255-4111
- Website
- locations.ecoatm.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- San Diego County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- EDCO Station Recycling Buyback Center Recycling 0.7 mi · La Mesa, CA
- EDCO Station Transfer Station 0.8 mi · La Mesa, CA
- Food2Soil Community Compost Hub Recycling 1.5 mi · San Diego, CA
- Your Neighborhood Recycling Center Recycling 1.8 mi · Spring Valley, CA
- San Diego County Metals & Recycling Recycling 1.9 mi · Spring Valley, CA
- Miller Metals Co. Recycling 2.1 mi · El Cajon, CA
- EDCO Bin Yard Transfer Station 2.4 mi · Spring Valley, CA
- American Recycling Recycling 2.7 mi · El Cajon, CA
- Troy Recycling Recycling 2.9 mi · Spring Valley, CA
- Waste Management Recycling Center Transfer StationRecycling 3.4 mi · El Cajon, CA
Nearest landfill: South Chollas SLF, San Diego — 4.4 mi
Area served
Serves La Mesa, San Diego, El Cajon, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Santee, Bonita, Chula Vista, National City, Lakeside, Coronado, Poway.
County context
One of 103 recycling centers in San Diego County, CA.
ZIP 91942 population 40,920.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle