Facility details
- Address
- 6460 Boulder Lake Ave
San Diego, CA 92119 - Website
- food2soil.net
- 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
- ecoATM Recycling 1.5 mi · La Mesa, CA
- EDCO Station Recycling Buyback Center Recycling 1.7 mi · La Mesa, CA
- EDCO Station Transfer Station 1.8 mi · La Mesa, CA
- Miller Metals Co. Recycling 2.5 mi · El Cajon, CA
- Waste Management of San Diego Transfer Station 2.9 mi · El Cajon, CA
- Waste Management Recycling Center Transfer StationRecycling 2.9 mi · El Cajon, CA
- WM - El Cajon Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.9 mi · El Cajon, CA
- American Recycling Recycling 2.9 mi · El Cajon, CA
- Nerd Recycling Recycling 3.2 mi · Santee, CA
- ecoATM Recycling 3.2 mi · Santee, CA
Nearest landfill: Sycamore Sanitary Landfill, Santee — 4.6 mi
Area served
Serves San Diego, La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Bonita, Chula Vista, National City, Lakeside, Coronado, Poway.
County context
One of 103 recycling centers in San Diego County, CA.
ZIP 92119 population 24,868.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle