Facility details
- Address
- 225 Shoreway Rd
San Carlos, CA 94070 - Phone
- (650) 595-3900
- Website
- recology.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Recology
- County
- San Mateo County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110013859075, 110072023507
Programs on file: BR CAD981663511 · CA-ENVIROVIEW 147015 · Emissions inventory 2520811 · HWTS-DATAMART CAT000611364 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAD091282558 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAD981663511 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAL000358981 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAT000611384 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAC003338203
Interest types: HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT MAJOR, HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER, LQG, OTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITIES, TRANSPORTER
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
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
- South Bay Recycling Recycling 0.1 mi · San Carlos, CA
- Shoreway Environmental Center MRF 0.2 mi · San Carlos, CA
- Bay Area Deconstruction Recycling 0.7 mi · San Carlos, CA
- Sims Metal Management Recycling 2.9 mi · Redwood City, CA
- Mr Haul Transfer Station 4.1 mi · Redwood City, CA
- Marsh Road LF Landfill 4.9 mi · Menlo Park, CA
- J&D Recycling Recycling 6.0 mi · San Mateo, CA
- Corinda Los Trancos Landfill (Ox Mountain) Landfill 8.4 mi · Half Moon Bay, CA
- PSSI/Stanford Recycling Recycling 8.4 mi · Stanford, CA
- GreenCitizen Recycling 8.5 mi · Burlingame, CA
Nearest landfill: Marsh Road LF, Menlo Park — 4.9 mi
Area served
Serves Redwood City, San Carlos, Belmont, San Mateo, Atherton, Menlo Park, Burlingame, Palo Alto, Stanford, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, San Francisco.
County context
One of 13 recycling centers in San Mateo County, CA.
ZIP 94070 population 30,696.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle