Facility details
- Address
- Unnamed Rd
Watsonville, CA 95076 - Phone
- (831) 454-5153
- Website
- co.santa-cruz.ca.us
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110017973291
Programs on file: AIR 0900020250307RP1 · AIR CAMBU000060870TV19 · Air program 060870TV19 · CA-CERS 10192129 · CA-ENVIROVIEW 13913 · CA-ENVIROVIEW 13917 · CA-ENVIROVIEW 209444 · CASWIS 44-AA-0004 · E-GGRT 1006221 · Emissions inventory 3399311 · LMOP 83 · NPDES permit CAZ186523 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAD983643057 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAL920915388
Interest types: AIR MAJOR, GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTER, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY, SQG, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL
EPA record updated 2021-12-09
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
- Buena Vista Landfill and Recycle Center Landfill same site · Watsonville, CA
- Watsonville Landfill Landfill 0.8 mi · Watsonville, CA
- Watsonville Waste Recycling Dropoff Recycling 3.0 mi · Watsonville, CA
- Lewis Road SLF Landfill 6.9 mi · Pajaro, CA
- Eagle Hauling and Recycling Inc Recycling 10.9 mi · Salinas, CA
- A and S Metals Recycling 12.0 mi · Castroville, CA
- Hard Core Compost Recycling 12.1 mi · Santa Cruz, CA
- eWaste Pro Recycling 13.2 mi · Gilroy, CA
- Crazy Horse Transfer Station Transfer Station 13.4 mi · Salinas, CA
- Crazy Horse Landfill Landfill 13.9 mi · Salinas, CA
Nearest landfill: Buena Vista Landfill and Recycle Center, Watsonville — same site
Area served
Serves Freedom, Watsonville, Aptos, Moss Landing, Capitola, Castroville, Santa Cruz, Aromas, Soquel, Salinas.
County context
One of 5 recycling centers in Santa Cruz County, CA.
ZIP 95076 population 82,409.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle