EMS Partnerships

City of San Diego Household Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility

The Household Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility is located at the Miramar Landfill entrance on Convoy Street, just north of State Highway 52. The facility accepts household hazardous waste on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except holidays. An appointment is required. It is open to City of San Diego residents only. San Diego County residents living in unincorporated areas, please call (877) 713-2784. For additional information please visit the facility's site.

Hazardous Substances Enforcement Team

The City of San Diego's Environmental Protection Division conducts random inspections of commercial and residential refuse loads entering the Miramar Landfill to ensure the loads contain only wastes that are allowed to be disposed at the Miramar Landfill. The Landfill is not allowed to accept hazardous waste or special waste with high hazardous waste levels. Inspections diverted approximately 14 tons of hazardous waste from the landfill in fiscal year 2001 including the hazardous waste found in this illegally disposed 55-gallon drum. For additional information please visit the team's site.

The Miramar Recycling and Buyback Center

The Miramar Recycling Center is located in front of the Miramar Landfill fee booth. The Center pays a California Redemption Value for aluminum cans, plastics and glass beverage containers. It is also a drop-off site for numerous other recyclable materials: newspaper, glass (clear, blue, brown and green), mixed paper, cardboard, aluminum and tins cans, plastic beverage containers ( and ), mattresses, tires and metals. A small fee is charged to recycle scrap metal. For more information, call (858) 268-8971.