The Miramar Recycling Center
Located before the fee booth to the Miramar Landfill at:
5165 Convoy Street
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 268-8971
Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Miramar Recycling Center
The Miramar Recycling Center serves as a drop-off center for many recyclable
materials, including large or bulky items that can be recycled but cannot
go in either the black trash bin or the blue recycling bin. Operated by
Allan Co. Recycling, the center accepts four classes of recyclables:
- Refunds for recycling: materials with refund and scrap value;
- "Donation only" items;
- Recycling fees for items banned from disposal in your trash or in
the landfill (handling fee charged);
- and Recycling Fees for miscellaneous recyclables not accepted in the
City's curbside recycling program (handling fees charged).
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The Miramar Recycling Center pays a California Redemption Value
(CRV) refund for all aluminum, plastic, glass and steel beverage containers
for which a CRV deposit was charged. Scrap value is paid for some
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Some recyclables that do not have refund or scrap value are accepted
for donation (no payment or fee charged to the customer). "Donation
only" items include:
- TVs, computer monitors and computer processing units
(CPUs)
- Surfboards - See flyer for more details (PDF: 121 K)
- Non CRV glass containers (clear, blue, brown and green)
- Non CRV
and 
narrow neck plastic containers
- Non CRV steel cans
- Metals - ferrous (iron) metals like barbecues, wrought iron,
etc.
- Mixed paper
- Used cooking oil, residential only, maximum 30 quarts
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The Miramar Recycling Center accepts for a fee the following items
which are prohibited by local and California State law from trash
disposal:
- Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other appliances
that contain Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
| Fees (all customers) |
$25.00 each |
- Large household appliances (stoves, washers and dryers, hot
water heaters, etc.).
| Fees (all customers) |
$12.00 each |
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The following miscellaneous recyclable materials can be recycled
for a fee:
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- Tires (18" and under-no rims)
- Mattresses and box springs
- Toilets
- Small computer and household electronics:
1 to 49 pounds, including printers,
keyboards and mice
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$2.00 each
NO LONGER ACCEPTED
$6.00 each
$0.25 per pound
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For additional information on recycling other scrap metal such as brass,
copper and aluminum, or to verify pricing and accepted items, call the
Miramar Recycling Center.
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