What & How to Recycle at Transfer Stations

Place the items below in the co-mingled recycling bin.

  • Mixed Paper (Dry Only)
    Office paper, newspaper, magazines, manila folders,
    paper bags, shredded paper, catalogs, calendars
    NO: plastic or wax coated paper, tissues, paper towels
  • Glass Bottles and Jars (Rinsed and Dried)
    NO: Window or auto glass, mirrors, drinking glasses, light bulbs, ceramics, picture glass
    knick-knacks, lead crystal or glass other than bottles or jars.
  • Number 1 Plastic (PETE) (Rinsed and Dried)
    Water bottles; any food, personal product or household cleaner
    containers labeled Number 1. Caps OK.
  • Number 2 Plastic (HDPE) (Rinsed and Dried)
    Milk jugs; any food, personal product or household cleaner
    containers labeled Number 2. Rinsed and dried. Lids OK.
  • Number 3-7 Plastic (Rinsed and Dried)
    Any food, personal product or household cleaner containers
    labeled with a Number 3 through Number 7. Lids OK.
    NO: Styrofoam, food-contaminated items, tarps, toys,
    unnumbered plastic, plastic bags, auto fluid containers,
    chairs, swimming pools, PVC pipe or other large items
  • Cardboard and Chipboard (Dry Only)
    Corrugated cardboard, such as cartons, and chipboard items
    such as mailing and toilet tissue tubes, cookie and cracker
    boxes, egg cartons
    NO: Plastic lined or waxed materials, such as milk and juice
    cartons, or food contaminated items, such as pizza boxes
  • Metal and Aluminum
    Cans (rinsed and dried), coat hangers, small empty propane tanks,
    bottle caps, empty aerosol cans, clean aluminum foil. Tell
    attendant if you have large items for the scrap metal pile.

Specially Handled Items

The following recyclable materials are not allowed to be disposed of as household trash or placed in the co-mingled recyclables bin. A fee is charged for items marked with an * to cover handling costs.

See the attendant if you have any of the following:



  • Appliances*
  • Business size printers & copiers*
  • Cell phones, PDAs, pagers, Ipods*
  • Computers*
  • CRTs, LCDs, laptops & other screens less than 36” on the diagonal*
  • CRTs, LCDs, laptops & other screens more than 36” on the diagonal*
  • Fluorescent tubes & bulbs
  • Home printers & copiers*
  • Household batteries
  • Large empty propane tanks valves removed
  • Refrigerators*
  • Scrap metal
  • Stereos, radios*
  • Tires*
  • VCRs, answering machines*
  • Vehicle batteries

*** Don Pedro Transfer Station also accepts used motor oil and filters.

Transfer Station Locations & Hours

Don Pedro Transfer Station

9729 Merced Falls Road, LaGrange

209-852-9692
Open Thursdays, Friday, and Saturdays 9 a.m. to Noon; 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed all other days and major holidays

Coulterville Transfer Station

Mary Harrison Mine Road, 1 mi. south of Coulterville
Open Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon; 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed all other days and holidays

Hornitos Transfer Station

Cemetery Road off Catherine St., Hornitos
Open 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed all other days and major holidays

Fish Camp Transfer Station

Snow Play Area about 1.5 mi. north of Fish Camp off Highway 41
Opens Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Closed all other days and major holidays