During this holiday season, help Mother Nature by recycling your Christmas tree. No matter where you live in Santa Barbara County, recycling your Christmas tree is easy.
HANDLING
- Please cut trees over six feet in half.
- Please remove all ornaments, tinsel and stands before recycling.
- Trees with stands and flocked trees cannot be recycled and therefore, will not be accepted in green waste container.
- Trees placed next to trash containers should be separated by at least four feet.
Customers of MarBorg Industries may place trees next to their trash containers or in or next to their green waste containers on their designated collection days. For questions, please call (805) 963-1852.
In the City of Carpinteria, customers of E.J. Harrison & Sons may place trees in their green waste containers on December 31st or on their regular green waste collection day thereafter, for free pick-up. Customers whose Christmas tree cannot fit inside their green waste container will be charged $5.00 to have it picked up after that date. For questions, please call (805) 647-1414.
Customers of Waste Management may place their trees next to their trash container or cut them to fit inside their green waste container by 6:00 a.m. on collection days from January 4th through 8th or on collection days thereafter. For questions, please call (805) 242-7936.
Customers in the City of Santa Maria may place their trees next to their trash container or cut them to fit inside their green waste container by 6:30 a.m. on collection days from January 4th through 8th. For questions, please call (805) 925-0951, extension 7270.
Customers in the City of Lompoc should place their trees next to their trash container by 7:00 a.m. on collection days from January 4th through 8th. For questions, please call (805) 875-8024.
In the City of Buellton, customers of MarBorg Industries may place trees next to their trash containers or in or next to their green waste containers on their designated collection days. For questions, please call (805) 963-1852.
DROP OFF LOCATIONS
The locations below accept Christmas trees during the holiday season. If you don't have trash service or would like to get rid of your tree earlier than the collection date for your area, take it to one of these locations:
MarBorg Industries
119 North Quarantina Street
Santa Barbara
(805) 963-1852
Open Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station
4430 Calle Real
Santa Barbara
(805) 681-4345
Open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
(Christmas trees will be accepted for free through January 9th.)
Bedford Enterprises
1940 West Betteravia Road
Santa Maria
(805) 922-4977 or (800) 242-8884
City of Lompoc Landfill - Avalon Road (south end) Lompoc
(805) 875-8024 or (805) 875-8027
Open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on weekends from 10:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
City of Santa Maria Landfill
2065 East Main Street, Santa Maria
(805) 925-0951, extension 7270
New Cuyama Transfer Station
5073 Highway 166
New Cuyama
(805) 681-4345
Open 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from 1st weekend in November to 2nd weekend in March.
Santa Maria Area Recycling Terminal
1940 West Betteravia Road
Santa Maria
(805) 922-4977 or (800) 242-8884
Santa Ynez Valley Recycling and Transfer Station
4004 Foxen Canyon Road Los Olivos
(805) 688-5555
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(Christmas trees will be accepted for free through January 9th.)
Ventucopa Transfer Station
Highway 33
Ventucopa
(805) 681-4345
Open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from 1st weekend in November to 2nd weekend in March.
Waste Management
1850 West Betteravia Road
Santa Maria
(805) 242-7936
Open Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
97 Commerce Drive
Buellton
(805) 688-7456
Open Wednesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (closed from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m)
If you have any questions, please call the County Public Works Department, Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division at (805) 882-3600. For Spanish speaking people, please call (805) 882-3637 and leave a message. Your call will be returned and a response provided.
