Products made from copper are usually reddish to brownish in color, sometimes with green tarnish, and they're completely recyclable. If you're looking to get rid of old copper products, please put them in your recycling bin or take them to a location listed below.

What about copper pipes?

Copper pipes are just as recyclable as other copper products. If you have lots of them, contact the sites below to check whether any of the companies will buy the copper from you.

Where to go

• All of Santa Barbara County (2)

  • Craigslist
  • Junk Recyclers — 6520 Platt Avenue #650

• Santa Barbara Area (5)

  • *South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • M & M Scrap Metals — 4980 Rhoads Ave
  • MarBorg Industries — 119 North Quarantina Street
  • MarBorg Industries' Recycling / ABOP Center — 725 Cacique Street
  • Santa Barbara Iron and Metal Recyclers — 709 East Gutierrez Street

• Goleta & UCSB Area (2)

  • *South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • MarBorg Industries Recycling/ABOP Center — 20 David Love Place

• Santa Ynez Valley (2)

  • *Santa Ynez Valley Recycling and Transfer Station — 4004 Foxen Canyon Road
  • Waste Management — 97 Commerce Drive

• Lompoc Valley & VAFB (3)

  • City of Lompoc Landfill (Scalehouse) — Avalon Rd (south end)
  • Perry's Auto Towing — 613 Avalon
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base Materials Diversion Center — Building 11510, 1205 Utah Avenue

• Santa Maria Valley (4)

  • Bedford Enterprises, Inc. — 1940 West Betteravia Road
  • City of Santa Maria Landfill, aka City of Santa Maria Regional Landfill — 2065 E Main St
  • Santa Maria Area Recycling Terminal (SMART) — 1940 West Betteravia Road
  • Waste Management — 1850 West Betteravia Road

• Cuyama Valley (1)

  • *New Cuyama Transfer Station — 5073 Highway 166

• Outside Santa Barbara County (4)

  • California Materials Exchange (CALMAX)
  • Earth911.com - Information Only — 1375 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 140
  • RecycleMatch — 3375 Westpark Drive, Suite 321
  • Throwplace.com