Resource Recovery & Waste Management Division Staff
Do you need to contact one of our staff directly? Not sure who does what?
Please see below for a listing of who's who and what we do.
Eddie Ando, Code Enforcement Officer, Unincorporated North County*:
(805) 739-8769
- Illegal dumping
- Complaints of accumulated refuse on residential and commercial properties
- Complaints of abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property**
Thomas Chiarodit, Senior Program Specialist:
(805) 882-3624 or e-mail Thomas here
- Solid waste collection franchises
- Waste hauler complaints or questions
- Green waste collection
- Manure collection
- Food scraps collection
- Commercial recycling (Including recycling containers)
Sam Dickinson, Program Specialist:
(805) 882-3618 or e-mail Sam here
- School recycling
- Backyard composting
- Community events and presentations
- Facility tours
- Recycling Resource Guide
Carlyle Johnston, Project Leader:
(805) 882-3617 or e-mail Carlyle here
- Residential Recycling Program – “What’s Recyclable?”
- Construction and demolition debris recycling
- Solid Waste Management Plans
- Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project
- Unscheduled hauler permits
- Single Use Plastic Bag Ban
- Educational PSAs and videos
Alan Nakashima, Senior Program Specialist:
(805) 882-3616 or e-mail Alan here
- Green Business Program of Santa Barbara County
- Baron Ranch
- County Sustainability Committee
- Regional Disaster Debris Management Plan
- Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Grant (aka SB 332)
- Recycling containers for County facilities
- Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ)
- Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division website
Leslie Robinson, Program Specialist:
(805) 882-3615 or e-mail Leslie here
- Safe medication disposal
- Home-generated sharps collection (used hypodermic needles)
- Electronics recycling
- Household hazardous waste collection events in Santa Ynez and New Cuyama
- Used motor oil recycling
- Product stewardship initiatives
- LessIsMore.org website
- Food recovery
- Solid Waste Local Task Force
Jody Rundle, Program Specialist:
(805) 882-3602 or e-mail Jody here
- Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center
- Disposal reporting
- Annual reports to CalRecycle and DTSC
Brad Spencer, Code Enforcement Officer, Unincorporated South County*:
(805) 681-4342
- Illegal dumping
- Complaints of accumulated refuse on residential and commercial properties
- Complaints of abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property**
Code Enforcement Notes:
* The County’s Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division Code Enforcement Officers only cover the unincorporated areas of the county. If your complaint is within a city’s jurisdiction, please call city staff.
** Abandoned or inoperable vehicles on a public road should be referred to local law enforcement.