LessIsMore.org: Santa Barbara County's Recycling Resource

Green bin contamination in our region has unfortunately been on the rise. We need everyone’s help to keep plastics, glass, metals, toys, garden hoses, pet wase, and other trash out of the green bin! Check out this article for more awesome yard waste reduction tips. Read more...

Creek Week is nearly upon us! The Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division is working with the Water Resources Division to host a tour of our Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Join us! Read more...

Santa Barbara County’s Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division is soliciting proposals for electronic waste collection and recycling services. Please send any and all questions to Kaitlyn Haberlin, at khaberlin@countyofsb.org. Read more...

Do you live in the unincorporated areas of the Lompoc Valley, Santa Ynez Valley, or Santa Maria Valley? Then your solid waste hauler is changing on July 1, 2024! Our team put together the FAQ below to help you with any questions you may have during this change. Read more...

The Santa Barbara County Public Works Department kindly requests your help! Please take our survey to share your thoughts and opinions on waste reduction and recycling. The survey should take five minutes or less. Read more...

Come meet Food Waste Freddie! Food Waste Freddie and RRWM team member, Owen Walsh, worked together to create a video showing you how to properly compost your organic waste. In this extraordinary odyssey, Food Waste Freddie learns how composting can be easy and fun, and that there is so much more to composting than just using the right bin. Join Freddie on his journey! You might learn a thing or two, too! Read more...

ONE WEEK AWAY! We’re excited to welcome residents of the Santa Ynez Valley to our upcoming household hazardous waste and electronics collection event this spring! Read more...

The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Report for the Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center is now available for your reading pleasure. We are grateful for another year of providing these services to our community. As always, call us (805) 882-3602 for hazardous waste information. Read more...

It’s that time again! Either have your tree picked up by your trash hauler or drop it off at a free collection site. Just remember to cut trees over 6-feet tall and remove all ornaments, tinsel, and stands prior to recycling. Read more...

Making sustainable purchases can help out the planet in so many ways. A lot of our individual environmental impact is directly related to the things that we buy, but some purchases we can’t avoid. There are ways to lessen our impact by making small tweaks and changes to the way we buy things that we want and need. Check out our new Sustainable Purchasing Guide in this article. Read more...