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MarBorg Industries Recycling/ABOP Center
Address: 1850 West Betteravia RoadPhone: (805) 963-1852
Hours: Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Recycling/buyback facility accepts aluminum scrap, aluminum/steel/tin cans, clean aluminum foil, cardboard, paper, glass containers, magazines/junk mail, newspapers, and hard plastics numbers 1 through 7. Also accepted are scrap metals such as brass and bronze, cast iron, copper, steel, tin, and untreated wood and pallets.
Accepts mattresses and box springs, free of charge, up to five sets per day.
In addition, this facility accepts antifreeze, household and auto batteries, motor oil (including agricultural oil), oil filters, latex and oil-based paint (up to five gallons per visit, up to 20 gallons per day), and various types of electronics and small appliances for recycling.
Please note that household batteries are accepted for free from residents in the unincorporated areas and the city of Solvang, whereas a fee is charged for residents in other areas.
Materials Accepted
- Vacuums Recycling
- Plastic Beverage Container Recycling
- Agricultural Oil
- Holiday Lights Recycling
- Mattress Recycling
- Dirt/Soil Recycling
- Stone Recycling
- Green Cart Recycling
- Automotive Batteries
- Small Appliances Recycling
- Video Game Recycling
- Telephone Recycling
- Steel Recycling
- Tin Recycling
- TVs and Computer Monitors Recycling
- Untreated Wood & Pallets Recycling
- White Paper and Computer Paper Recycling
- Oil-Based Paint
- Latex-Based Paint
- Motor Oil
- Motor Oil Filters
- Office Equipment Recycling
- Large Appliances Recycling
- Laptop Computers Recycling
- Portable Electronics Recycling
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Non-Rechargeable Batteries
- Paper Recycling
- Magazines, Catalogs and Phone Books Recycling
- Newspaper Recycling
- Paperback Books Recycling
- Plastics Recycling
- Plastics #1 and #2 Recycling
- Plastics #3 – #7 Recycling (no Styrofoam)
- Glass Container Recycling
- Metals (other than cans) Recycling
- Metal Cans Recycling
- Audio-Visual Equipment Recycling
- Cell Phones/Smart Phones Recycling
- Computers & Peripherals Recycling
- Business Electronics Recycling
- Brass and Bronze Recycling
- Cast Iron Recycling
- Copper Recycling
- Junk Mail Recycling
- Cardboard Recycling
- Construction Waste Recycling
- Antifreeze
- Aluminum Scrap Recycling
- Batteries Explained