Phones

With many households now relying solely on cell phones as their "home phone", you may be looking to get rid of your old land-line telephone. The wiring inside contains metals that can be recycled, so be sure to take your old phone to one of the electronics collection sites below.

Where to go

• All of Santa Barbara County (5)

  • Best Buy —
  • Craigslist —
  • E-Bay —
  • Junk Recyclers — 6520 Platt Avenue #650
  • Santa Barbara Computer Recycling — 5378 Dariesa Street

• Carpinteria Area (1)

  • City of Carpinteria ABOP Center — 5775 Carpinteria Ave

• Santa Barbara Area (5)

  • *South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • Goodwill Industries of Santa Barbara — 302 W. Carrillo St
  • Goodwill Industries of Santa Barbara (Drop-Off Location Only) — 335 S. Milpas Street
  • MarBorg Industries — 119 North Quarantina Street
  • MarBorg Industries’ Recycling /ABOP Center — 132 Nopalitos Way

• Goleta & UCSB Area (4)

  • *South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
  • Best Buy — 7090 Marketplace Drive
  • MarBorg Industries Recycling/ABOP Center — 20 David Love Place
  • Staples — 7015 Marketplace Drive

• Santa Ynez Valley (2)

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

• Lompoc Valley & VAFB (7)

  • AL&S, Incorporated — 101 South H Street
  • City of Lompoc Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility — 1585 N. "V" St
  • City of Lompoc Landfill (Scalehouse) — Avalon Rd (south end)
  • Goodwill Industries Lompoc — 1009 North "H" Street
  • LampRecycling.com — 2200 Oden Avenue, #100
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base Balfour Beatty Communities Self-Help Store — 603 Juniper Street
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services — Building 11590, 1205 Utah Avenue

• Santa Maria Valley (5)

  • City of Santa Maria Landfill, aka City of Santa Maria Regional Landfill — 2065 East Main Street
  • Goodwill Industries Orcutt — 3486 Orcutt Road
  • Goodwill Industries Retail Store — 1539 Stowell Center Plaza
  • Office Depot — 1427 South Bradley Road
  • Waste Management — 1850 West Betteravia Road

• Cuyama Valley (2)

  • *New Cuyama Transfer Station — 5073 Highway 166
  • *Ventucopa Transfer Station — Highway 33

• Outside Santa Barbara County (9)

  • Clean Harbors, Inc. — 880 W Verdulera St
  • e-Bay Rethink Initiative (e-bay and Earth 911) —
  • Earth911.com – Information Only — 3481 Plano Parkway
  • Eco Lights Northwest Recycling Progam — 2200 6th Avenue South
  • Greendisk — 1988 18th Avenue, Suite B
  • LampRecycling.com — 2200 Ogden Avenue, #100
  • Recycled Goods.com — 3820 North Ventura Avenue
  • Sony Trade-In and Recycling Program —
  • Waste Management Incorporated, Think Green from Home —