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.
Some of us work remotely on certain days of the week. E-mail is a great way to connect, but we're still checking our voicemail and can return phone calls as well. Feel free to leave a message if we can't get to our phone.
Eddie Ando, Code Enforcement Officer, Unincorporated North County*: (805) 803-8769 or e-mail Eddie here
- Illegal dumping
- Complaints of accumulated refuse on residential and commercial properties
- Complaints of abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property**
Sam Dickinson, Senior Program Specialist: (805) 882-3618 or e-mail Sam here
- SB 1383 oversight
- Facility tours
- Commercial recycling (including recycling containers)
- Commercial food scraps collection
- Green waste collection
- Manure collection
- ReSource Center education program
Mackie Forgey, Program Specialist: (805) 882-3613 or e-mail Mackie here
- School recycling and education
- Backyard composting
- Community events and presentations
- Commercial food scraps collection
- Less Is More Recycling Guide
Kaitlyn Haberlin, Program Specialist: (805) 882-3603 or e-mail Kaitlyn here
- Food recovery
- Electronics recycling
- Household hazardous waste collection events in Santa Ynez and New Cuyama
- Used motor oil recycling
- Safe medication disposal
- Home-generated sharps collection (used hypodermic needles)
- Treated wood waste
- Product stewardship initiatives
- LessIsMore.org website
- Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division website
Tori Kampmann, Program Specialist: (805) 882-3602 or e-mail Tori here
- Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center
- Commercial food scraps collection
- Santa Barbara County Green Business Program
- Textiles Reuse
- Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Grant (aka SB 332)
Ricardo Montelongo, Code Enforcement Officer, Unincorporated South County*: (805) 681-4342 or email Ricardo here
- Illegal dumping
- Complaints of accumulated refuse on residential and commercial properties
- Complaints of abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property**
Leslie Robinson, Program Manager: (805) 882-3615 or e-mail Leslie here
- Oversight of all collection and materials management programs
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.