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SLV Redemption / Recycling Centers
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The Valley Women's Club operates three State certified redemption / recycling
centers as a community service. Under contract with the County of Santa
Cruz, we operate the recycling center at the Ben Lomond Transfer Station, as
well as smaller centers in Felton and Boulder Creek.
All sites accept CRV (California Refund Value) beverage containers for redemption (a refund of the fee paid when you purchase beverage containers). This includes beverages in aluminum cans, bi-metal (steel) cans, glass bottles and plastic bottles. The refund value was increased January 1, 2011 to 5 cents per container up to 24 ounces, and 10 cents for larger containers. Because containers of aluminum do not weigh the same as glass or the various plastics, each type of container is paid a different amount PER POUND. Up to 50 containers may be counted, but over that they are weighed. Aluminum cans are $1.54/lb; glass bottles are .104 cents/lb; #1 Plastic bottles are .93 cents/lb; #2 Plastic bottles are .55 cents/lb. Other plastics vary as well. Amounts are posted at the sites. All amounts are mandated by State law.
In addition to the beverage containers, all sites accept other aluminum
containers, plastic containers #1-#7 (lids removed), "tin" cans, newspapers,
cardboard (empty and flattened), and mixed papers (junk mail, cereal boxes
and other paperboard, magazines, catalogs, phone books). See at left for
additional materials accepted at the Ben Lomond Transfer Station.
For information and current amounts paid, call 338-1728.
Your donated materials are tax deductible; ask for a receipt.
Ben Lomond
Drop Off 7:30-3:30 Monday through Saturday
CRV 10-3 Monday through Saturday
Located in the Ben Lomond Refuse Transfer Stations on Newell Creek Rd.
(off Glen Arbor); on "the top of the hill" next to the transfer station building. Stay to the
right, check in at the kiosk and go without fee or weighing to the recycling area.
Additional items accepted ONLY in Ben Lomond, daily, for free, include hard plastics, scrap metal, electronics (computers, tv's, etc.), household and car batteries, used motor oil (and its containers) and antifreeze. Appliances now cost $11 each. Businesses are urged to bring their large loads to the Ben Lomond Transfer Station for recycling, rather than burdening the smaller sites.
Boulder Creek
Drop Off anytime
CRV 11-5, Tuesday though Sunday
Located in Boulder Creek at the south end of town; at 12890 Hwy 9
directly behind Village Wash and Dry.
Materials accepted must be EMPTY, and include all CRV beverage containers; all glass bottles and jars (but NO ceramics or window glass); tin/steel cans; aluminum cans and foils (no food contamination, please!); plastic food, beverage and household containers (#’s 1-7, check the bottom of the item); newspapers; mixed papers (junk mail, magazines, paperboard boxes); and cardboard (broken down and flattened, please).
Felton
Drop Off anytime
CRV 11-5 daily
Materials accepted must be EMPTY, and include all CRV beverage containers; all glass bottles and jars (but NO ceramics or window glass); tin/steel cans; aluminum cans and foils (no food contamination, please!); plastic food, beverage and household containers (#’s 1-7, check the bottom of the item); newspapers; mixed papers (junk mail, magazines, paperboard boxes); and cardboard (broken down and flattened, please).
Free Hazardous Waste Disposal
Every Thursday from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, a remarkable service is offered for free to Santa Cruz
County residents. At the Ben Lomond Transfer Station ("The Dump"), located on Newell Creek Rd. off Glen Arbor,
the County provides Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) disposal for free. Many products from garden and yard,
automobile maintenance, or kitchen and bathroom, can be extremely hazardous if not disposed of properly.
Paints, paint removers, paint thinner, solvents, garden chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, glue, wood preservatives,
photographic chemicals, pool and hot tub chemicals, and dry cleaning solvents may all be taken to the facility
during business hours. (Ammunition or explosives must be picked up by your local law enforcement agency; just call
the non-emergency number for the County Sheriff and they will come help you out with those materials.)
Also accepted at the Transfer Station HHW facility on Thursdays are:
- aerosol cans
- auto repair products
- car polish/wax
- engine cleaners
- gasoline
- parts cleaners
These items have hazardous ingredients
and must be brought to the HHW facility on Thursdays 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM (regular "dump" hours):
- fluorescent bulbs
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air fresheners
- bathroom cleaners
- disinfectants
- drain cleaners
- floor care products
- furniture polish
- indoor insecticides
- nail polish
- outdated medicine
- oven cleaners
- rug or upholstery cleaners
Some automotive products, though hazardous, are accepted Monday's through Saturday's at the Ben Lomond Transfer Station (not at Boulder Creek or Felton!). These include:
- batteries
- antifreeze
- brake fluid
- transmission fluids
- motor oil
- oil filters
- household batteries
If you have medical waste or syringes, please contact Environmental Health at the County at 454-2022 for assistance.
Empty containers of these products are generally recyclable. The main exception is used motor oil containers,
which must be disposed of in the trash if completely empty. For further information call 454-2606.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO BRING THEIR WASTE TO THE COLLECTION FACILITY, THE HHW TEAM WILL
PICK UP SUCH ITEMS FROM YOUR HOME. Please call the same number to make an appointment for pickup.
For more information about the Valley Women's Club Recycling Program e-mail nbbm@cruzio.com.
Electronic Equipment Recycled for Free
All electronic equipment is accepted for free for recycling at the Ben Lomond Transfer Station. Reusable materials are removed and hazardous materials disposed of properly. This service is provided free. Electronic equipment may be brought 6 days a week during regular dump hours (7:30-3:30); limit of two TV's and/or computer screens per day — no limits otherwise.
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