City of Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility

A local disposal site that most residents use for household cleanouts and yard debris. People from Santa Cruz bring pickup loads, small trailers, and car trunks here when curbside pickup isn’t an option.

There’s an entrance booth and a vehicle scale on site, so plan for a short stop to be weighed and directed. Pull up to the booth, get waved through, then follow the lane to the drop-off areas and large open tipping floor. The site is industrial-looking - concrete pads, big piles, and heavy equipment moving around - so stay in your vehicle unless directed otherwise. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to be busiest, with lines backing up into the access road.