The City of Palo Alto's Recycling Program helps Palo Alto residents and businesses conserve natural resources by providing extensive programs for reducing, reusing and recycling waste that would otherwise end up in landfills. While the City operates its own Landfill, the majority of the City's solid waste is taken to the Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer Station (SMaRT® Station) where additional recyclables and yard trimmings are recovered, processed and marketed. The remaining garbage is transported for disposal to the Kirby Canyon Landfill in San Jose. The passage of the California Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939) in 1989 required all California cities to divert 50 percent of their waste from landfills by the year 2000. In 1999, the City of Palo Alto diverted 59 percent of its waste from landfill disposal through its successful waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting programs.

Featured Links Junk Mail Reduction Kit Zero Waste Program Recycling Drop-Off Center Landfill and Composting Facility BYOBag Campaign Contact Us Recycling Program P.O. Box 10250 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: 650-496-5910 Fax: 650-852-9289 recycling@cityofpaloalto.org Hazardous Waste Management Program Phone: 650-496-6980 Landfill, Recycling, & Composting Facility 2380 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: 650-329-2655 Construction and Demolition Sustainability Coordinator 285 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: 650-617-3100 x7282 Fax: 650-329-2240 cd@cityofpaloalto.org Palo Alto Sanitation Company (PASCO) 2000 Geng Road Palo Alto CA 94303 Phone: 650-493-4894 Fax: 650-493-2537