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Residential Collections
Rates
You can subscribe to a garbage collection service from Del Norte Disposal. After you have subscribed to residential can collection for 90 days, you become eligible for a free spring cleanup and two free collections per year of bulky items such as couches, mattresses, large appliances, and refrigerators. Under this program a refrigerator counts as two bulky items.

Residential Recycling Collections

There are three options available to recycle at home: Self-haul to one of the community drop-off locations Curbside recycling is free if you sign up for residential can collection. Del Norte Disposal will Provide a container and pick up your newspaper, metal cans, recycleable glass, and plastics from your house. You can sign up for curbside recycling for $3.97 per month even if you do not subscribe for trash collection service by calling 464-4181. Call G.H. Outreach at 464-5089, G.H. Outreach will schedule a crew to come to anyone and pickup anything recyclable for $15.00 per collection.

Commercial Recycling & Trash Collection
Rates
Del Norte Disposal also offers commercial collection services including can service, dumpsters, temporary bins, and compactor bins. Commercial recycling bins for corrugated cardboard or office paper are also available for a reduced fee. For more information or to sign up for service, call 464-4181. G.H. Outreach also offers collection from businesses: call them at 464-5089 for more information.

Self Haul
Transfer Station Rates
For those who like to haul their own trash or just have more than the curbside service will allow, you can haul it to the Del Norte County Transfer Station yourself. The Del Norte County Transfer Station, Gasquet Transfer Station and, Klamath transfer Station accept residential and commercial recyclables and trash. Prices are posted at each location or you can call us at 465-1100. The Del Norte County Transfer Station also accepts washers, dryers, refrigerators, tires, brush, televisions and computer monitors, metals and the recyclable household hazardous wastes.

Brush

Options for brush disposal to Del Norte County residents: Take your brush to the Del Norte County Transfer Station at a lower price than your household garbage; Just after the winter holidays, The Del Norte County Transfer Station and Hambro Forest Products also receives Christmas trees at no charge. Please remove tinsel, ornaments and metal stands (flocking OK). Save time and money by burning, mulching or composting your yard waste.

Illegal Dumping
Dumping waste in any area that is not designated as a landfill or waste collection center is illegal. Besides being ugly, illegal dumping creates many environmental and human health threats. Every year millions of Californian's tax dollars are spent to cleanup illegal dumpsites.
Human Health Threats
Illegal dumping is unhealthy for us and the environment. A variety of health hazards are associated with illegal dumping including: cancer, hepatitis, diseases carried by birds, mosquitoes, and rodents in contact with the trash, and increased concentrations of toxins and carcinogens in our water and local fish and seafood that we eat.
Home-Generated Sharps (HGS)
Examples of HGSs include needles, syringes, lancets and other sharp objects. Sharps can only be disposed after they are properly contained. Proper containers with instructions are available at most pharmacies. Please do not use other containers, as they may tear or rupture during the normal trash collection and disposal process. Never place loose sharps in your trash. Please bring them properly contained to the Del Norte County Transfer Station free of charge. For more information, call 465-1100.
Environmental Threats
Del Norte County boasts a diverse geography, from coastal plains and wetlands to pristine forests and rivers. And a variety of wildlife ranging from the threatened stellar sea lions to the majestic bald eagle. Del Norte County is also home to many of this nation's species of special concern. Illegal dumping is ugly and threatens habitat for these special creatures, contaminating the water and surrounding habitat.
The Law
Pursuant to CA Vehicle Code 23 112A, any throwing, depositing, or dumping of anything along highways or any other undesignated areas is illegal. Violators are subject to trash cleanup, 6 months in jail and $1000 in fines and a $1700 penalty assessment fee.
To report illegal dumping or abandoned vehicles call the Del Norte County Code Enforcement Officer at 464-7254

Did You Know?

Zero Waste America Find out more about zero waste. Zero Emissions Research Initiatives worldwide The Grassroots Recycling Network A national advocates network for Zero Waste, Ending Welfare for Wasting, and Jobs from Discards The California Resource Recovery Association A statewide trade association for people, businesses and non-profits working in waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting with lots of information from the Technical Councils on Reuse & Repair, Compost, and University Recycling Californians Against Waste A recycling advocacy organization Waste News A weekly trade journal of the solid waste industry

In 1997, household waste made up just 28% of the materials disposed in the landfill. The rest came from businesses and institutions. Construction and demolition debris make up approximately 35% of the annual waste disposed in the Crescent City Landfill. Americans receive almost 4 million tons of junk mail every year. Most of it winds up in landfills

Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority
1700 State Street Crescent City, CA 95531
dnswma@recycledelnorte.ca.gov
707-465-1100 707-465-1300 FAX