Free Residential Drop Off Items

Before bringing items to our facility:

  • Remove fluids (e.g. gas, oil, etc.) and all removeable batteries.
  • Drop off the removed batteries and fluids at a Household Hazardous Waste facility.
  • Take products with the batteries/fluids removed to a recycling or disposal facility. 
  • Items with built-in batteries must be taken to an electronic waste (e-waste) program only. ​

This Residential Program allows the following items to be accepted for free* ​at Kiefer Landfill and the North Area Reco​very Station​ for recycling. ​

​*Load must only contain free items.​

Small Household Corded Items: 

Coffee makers; Toasters & toaster ovens; Telephones; Curling irons; Hair dryers; Vacuums (remove bag); Mixers; Blenders; Food processors; Electric shavers; Box fans; Portable heaters​

Small Power Tools:

Drills; Grinders; Routers; Sanders; Power Saws

Drills; Grinders; Routers; Sanders; Power Saws

Appliances:

Residents may drop off up to two per day. (Microwaves; Refrigerators; Stoves & ovens; Washers & dryers; Dishwashers)

Microwaves; Refrigerators; Stoves & ovens; Washers & dryers; Dishwashers

Electronics Waste:

Cellphones; PDAs; Devices with digital screens; Laptops; Computers; Tablet PCs; All-in-one desktops; Servers; CD & DVD drives and hard drives; Zip drives, Loose circuit boards & cards; Routers & modems; Digital cameras; Gaming consoles; DVD players; TVs;*

Computer mice; Wires; Keyboards; Printers & fax machines; Copiers​ (only residential copiers accepted free); DVRs & cable boxes; Stereos.

*Before dropping off e-waste for recycling, protect your personal information. Any personal data stored on e-waste should be permanently erase by using disk cleaning software, hard resets, memory card removal, overwriting commands, etc. Learn about electronic disposal best practices​.

Bulky Items:

Tire

Tires - Passenger Vehicle/Light Truck (rims OK; limit 4 per day) 

*50 bicycle tires = 1 Passenger Vehicle/Light Truck tire

Mattress

Mattresses/Box Springs

Clean metals

Clean Metals

Only Accepted at Kiefer Landfill:

Bricks

Bricks

Concrete (no rebar and no larger than 36 inches)

Concrete (no rebar and no larger than 36 inches)

Ashphalt, tiles, rocks & stucco (clean, no dirt, no trash, no rebar)

Asphalt, tiles, rocks & stucco (clean, no dirt, no trash, no rebar)

For questions? Please email sacgreenteam@saccounty.gov​​.