October is Fire Prevention Month! NEVER put batteries inside your waste containers. Batteries are extremely flammable when jostled around in our trucks and facilities, and they must be disposed of carefully.

Cleaning out your closet? Drop off clean clothing, shoes (matching pairs), bags, bed sheets, and pillow cases at either MarBorg’s Goleta Recycling Center or the County of Santa Barbara’s South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station.

Please do not flush medication down the drain (unless the medication label specifically instructs you to do so) because wastewater treatment plants can not remove many of the chemicals.