Camp Pendleton Recycling

Don’t Waste Away Summer Recycling Event
10am-2pm
22 Area Main Recycling Center
BLDG 22054

Don’t Waste Away Summer
Tips to Enjoy a Greener Season

Whether you’re staying home or hitting the road, consider these Summer Recycling Tips to keep your waste to a minimum and recycle more! Remember, recycling is not the same everywhere. Make sure you check Camp Pendleton Recycling to know where, what, when to recycle, and how to recycle the right way.

• Do purchase products that are reusable, compostable, or recyclable.
  • Purchase a cooler that can be enjoyed season after season as opposed to one that will be wasted after the first use.
  • Use reusable plates, napkins, cutlery, and cups or purchase ones that can be composted.
• Do locate public space recycling bins at beaches, parks, lakes, and other spaces and make sure you follow the local recycling rules for using these.
• Do have a plan for properly and safely disposing of your trash on hikes and walks. Pack in and pack out, please do not litter!
• Do recycle bottles and cans in all places where they are accepted – Camp Pendleton Recycling!
• Do consider keeping a recycling container in your car for road trips. Do ask your lodging location about recycling – many hotels offer in-room recycling bins.
• Foam containers or coolers are not recyclable – these can be returned to participating retail locations for disposable.
• Plastic shopping bags in household bins or containers are not recyclable – these too can be returned to participating retail locations.
• Don’t attempt to recycle materials with food or liquid residue – remember to recycle empty and dry.
• Don’t place disposable cutlery, straws, plates, napkins, or paper towels in the recycling.
• Don’t put beach chairs, towels, floats, fireworks, batteries, or propane canisters in the recycling. These items can cause serious injury to recycling workers and should be donated, reused, or safely disposed of, following the guidelines of the local programs.
• Gardening, plastic plant pots are not be accepted in your recycling program.
• Mulch and potting soil bags don’t belong in your recycling bin, but these can be returned to retail locations that accept plastic shopping bags!
• Garden hoses are not recyclable and can pose dangers to recycling equipment and facility workers – used garden hoses can be made into soaker hoses for gardening.
• No masks, wipes, or gloves in recycling.

No summer would be complete without taking a moment to give back to people and the planet – explore ways to encourage your friends and family to recycle.

Dispose of old medications properly by taking them to the Navy Hospital on base.

Family Housing

• All homes are provided recycling bins for curbside collection.
• Aluminum & metal cans, plastic & glass bottles, jugs and jars can be commingled and placed into the same container.
• Newspaper, chipboard, cereal boxes, paper, cardboard, and junk mail should be placed in the same container.
• Excess recyclables should be placed into clear plastic bags and placed next to the recycling bins.
• Trash should never be placed in recycling bins.
• Plastic grocery bags should be returned to the commissary or local grocery store.
• Call your housing office for pick up of bulky items, such as furniture, washers and dryers.
• Dumping trash and bulky items is illegal.
• Scavenging, theft of recyclables from residential curbside bins is illegal and reduces the money returned to the base for projects that benefits everyone.

• Locate the recycling bins that were provided to your building.
• If recycling bins are not available, contact the barracks officer and/or the S-4 officer.
• Deposit all cardboard boxes (flatten) into the nearest white dumpster or roll-off, labeled “cardboard”.
• Deposit newspapers and other types of paper, including “junk mail” in Blue containers labeled “paper only”.
• Deposit all bottles and cans (plastic, metal, glass, aluminum) into containers labeled “bottles and cans”.
• If containers are full, call 725-4892 for pickup.
• E-Waste and Universal Waste must be delivered to the 13 Area or the 52 Area the Recycling Centers, during operating hours.
• Drop sites for 24/7 recycling are located at each one of the Base Recycling Centers listed below.
  • 13 Area, building 13193 (across from the MCCS Auto Hobby Shop).
    • Monday-Thursday 0900-1400
  • 22 Area, building 22054, (1 ½ blocks from DRMO).
    • Monday-Friday 0730-1500
  • 52 Area, building 520189 (behind & below the Fire Station).
    • Monday-Thursday 0900-1400
• Scavenging (theft of recyclables) hurts our entire community and reduces the amount money used for funding projects that support our Marines, Sailors, and families.

Area Commanders

• Appoint a Recycling Coordinator to work with the Base Recycling Manager.
• Send a representative to the quarterly recycling program meetings.
• Select staging areas and/or collection points to expedite the handling of recyclables.
• Identify recyclable waste streams and request containers to accommodate the materials.
• Ensure that all paper turned in for recycling meets the Privacy Act requirement.
• Coordinate a collection/pick up date from the designated staging areas with the Recycling Manager, 725-4982.

Unit Commanders and S-4 Officers

• Send a representative to the quarterly recycling program meetings.
• Identify recyclable waste streams and coordinate with the Recycling Manager regarding container needs.
• Appoint personnel as points of contact for recyclable material collection.
• Ensure that all paper turned in for recycling meets the Privacy Act requirement.
• Ensure that all Marines and Sailors comply with Base Order 6280.5B.