San Martin Transfer Station

Drop-Off Information
Address:14070 Llagas Ave.
San Martin, CA
Phone: (408) 842-3358
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
We accept many items for disposal and recycling at the transfer station.
Examples of the materials we accept for a fee:
- Appliances and furniture
- Brush and yard waste (Not accepted in plastic bags or mixed in with garbage.)
- Construction and demolition debris
- Regular household garbage
- Wood
- Aluminum and tin cans
- Cardboard
- Glass bottles and jars
- Mixed paper (includes newspaper)
- Plastic containers marked #1 - #7 on the bottom
We do not accept the following materials in the recycling containers:
- Garbage
- Plastic bags (Take plastic grocery bags to your local grocery store for recycling.)
What Happens After I Drop Off My Recyclable Material?
After garbage is dropped off at the San Martin Transfer Station, it is transported to a landfill. Recyclables such as paper, cardboard, cans, bottles, and metal are sent to different recycling facilities for processing. Clean yard waste is transported to South Valley Organics, a compost facility located at Pacheco Pass Landfill. This facility uses what's called an AG BAG system to process yard waste into compost.