The Eldorado Convenience Center (ECC)
Recycling & Waste Disposal in the Eldorado/285 Corridor
ELDORADO CONVENIENCE CENTER
Recycling & Waste Disposal in the Eldorado/285 Corridor
ELDORADO CONVENIENCE CENTER
The Eldorado Convenience Center (ECC) is a facility of the Santa Fe County Public Works Department. It is located along US 285, approximately two miles south of the Eldorado Vista Grande entrance and serves the Hwy 285 corridor, Lamy, Galisteo and the Glorieta area.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 8 am - 5 pm Closed Sunday and Monday
Re-Use is now open Wednesday, Friday, and SATURDAY, 10 am – Noon
ECC accepts trash and recyclables. Some items require payment but recycling drop off is free. Consult the link below for fee information. ECC also maintains the ReUse area for household goods that might be passed on for use or repair, there is no fee to use this area. See the ReUse Center Page for more information.
NO E-waste accepted! E-waste are items such as record players, stereos, cell phones. photocopiers, printers, etc. NO TV’s they need to go to Best Buy where the charge is $25 for drop off. For a fill list of items accepted at Best Buy (some free) click here.
Residents of this area may recycle or dispose of trash directly at the Eldorado Convenience Center (ECC) or with a private waste hauler.
At Santa Fe County Convenience Centers separation of recyclables from trash is required by Santa Fe County Ordinance 2014-10
Santa Fe County recycling information web site: www.santafecountynm.gov/public-works/trash-and-recycling/recycling
Recycling coach: The city of Albuquerque, (which uses the same recycle provider as Santa Fe) has a great web site where you can query items that can be recycled. Click this link to go there.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 8 am - 5 pm Closed Sunday and Monday
Re-Use is now open Wednesday, Friday, and SATURDAY, 10 am – Noon
ECC accepts trash and recyclables. Some items require payment but recycling drop off is free. Consult the link below for fee information. ECC also maintains the ReUse area for household goods that might be passed on for use or repair, there is no fee to use this area. See the ReUse Center Page for more information.
NO E-waste accepted! E-waste are items such as record players, stereos, cell phones. photocopiers, printers, etc. NO TV’s they need to go to Best Buy where the charge is $25 for drop off. For a fill list of items accepted at Best Buy (some free) click here.
Residents of this area may recycle or dispose of trash directly at the Eldorado Convenience Center (ECC) or with a private waste hauler.
At Santa Fe County Convenience Centers separation of recyclables from trash is required by Santa Fe County Ordinance 2014-10
Santa Fe County recycling information web site: www.santafecountynm.gov/public-works/trash-and-recycling/recycling
Recycling coach: The city of Albuquerque, (which uses the same recycle provider as Santa Fe) has a great web site where you can query items that can be recycled. Click this link to go there.
ECC Entrance/Gate area
ECC Fees Made Simple 2024: What's Free?, What's Not & How Much?
Following are the requirements of each area:
Following are the requirements of each area:
Trash
Trash requires a permit or bag tag. Open loads must be covered to prevent littering.
Effective October 20, 2023, the Santa Fe County Treasure office in partnership with the Agora Supermarket (7 Avenida Vista Grande, Santa Fe) and the San Marcos Café & Feed Store (3877 State Rd 14, NM-14, Santa Fe) will be offering solid waste permits and bag tags as a way to better serve constituents who live in rural parts of Santa Fe County.
PURCHASE SOLID WASTE PERMIT:https://www.santafecountynm.gov/public-works/trash-and-recycling/solid-waste-permits
Recyclables
There is no charge to dispose of recyclables at county convenience centers. There are three containers for corrugated cardboard, glass and mixed recyclables. These items are taken to Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station (BuRRT)
Materials accepted
Materials should be empty and dry. See County Guide.
1) Corrugated Cardboard Bin - flattened cardboard.
2) Glass bin – Glass is crushed at BuRRT and is available free to the public, sold to buyers, or used as landfill liner. No plate glass, drinking glass, lightbulbs, Pyrex, ceramics. Please remove the lids from glass containers.
3) Mixed materials bin
Trash requires a permit or bag tag. Open loads must be covered to prevent littering.
Effective October 20, 2023, the Santa Fe County Treasure office in partnership with the Agora Supermarket (7 Avenida Vista Grande, Santa Fe) and the San Marcos Café & Feed Store (3877 State Rd 14, NM-14, Santa Fe) will be offering solid waste permits and bag tags as a way to better serve constituents who live in rural parts of Santa Fe County.
PURCHASE SOLID WASTE PERMIT:https://www.santafecountynm.gov/public-works/trash-and-recycling/solid-waste-permits
Recyclables
There is no charge to dispose of recyclables at county convenience centers. There are three containers for corrugated cardboard, glass and mixed recyclables. These items are taken to Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station (BuRRT)
Materials accepted
Materials should be empty and dry. See County Guide.
1) Corrugated Cardboard Bin - flattened cardboard.
2) Glass bin – Glass is crushed at BuRRT and is available free to the public, sold to buyers, or used as landfill liner. No plate glass, drinking glass, lightbulbs, Pyrex, ceramics. Please remove the lids from glass containers.
3) Mixed materials bin
- Clean cans, aluminum sheet foil (wrap into baseball size or larger), baking pans and steel.
- Cartons – food and beverage cartons, such as milk, juice, soup containers, ALL books, boxes - such as cereal, cracker, tissue.
- Plastic containers – all accepted.
- Items smaller than a postcard cannot be accepted as they are too small for the machines to process.
Glass Bin
(Bin for Cardboard to it’s left)
Waste area: Tires
Waste area: Ashes
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Mixed Materials Bin
Waste area: Metals
Waste area: Green waste
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Materials accepted at the waste area
* plastic bags that you can easily tear though with a finger can be placed in one of the containers for such items at John Brooks Market and other markets in town will take such items.
- Green waste – no weeds, cholla.
- Tires.
- Ashes (cold only).
- Metals.
- Used motor oil & antifreeze.
- Fluorescent bulbs must be taken to BuRRT (incandescent bulbs go in the trash).
- ALL non rechargeable alkaline batteries go in the trash
- Burrt will take rechargable batteries for recycle
- Batteries Plus 1609 St Michaels Dr, Santa Fe will take rechargable batteries for recycle
- Additionally, they do not accept light bulbs. Bulbs containing mercury should be taken to BuRRT the rest can safely go in the trash.
- Napkins
- Batteries
- Soft Plastic:
- a. Plastic bags*
- b. Wrapping*
- c. Cellophane
- d. Packing material (both postal services in Eldorado will accept and reuse these materials)
- e. popcorn (both postal services in Eldorado will accept and reuse these materials)
- f. packing foam (both postal services in Eldorado will accept and reuse these materials)
- g. Bubble wrap (both postal services in Eldorado will accept and reuse these materials)
- Paper plates and paper bowls
- Paper clam shells
* plastic bags that you can easily tear though with a finger can be placed in one of the containers for such items at John Brooks Market and other markets in town will take such items.
Pressurized cans (like spray paint)
Recycling plants do not want any pressurized cylinders (like spray paint cans etc) due to the potential fire risk & they do not want paint cans due to potential exposure of employees to hazardous chemicals. Recycle as scrap metal, not mixed recycling.
Phone books can be included with MIXED recycling.
If you do not want to receive future phone books follow this opt out link:
https://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/zipcode/87508
Thermostats containing mercury
The national Thermostat Recycling Corporation has thousands of locations that will accept your old thermostats at no cost.
The Santa Fe outlet is:
Johnstone Supply
1259 Siler Road Santa Fe
505-424-4328
Amazon Customers, click below to learn how to recycle Amazon Packaging
https://www.amazon.com/amsc
Recycling plants do not want any pressurized cylinders (like spray paint cans etc) due to the potential fire risk & they do not want paint cans due to potential exposure of employees to hazardous chemicals. Recycle as scrap metal, not mixed recycling.
Phone books can be included with MIXED recycling.
If you do not want to receive future phone books follow this opt out link:
https://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/zipcode/87508
Thermostats containing mercury
The national Thermostat Recycling Corporation has thousands of locations that will accept your old thermostats at no cost.
The Santa Fe outlet is:
Johnstone Supply
1259 Siler Road Santa Fe
505-424-4328
Amazon Customers, click below to learn how to recycle Amazon Packaging
https://www.amazon.com/amsc
Where is BuRRT? The Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station is located in the City of Santa Fe on Buckman Road.
Customers of Waste Management: PLEASE DO NOT place any glass in the recycling bin!
It is not accepted.
Glass in this bin will ensure the entire load is sent to the landfill, nothing will be recycled!
It is not accepted.
Glass in this bin will ensure the entire load is sent to the landfill, nothing will be recycled!
The information on materials accepted is the same as for the Convenience Centers, with the exception of glass.
Glass is not accepted in our recycling carts as it is not processed. Private trash customers may recycle glass at a Convenience Center at no charge. Please remove the lids from glass containers. Waste Management is the largest private hauler in this area.Their local phone number is 505-473-0982.
As of Fall 2021 Broken Arrow Glass is now running and growing the first ever creative glass recycling program in Santa Fe, NM. We offer a monthly doorstep glass recycling collection membership, where we pick up glass recycling from your house each month, and we are pushing the boundaries and possibilities of where and how glass recycling can be kept out of the landfill and go into a closed loop system.
See: https://www.brokenarrowglass.com
Glass is not accepted in our recycling carts as it is not processed. Private trash customers may recycle glass at a Convenience Center at no charge. Please remove the lids from glass containers. Waste Management is the largest private hauler in this area.Their local phone number is 505-473-0982.
As of Fall 2021 Broken Arrow Glass is now running and growing the first ever creative glass recycling program in Santa Fe, NM. We offer a monthly doorstep glass recycling collection membership, where we pick up glass recycling from your house each month, and we are pushing the boundaries and possibilities of where and how glass recycling can be kept out of the landfill and go into a closed loop system.
See: https://www.brokenarrowglass.com
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PRODUCTS ACCEPTED FOR RECYCLING AT SANTA FE MERCHANTS & AGENCIES
Metal Scrap
Donation centers
If your item is still in working and/or good condition, you might dispose of it at a Donation Center.
Electronics, Computers & Peripherals
Medical Disposal Promptly discard all expired and leftover medications.
Any of the 24 hour Walgreens in Santa Fe:
Other Items
- Capital Scrap Metals 1162 Cooks Lane 471-0740
- Mr.G's Recycling 7625 Baca Lane 474-6969
Donation centers
If your item is still in working and/or good condition, you might dispose of it at a Donation Center.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of NM 1710 Llano St., 938-9000
- Green drop-off box at LaTienda.
- Goodwill 3060 Cerrillos Rd., 424-9726
- Habitat For Humanity ReStore 2520 Camino Entrada, 473-1114
- Hospice Center Thrift Store 1303 Cerrillos Rd. 995-9901
- Look What the Cat Dragged In 2570 Camino Entrada 474-6300 and
(Santa Fe Humane Society) 541 W. Cordova Rd. 780-8975 - Salvation Army 1202 Camino Carlos Rey. 473-7735
- St Elizabeth's Shelter 804 Alarid St. 982-6611
- St. Vincent De Paul Society 1088 Early St. 989-8328
- Savers 3294 Cerrillos Rd. 919-7185
- RESOURCEFUL SANTA FE 2879 A Industrial Road. 505-603-0558
Electronics, Computers & Peripherals
- Best Buy 3533 Zafarano Dr.#A6 438-4761 What else can I recycle at Best Buy?
- BuRRT 820-0208
- Dotfoil 851 St Michaels Dr. 954-9955 Recycling fee starts at $5 per load
- Computer Charities 1925 Rosina Street Suite E. (505) 983-2577
- Goodwill 3060 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe
Medical Disposal Promptly discard all expired and leftover medications.
Any of the 24 hour Walgreens in Santa Fe:
- Walgreens 3298 Cerrillos Rd · (505) 474-3507 Open 24 hours
- Walgreens Photo 3298 Cerrillos Rd · (505) 474-3507 Open 24 hours
- Walgreens Pharmacy 3298 Cerrillos Rd · (505) 474-3507 Open 24 hours
- Santa Fe Fire Department Station 1 200 Murales Road
- Santa Fe Fire Department Station 3 1751 A Cerrillos Road
- Santa Fe Police Department Lobby 2515 Camino Entrada
- CHRISTUS St. Vincent Outpatient Pharmacy 465 St. Michaels Drive Suite 112
- Pojoaque Tribal Police Department 8 Cities of Gold Rd. #6
Other Items
- Eldorado Supermart (John Brooks), Agora, 7 Avenida Vista Grande, clean plastic bags and film, located on left at entry.
- Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon; books, CDs: check for donations days, times; 466-7323.
- Used cooking oil Reunity Resources, drop off, 9-4, M-Friday, 1829 San Ysidro Crossing, Santa Fe 87505, 505-393-1196. Reunity Resources also accepts food scraps and compostable materials in the bins seen below:
- Packing supplies like 'peanuts' and bubble wrap, Quick Send at The Agora 7 Ave Vista Grande, Santa Fe, and Eldorado Post and Parcel at 7 Caliente Rd Suite A-11, Santa Fe
- You can now sign up through Terracycle to recycle many items from home.
- Eyeglasses are accepted at Savers 3294 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe
- Printer and ink cartridges, Eldorado Post and Parcel at 7 Caliente Rd Suite A-11, Santa Fe
- Fire Extinguishers, Fire Safety Sales Company, at 4 Florence Rd A, Santa Fe (505) 471-7057
- Smoke alarms, Go to: https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22334/html/cover_025.htm
Two common types of smoke detector found in residential homes are ionization and photoelectric detectors. Ionization smoke detectors contain a very minute amount of radioactive material known as Americium 241. Photoelectric-type smoke detectors do not contain any radioactive material. The amount of radioactive material contained in ionization smoke detectors is so small it does not pose a risk to human health. If the detector contains radioactive material, it is required by law to have a warning label on the body of the detector. Look for the label on the back of unit to see this.
PRIVATE WASTE HAULER CUSTOMERS
By County ordinance trash haulers in Eldorado and the adjacent area must provide both trash and recycling carts. Recyclables are picked up at least every other week.
By County ordinance trash haulers in Eldorado and the adjacent area must provide both trash and recycling carts. Recyclables are picked up at least every other week.
NO Glass in our recycling bins!
Film can be recycled at the John Brooks market here in Eldorado
Reunity Resources, drop off, 9-4, M-Friday, 1829 San Ysidro Crossing, Santa Fe 87505, 505-393-1196. Reunity Resources accepts food scraps and compostable materials in the bins seen above to be made into mulch and sold here.
Lowes & Home Depot stores in Santa Fe accepts plastic pots and trays from plants: