Where to Recycle All Your Stuff in Saratoga

Need to find a new home for old computers, toys your kids have outgrown, or paint you're not going to use? Here is our guide to getting stuff out of your basement and into all the right places—that is, everywhere but the landfill. 

Find out how to recycle everything from cereal box tops to soda tabs in Saratoga.

Clothing: Cleaning out your closet gives you the opportunity to help others in need or maybe even make some extra cash. Here are a list of places to donate, sell and recycle unwanted items from your wardrobe.

The Echo Shop, 14554 Big Basin Way, is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. You can donate items in a rack outside. 

Toys: As your children get older and are gifted more toys, they outgrow certain playthings that can benefit less fortunate children. Consider donating to Toys for Tots, or go to www.donationtown.org to find out how you can get toys picked up from your home. Also accepted at the Echo Shop.

Electronics, Computers, Cellphones: Even though that old computer and last year's iPhone seem outdated, there are plenty of people who could put them to good use. For example, many women’s shelters collect working cellphones for women in domestic abuse situations so they can call 911 if needed, explains HowStuffWorks.com.

West Valley Collection and Recycling is Saratoga's waste and recycling hauler.  If you have any questions about your service call 408-283-9250.

Saratoga has a recycling, green waste, and garbage hauling agreement with WVC&R, which means that the company is the only waste hauler authorized to serve the city.

Residents, contractors, and businesses in the city may haul their own waste, but they cannot hire a hauler other than WVC&R to pick up waste (garbage or recycling) from any location within Saratoga city limits. Debris boxes for cleanups or construction projects may be obtained through WVC&R by calling 408-283-9250.

Household Hazardous/Universal Waste

Looking to get rid of any of the below items in your household? WVC&R offers a free drop off for these items, 9-11 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Details: 408-283-9250

• Computer keyboards & mice
• Computer monitors
• Computer Printers
• CPUs
• DVD and VCR players
• Electrical switches & relays
• Electronic devices
• External computer hard drives
• Fluorescent tubes & bulbs
• Household batteries
• Laptop computers
• Mercury added novelties
• Mercury containing lamps
• Mercury gauges
• Mercury thermostats
• Non-empty aerosol cans
• Pilot light sensors
• Televisions
• Used Motor oil and oil filters
• Water based paints

What did we miss? Tell us where you're recycling, reselling and donating your gently used items.