Pittsburg, California
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1501 Loveridge Rd
Christenson's Recycling Center on Loveridge Rd in Pittsburg is a Contra Costa County drop-off and buyback site. It also handles CRV beverage container redemption.
Services: CRV redemption · Buyback
2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Hwy
Delta Diablo runs this household hazardous waste facility on Arcy Lane, off the Pittsburg-Antioch Highway between Auto Center Drive and Loveridge Road, for East Contra Costa County residents only. Waste is accepted from Antioch, Bay Point, Bethel Island, Brentwood, Byron, Discovery Bay, Knightsen, Oakley, and Pittsburg, and drivers show proof of residency such as a utility bill or driver's license. The facility opens Thursday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. except holidays. It takes latex and oil-based paint, oil and filters, antifreeze, car batteries, pesticides, aerosols, solvents, pool chemicals, light bulbs, household batteries, e-waste, sharps, pharmaceuticals, and propane and helium tanks. Appliances, asbestos, tires, railroad ties, and ammunition are refused. State rules limit each vehicle to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per visit, in containers up to 5 gallons.
Accepts: Latex and oil-based paint, Used oil and filters, Antifreeze, Car batteries, Pesticides and herbicides, Aerosols, Solvents, Pool chemicals, Light bulbs, Household batteries, Electronic waste, Sharps, Pharmaceuticals, Propane and helium tanks
Services: Resident HHW drop-off Thursday to Saturday · Proof-of-residency check · Sharps and pharmaceutical collection · Electronic waste collection
Residents of Antioch, Bay Point, Bethel Island, Brentwood, Byron, Discovery Bay, Knightsen, Oakley, and Pittsburg, with proof of residency such as a utility bill or driver's license.
The facility opens Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., except holidays.
650 W 10th St
Fernandes Auto Wrecking & Towing has run from Pittsburg since 1984 as a family-owned wrecking yard and tow company serving Contra Costa County. The yard on West 10th Street stocks used parts for foreign and domestic vehicles and buys junk cars for cash, running or wrecked. Owner Mike Fernandes brings more than 50 years in the trade. The tow side works for law enforcement, city agencies, apartment complexes and housing communities, with 24-hour towing dispatched from a tow office on West 10th Street. The company shows California Tow Truck Association membership and EPA certification.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Sat 8am-4pm wrecking yard only; closed Sun
Accepts: Junk cars, running or not, Accident-damaged vehicles
Services: 24-hour towing · Towing for law enforcement and city agencies · Towing for apartment complexes and housing · Used foreign and domestic auto parts · Cash for junk cars
Yes. It buys junk cars for cash, whether the car no longer runs or has been in an accident.
Yes. Towing is available around the clock through a separate night line.
1300 Loveridge Rd Pittsburg CA 94565 USA
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Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery is a self-haul transfer station and resource recovery facility in Pittsburg, California. The site includes a materials recovery facility, a construction and demolition recovery line, and a full-service transfer station, and diverts about 90% of what it processes from landfill. Beyond general waste and recycling, it turns green waste into compost and recycles electronics, mattresses, tires, and carpet (as a certified Carpet America Recovery Effort partner). The facility is open 363 days a year, closed only on Christmas and New Year's Day, serving commercial contractors from 5 AM to 6 PM and the general public from 7 AM to 6 PM.
Listed hours: Mon-Sun 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Accepts: Garbage, Mixed C&D debris, Green waste, Carpets, Tires, Mattresses, Appliances, Concrete, Asphalt, Clean dirt, Bulky items, CRV containers
Services: Self-haul transfer station · Materials recovery · Construction and demolition recycling · Green waste disposal · Appliance disposal · Tire disposal
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8:15 AM – 3:30 PM · Sat 7:15 AM – 2:30 PM · Sun Closed
EPA's national Facility Registry Service CSV lists registry ID 110070096914 for RECYCLING ZONE PITTSBURG at 181 CLARK AVE, PITTSBURG, CA. National CSV retrieved October 30, 2026. The source leaves its record-update date blank. A registry entry is not a recycling license, certification or confirmation of public drop-off access.
The national EPA facility record lists these program associations and identifiers: NPDES:CAZ478049. Recorded program interests: ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL. National CSV retrieved October 30, 2026. The source leaves its record-update date blank. These are links to program records; they do not establish current permit validity or a finding of a violation.
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Pittsburg include drop-off, buyback, CRV, Household Hazardous Waste, Paint. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery (MDRR) collects Pittsburg's garbage, recycling, and organics every week, with carts at the curb by 5:00 AM. The blue 64-gallon cart takes recyclables, the organics cart takes food scraps and yard trimmings, and the brown or black cart takes garbage. MDRR's Recycling Center and Transfer Station at 1300 Loveridge Road is open to residents daily, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Recyclables go in the blue cart empty, clean, dry, and loose. MDRR refuses anything with food or liquid left inside. Tires, batteries, electronics, small appliances, fluorescent tubes, propane and aerosol cans, and building materials stay out of every cart. The "What Goes Where?" lookup on mdrr.com sorts any single item.
Food scraps, food-soiled paper, and plant and yard trimmings. MDRR refuses BPI-certified bags and other bioplastics, even when the label says compostable. Greasy paper belongs in organics, since the blue cart refuses anything with food residue. Keep food waste out of the garbage cart.
Yes. MDRR gives Pittsburg households up to two on-call pickups per calendar year at no extra cost, on your regular collection day and at least one week apart. Each pickup takes up to twelve 32-gallon bags of garbage or yard waste, under 50 pounds each. Branches go in bundles no larger than 18 inches by 3 feet.
Yes, once a year. Each household gets one on-call bulky item pickup per calendar year for a single item under 200 pounds: an appliance, a large piece of furniture, or one electronic item. The two on-call bag pickups refuse furniture, appliances, carpet, lumber, and e-waste, so book the bulky pickup for those.
Take household hazardous waste to the Delta Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility, 2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Highway, open Thursday through Saturday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Call (925) 756-1990. Drop-off is free with proof of residency such as a utility bill or driver's license. Each vehicle is limited to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip, in containers of 5 gallons or less.
MDRR's Recycling Center and Transfer Station, 1300 Loveridge Road, phone (925) 473-0180, is open to residents daily from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. It takes bulky items, e-waste, household garbage, building materials, tires, dirt, and concrete for a fee. The Delta HHW facility also takes TVs and computers free from Pittsburg residents.
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