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Salinas Valley Recycles to host free tire amnesty events through June for Salinas Valley residents
Summary
Salinas Valley Recycles said its free tire amnesty begins this Saturday and runs through June 30 at three county locations for residential customers; the agency accepts up to nine car/small‑truck tires per trip and provides household hazardous waste drop‑off sites.
Salinas Valley Recycles announced on Wednesday that its free tire amnesty events begin this Saturday and will run through June 30 at three locations in the Salinas Valley, offering residents a no‑cost option to recycle car and small‑truck tires and help reduce illegal dumping.
Mandy Brooks, assistant general manager and resource recovery manager for Salinas Valley Recycles, said the agency has run free tire amnesty events for about 27 years with CalRecycle grant support and that over 370,000 tires have been collected through the program to date.
The events will operate at the Madison Lane recycling facility in Salinas, the Johnson Canyon Landfill in Gonzales, and the Holland Road transfer station in King City. Brooks said the program is open to residential customers in the Salinas Valley only — businesses and large commercial tires (for example, tractor tires) are not accepted — and that the program limits residents to nine tires per trip. Recyclers (West Coast Rubber, as Brooks named) receive the materials for processing.
Brooks also reviewed household hazardous waste services available at the Salinas facility, which accepts motor oil, paints, batteries and chemicals from residential customers at no charge, and described two ABOPs (antifreeze, batteries, oil and paint) drop‑off locations at Johnson Canyon Landfill and the Holland Road transfer station for small quantities of those items.
She reminded residents that many curbside haulers provide bulky‑item pickup if requested and listed the primary haulers serving areas of the county — Waste Management, Republic (Salinas), Green Waste Recovery and Tri Cities — noting that customers should contact their hauler to learn what services are included in their account.
Brooks invited questions and urged residents to check salinasvalleyrecycles.org or the agency’s social media channels for event details and accepted items.
The county briefing closed with organizers encouraging residents to use available free services and to take part in Earth Day‑related cleanup efforts.
