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Batteries and chemicals must be brought to a disposal facility because they contain chemicals known to endanger both human health and the environment. All of the disposal and recycling facilities are free to residents. Businesses have separate regulations.
Batteries-Household
You can bring just household batteries (not automotive) to many local stores for free. See Battery Dropoff  Locations at the businesses where you shop. You can also bring them to the ABOP/Recycling Center along with your motor oil, antifreeeze, latex paint, and recycling. If you also have hazardous chemicals or mercury devices, take the drive to Goleta to bring them to the Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center. The most environemntally friendly solution to battery waste is to buy rechargeable batteries and use them many times before recycling.
Vehicle Batteries, Fluorescent Bulbs, Latex Paint, and Antifreeze
Bring them to the ABOP/Recycling Center along with your recycling. If you also have hazardous chemicals or mercury devices, take the drive to Goleta to bring them to the Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center.
Compact fluorescent bulbs (the kind that screw into an ordinary light bulb socket) can also be placed into a recycling container located on the the Returns desk at Home Depot in Goleta.
Motor Oil
You can recycle motor oil and filters for free! Find the location nearest you in the Used Oil Recycling Brochure. You can also take them to the ABOP.
Hazardous Waste Collection Center (Paint, Chemicals, & Mercury Devices)
For disposal of oil based paint, drain cleaners, oven cleaners, floor and furniture polish, paints, stains, finishing products, thinners, old gasoline, anti-freeze, transmission, brake and steering fluids, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, photo chemicals, pool supplies, fluorescent bulbs, thermometers, batteries,and more, see the Community Household Hazardous Waste Site Flyer in English and Spanish. For more detailed information on hazardous waste, go to the Santa Barbara County website at www.lessismore.org
ABOP Facility/Recycling Center (Antifreeze, Batteries, Motor Oil, and Latex Paint)
The City of Santa Barbara’s Antifreeze, Batteries, Oil, and Paint (ABOP) facility accepts these items only from Santa Barbara residents at no cost. The ABOP is now operated by MarBorg and is located on the same site as the Recycling Center on 132 Nopalitos Way. Take Milpas toward the ocean, turn right on Cacique, and right on Nopalitos. The entrance to the facility is right next to United Refrigeration on Nopalitos. The facility is open to residents of Santa Barbara, Montecito, and vicinity, and is open on Monday through Saturday, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. If you have any questions, please call MarBorg at 963-1852.
Antifreeze
Used or unused.
Batteries
Household (AAA-D), rechargeables, 9 Volt, 6 Volt, car batteries, and many others. Most batteries will be accepted as long as they are removed from their casings and separated from the rest of the electronic unit.
Oil
Used and unused motor oil and used oil filters.
Paint
Latex (water-based) paint only. If the instructions on the label indicate clean up should be done with soapy water, then the paint is latex . If the clean up involves turpentine or thinner, then the paint is oil based and not accepted.
CD’s
Any CDs, including computer, music, and even those AOL CDs.
Cell Phones
Working and non-working. Please bag with charger and all accessories. Cell phones will be given to local agencies for reuse.
Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Tubes and compact bulbs (fits into regular light socket)
Free Paint! Latex paint collected that is in good condition is stored in our Paint Exchange. Residents are welcome to take this paint for their own use free of charge.
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