Curbside Recycling Programs

Access to residential Curbside Recycling Programs vary - depending upon where you live in Kern County.

The communities of Arvin, California City, Delano, Kern Valley, Maricopa, McFarland, Metro-Bakersfield, Ridgecrest, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi and Wasco have a Curbside Recycling Program for common residential recyclable materials. This blue bin program lets residents recycle a variety of common materials including aluminum, cardboard, glass, junk mail, newspaper, #1 through #7 plastic, steel, and tin cans. Their program is part of the overall waste diversion plan for those communities and is available as a part of the regular trash service.

Boron, Mojave, and Rosamond residents are a part of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) program. East Kern County residents, with trash service, can toss residential recyclable materials into the hauler-provided trash containers. Recyclable materials are sorted out at the "MRF" on Dennison Road.

Contact Information:

• Arvin (661) 245-0714
• Bakersfield, Incorporated (661) 326-3114
• Bakersfield, Unincorporated (661) 862-5100
• California City (760) 463-6024
• Delano (661) 721-3350
• East Kern County (661) 947-7197
• Kern Valley (760) 379-261
• Maricopa (661) 763-5135
• McFarland (661) 792-3937
• Ridgecrest (760) 463-6024
• Shafter (661) 758-5313 Taft (661) 763-5135
• Tehachapi (661) 822-2200 ext. 2
• Wasco (661) 758-7270