This facility is not permitted to accept walk-in or bike traffic.

WE ARE CLOSED ON SUN, APRIL 20TH FOR EASTER.
Our Regular Business Hours are Mon-Fri from 9AM - 5PM and Sat-Sun from 9AM-2PM.

Come Visit Sacramento's
Leading Public Recycling Center

Sacramento’s # 1 Public Recycling Center

Welcome to Sacramento’s Premier Public Recycling Center! Drive – Thru Public INDOOR Recycling Facility! Exceptionally Convenient – right off of I-80 and Watt Ave!

Capital City Recycling is Sacramento’s #1 Public Recycling Center. Our daily focus is on providing our customers with unparalleled customer service and paying the highest prices possible!

Experience the
Capital City Recycling Difference

Large Indoor Facility

Focused on You

Fast & Efficient

Recycling Fun Facts

  • In California, about 24.5 billion California Refund Value (CRV) eligible containers were sold in 2018. Of those, more than 18.5 billion were recycled!

  • Since 6 billion bottles and cans ended up in the landfill, nobody claimed the CRV on them. How much CRV? More than $100 million worth! 

  • For every 10 pounds of aluminum you recycle, you eliminate 37 pounds of carbon emissions from the air.

  • Glass bottles spend 1 million years waiting around to decompose.
  • For every 10 pounds of clear plastic water or soda bottles, 3.3 pounds of carbon emissions disappear. 

  • And although glass bottles are a lot heavier, each 10 pounds recycled still reduces carbon by nearly a pound.

    In a landfill, aluminum cans take 80-100 years to break down. 

  • Plastic bottles hang around as long as 700 years.

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HOURS OF OPERATION

  • Mon - Fri 9AM - 5PM
  • Sat - Sun 9AM - 2PM

2025 HOLIDAY CLOSURES

  • New Year's Day Wed, Jan 1
  • Easter Day Sun, Apr 20
  • Memorial Day Mon, May 26
  • Independence Day Fri, Jul 4
  • Labor Day Mon, Sep 1
  • Thanksgiving Day Thu, Nov 27
  • Black Friday Fri, Nov 28
  • Christmas Eve Wed, Dec 24
  • Christmas Day Thu, Dec 25
  • New Year's Eve Wed, Dec 31
  • New Year's Day Thu, Jan 1, 2026