Refuse & Recycling
Additional services
Bulky item pick-up
Bulky item service is available for Free 4x per year.
Bulky items are picked up by CR&R at the curb of your home by appointment only:
Customer Service: 909-370-3377
Example of Bulky items:
Couches, Mattresses, tables, chairs, desks, dressers and large appliances.
Free Mattress Disposal
The City of Colton waste hauler CR&R has joined the Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program collection as a site participant. Residents can now bring an unlimited amount of mattress to the City’s Disposal site located at 2059 E Steel Rd. CR&R will accept old mattresses and box springs from Colton Residents for free.
Free Carpet Disposal
CR&R now offers carpet and padding disposal at 2059 E. Steel Road (Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm). No charge for Colton residents for the first two rolls with proof of ID. Colton businesses will receive a reduced rate. For more information, click here.
Community Dump Days
Community dump days are offered twice a year as a drive-by event for residential customers only.
Dates: 2nd Saturday in April and October (subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Details available via social media, channel 3, or utility bill)
Time: 8 am to 12 noon
Location: Gonzales Community Center located at 670 Colton Ave, Colton, CA 92324
**No tires, construction, or household hazardous waste accepted.
Colton residents can dispose of household hazardous waste at the following locations at no cost. Commercial customers have to pay a disposal fee:
San Bernardino County Fire Department
Household Hazardous Waste Program
2824 East W Street, Building 302
(San Bernardino Intl Airport)
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0799
Phone: 909-382-5401
Toll-Free: 800-OILY-CAT (800-645-9228)
Fax: 909.382.5413
City of Rialto Maintenance Yard
246 S. Willow Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376
2nd & 4th Friday & Saturday from 8 am to Noon
Visit the San Bernardino County Fire website for more information on hazardous disposal.
View additional household hazardous waste collection facility locations. English (PDF) or Spanish (PDF)
For the convenience of Colton residents, the city offers two locations for sharps drop-off.
Note: Free drop-off must be in a container 1-gallon in size or smaller.
Luque Center
Mandatory Commercial Recycling (AB341)
With the passage of Assembly Bill 341, businesses and public entities that generate four cubic yards or more of waste per week and multifamily complexes with five or more units are required to recycle.
Please contact the City of Colton Recycling Coordinator at 909-264-2321 for more information to get your business into compliance with AB 341.
Benefits of a having a Commercial Recycling Program:
- Opportunities for Colton businesses or Colton multifamily complexes to save money.
- Be more efficient and more ecologically sensible
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
- Keeping valuable materials out of landfills
- Creating a healthy environment for the City of Colton and future generations by recovering natural resources.
Mandatory Commercial Organic Recycling (AB 1826)
On or after April 1, 2016, a business that generates eight cubic yards or more of organic waste must recycle that material. This will decrease to four cubic yards of organic waste in 2017. In 2019 all businesses with 4 or more yards of solid waste per week will be required to participate in organic waste recycling.
California law (SB 1383, Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) targets a 50 percent reduction in the landfilling of organic waste in 2022. If you are a commercial business producing organic waste in search of donation locations, please click here.
Please contact the City of Colton Recycling Coordinator at 909-264-2321 for more information to get your business into compliance with AB 1826.