The mission of East Cape Recycling Baja is to help our community to REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE all disposable materials.

Recycle Dates for the 2013/2014 season: November 7, December 5, January 2, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, July 3, August 7.

We accept the following RINSED/CLEAN recyclables on the first Thursday of each month – 9:00 am to 11:00 am:

·         PLASTIC BOTTLES & JARS: Crushed and sorted - clear, opaque and colored

(we have large sorting bags at the recycle center)

·         PLASTIC BOTTLE & JAR LIDS: Separated from the container.

·         CLEAN PLASTIC BAGS: No food or poop PLEASE.

·         HARD PLASTIC: furniture and crates, etc.

·         ALUMINUM and METAL CANS: Rinsed and crushed.

·         GLASS – Clear glass ONLY. Lids and corks removed. Please deliver in a sturdy box for transport (leave in box).

·         CARDBOARD: Flattened and tied in bundles (please keep wine boxes and other sturdy boxes intact, we transport the bottles in these)

·         PAPER, NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES: Tied in bundles

·         SMALL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES

·         COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (NO MONITORS)

·         PRINTER CARTRIDGES: HP, Samsung, Xerox ONLY

·         VEGETABLE OIL (used): in a closed/sealed plastic container

·         EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE 6 (EPS 6): packing foam from electronics and appliances.

We CANNOT accept:

·         Tetrapac containers (coated paper/plastic food and milk packaging),

·         regular Styrofoam (take out food),

·         colored glass,

·         batteries of any kind.

ECRB will announce when we can take these items.

PLEASE DONATE! $70 peso donation is needed from each family to cover the

cost of transporting recyclables to San Jose each month.

RECYCLING NEWS - ‘Just say NO to Styrofoam’

Polystyrene, known as Styrofoam, is toxic waste that fills up to 30% of landfills and takes 500 years to decompose. When burned, fumes are extremely toxic! HELP ELIMINATE STYROFOAM FROM OUR COMMUNITY. Ask restaurants and merchants to STOP serving food in Styrofoam. BETTER YET, bring your own REUSABLE food containers for take-out.

VOLUNTEERS!! If you love the idea of keeping Baja beautiful, please consider joining us! We need energetic, enthusiastic and creative people who believe we can do good things and have fun doing them! Every month we need volunteers to receive recycle materials from town participants and process them by seperating, stomping, crushing, and packing them for their trip to the recycling program drop-off point in San Jose del Cabo. This takes us between 1 and 2 hours and we can always use more smiling faces! If you can only come for a short time, we will still be thrilled to see you - contact Lynn Mirassou: lynnmirassou@gmail.com

And, if you would like more information on exactly how ECRB works, you can read our story in our 2012 Annual Report (on request) – contact Lynn.  lynnmirassou@gmail.com