An indoor disposal facility where materials are sorted for recycling and recovery.
Open 7 days a week
Mon – Sat: 8 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Holiday hours vary. The public dump is open on some holidays when the office is closed. See the holiday schedule below.
Mon – Fri: 8 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Closed Saturdays and Sundays.
The office is closed on most holidays. See the holiday schedule below.
Holiday hours vary by operation. The public dump may be open when the office is closed.
The public dump is closed on New Year’s Day, Easter Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
The MRRC office is closed on New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Easter Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
For your safety, please wear closed-toed shoes and personal protective equipment, including gloves, goggles, and a safety vest.
We accept non-hazardous residential and commercial waste.
Materials are sorted at the facility to recover recyclable materials.
The MRRC accepts all types of non-hazardous commercial and residential solid waste materials. All materials disposed of at the facility are sorted using state-of-the-art equipment to recover recyclable materials.
Common recyclables are free for residential customers.
Fees apply to other materials.
For a fee, we can provide detailed waste audits of collected materials, depending on the size and complexity of the materials. A detailed report includes photos of the waste stream, analysis of the stream, and suggestions for increasing material diversion.
Detailed report: $125 minimum
Sorting: $75 per hour
For contractors and landscapers who need to document high diversion rates for LEED projects, local C&D ordinances, and/or CalGreen, we recommend source-separating materials.
Please note that due to equipment failure, the Q1, Q2, and Q3 2018 Diversion Rates are below 65%. New equipment was installed in August of 2018. We anticipate a return to a Diversion Rate above 65% for Q4 2018.
The Marin Resource Recovery Center is part of the Marin Sanitary family of companies and serves as the primary materials recovery facility (MRF) for residential and commercial customers throughout Marin County.
The Center’s indoor disposal facility is approximately the size of three football fields. Built in 1987, it gives Marin County residents a clean, enclosed place to dispose of solid waste while helping recover materials that can be separated from the waste stream.
Each month, the Marin Resource Recovery Center processes nearly 3,000 tons of recyclables. State-of-the-art equipment—including screens, conveyors, blowers, magnets, and hand-sorting—separates materials such as dirt, sand, metal, wood, concrete, and paper. This process allows these materials to be identified and recovered rather than simply treating everything that comes through the facility as the same type of waste.
The Marin Household Hazardous Waste Facility provides Marin County households (except Novato) and qualifying small quantity generators with a safe, convenient option for hazardous waste disposal.
