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SMaRT Station

What's the SMaRT Station?

Smart Station

The SMaRT Station is the materials recovery and refuse transfer facility shared by the Cities of Mountain View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale. In addition to providing buy-back and drop-off services, the Station processes Mountain View's residential and commercial garbage, yard trimmings, and recyclables, and accepts debris self-hauled by residents and businesses of our community. 

SMaRT is located at 301 Carl Road, Sunnyvale (near the corner of Caribbean & Borregas Ave.). The Station is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Please call for more information at 408-752-8530.

Paper Shredding
Shred your personal documents and guard against identity theft. Documents are shredded onsite at the SMaRT Station (408.752.8530). Proof of residency in Mountain View, Palo Alto, or Sunnyvale is required.  Limit 5 bags/boxes of paper only (no mixed media) per household.  

        8 a.m. ~ 12 Noon:

  • December 3, 2011
  • April 28, 2012
  • August 25, 2012
  • December 1, 2012

The Recycling Center offers:
  • A Buy-Back Center for businesses and residents offers current California Redemption Value (CRV) on beverage containers.
  • Compost is available to residents of Los Altos, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto. Residents need to bring their own shovel and containers, limit of one truckload per week.
  • Drop off your recyclables:
    • Paper and corrugated cardboard
    • Plastic # 1-7 conainers
    • Glass bottles and containers (no auto glass or mirrors)
    • Aluminum and bi-metal cans
    • Electronics: computers, TVs, monitors (limit four), small appliances
    • Fluorescent bulbs and tubes (20 tube limit)
    • Household and auto batteries
    • Used motor oil and oil filters, cooking oil, antifreeze
    • Sharps (needles and lancets)
    • Mercury items: thermostats, thermometers
    • Clothes and shoes
    • Used cooking oil (limit two 5-gallon containers; or multiple refilled cooking oil bottles with screw top cap as long as no single bottle exceeds 5 gallons)

Self-Haul Dumping

Residents of Mountain View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale may dispose of trash, demolition debris, concrete, dirt and other materials at the SMaRT Station. SMaRT Station disposal rates are based on types of materials disposed per cubic yard.

SMaRT Station Tours/ Video Tours

Group tours are offered, by appointment, for visitors seeking to learn how garbage and recyclable materials from Mountain View, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale are processed and sorted for recycling at the SMaRT Station. Visitors in groups of 24 or less, aged 10 and older, must wear closed-toed shoes for protection. Or, watch our virtual tour via YouTube to show how the SMaRT Station equipment processes materials.

The Santa Clara County Audubon Society conducts birding tours on the closed landfill every first Wednesday of the month.


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Contact Info

SMaRT Station
301 Carl Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1012
408-752-8530

Open Daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Days