San Salvador Recycling Center Open 7-9am and 3-5pm!

Let’s not TRASH our planet!

Becoming a more responsible consumer, a good steward of community resources, and a role model for others as caretakers of our neighborhood and planet has many steps along the way. The DBC has made recycling and repurposing of materials a top priority. We want to produce clean air, water, soil and food – this means being highly conscientious of what we purchase and where the waste from our consumption goes when it leaves our hands and households.

Bring your clean, sorted by-products to the Recycling Center on Mondays between 7-9 pm or 3-5 pm (only!)

We have been developing our recycling facilities and systems for several years and now have a beautiful new location to receive and process materials in the community in a good way.

Location: 150 m on the right after mini super Abues going up San Salvador road (just before the entrance of Diamante Luz). Someone will be present to receive and guide you and answer your questions.

For details, announcements, educational videos and more please join the ✨🧩 Recycling Diamante ♻️✨ Telegram Group!

Sign up for a shift and get hands-on learning experience that you can pass on to neighbors and friends.

What is and is NOT accepted?  ✨Information about Recycling ♻️💎

If you want to bring your recycling here please follow these instructions:

We receive :

1 – Tetrapak

After you finish a Tetrapak: Rinse it, unfold it and keep the plastic lid separate so it dries.

2 – Glass

We receive all types of glass bottles and Jars, make sure there is no food or liquid left.

Keep the lid on after it dries. Some people may want to reuse these.

3 – aluminum Beercans or kombucha cans

Remove liquids and crush them with your feet from top to bottom.

4 – Metal Cans

Rinse properly of any food, you don’t need to crush them.

5- Other Metal items

Here in Costa Rica it’s called Chatara. Remove any plastic plastic parts

6-Plastic Bottles and shampoo bottles

Remove any liquids, food or product. Keep the lid separate so the container can dry. Squeeze it.

7- cardboard and “plastified or painted “papers, cotton or natural fabrics.

We are using a special composting system to process all this material

8 – other items

You can reuse old gallons to store and separate :
-Plastic lids,
-metal lids,
-lighters,
-batteries,
-wax,
-aluminum foil.

We also recycle:

-Coffee bags,
-clean dog or cat food (big bags).
-packaging that has paper and aluminum, we have a special compost for it.
-Old umbrellas
-Old tents
-reusable strings
-Old sheets

To be more efficient, bring your recycling clean and sorted.

We won’t accept dirty recycling.

We Don’t receive :

Broken glass
Synthetic clothes
Styrofoam
Electric devices
Fridges or washing machines
hard plastics
Old blankets
Shoes

Hopefully one day we will be able to receive them, you may want to save them in bags or containers until we are able to process them.

We are doing this service voluntarily and with pleasure. Also we welcome donations if you wish to support the volunteers directly or for the improvement on the recycling center.