Waste, Recycling & Organics

Right-size & Secure your Landfill, Recycling, and Food Scraps Services to Save Money on your Trash

Improve your services by locking, cleaning, and right-sizing each stream of service. Ensuring that containers are properly locked and placed in an enclosure is the first step to securing your services. All three streams of dumpster service for landfill, recycling, and food scraps can be contained with a lock service provided by Waste Management to prevent contamination, graffiti, and other unwanted issues. Contact Waste

Having Trouble with Segregating Waste or Need Assistance with Right-sizing?

The Zero Waste Technical Assistance Team is available to provide FREE technical assistance and training. They can assist with right-sizing your services for potential cost savings, as well as provide free zero waste starter kits; this includes interior containers to collect recyclables, food scraps, and landfill items, as well as service information materials, signage, and kitchen pails (for multi-family) while supplies last.

Visit GreenOceanside.org for programming support, recycling, food recovery, or zero waste tips for success.

Management at (760) 435-5457 or CSSanDiego@WM.com for more information.

Additional Resources

Bin Exchange/Graffiti Removal

As a commercial business, you are entitled to one free exchange per year of your bins. Additionally, you can have graffiti removed or covered up without counting towards your free annual exchange. If you see or smell something, let Waste Management know by calling (760) 435-5457 or emailing CSSanDiego@WM.com.

Remember, commercial businesses are required to annually provide information to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about organic waste recovery requirements and about proper sorting of organic waste. Free technical assistance/training is available to commercial businesses and multi-family complexes. Contact the technical assistance team at (760) 435-5457 or email oceansidezerowaste@wm.com for assistance.

Not sure what goes where? – Use the Green Oceanside Recycle Smart Tool

The Recycle Smart Tool can tell you how something can be reused, repaired, donated, recycled, or disposed of. Simply visit Green Oceanside Recycle Smart and search for the item you’d like to recycle.

Harbor Fish & Chips Employs Local High School Graduates Attending MiraCosta College

Harbor Fish & Chips, a family owned and operated restaurant in the Oceanside Harbor Village, is a local favorite. Since its opening in 1969, the owners have maintained a standard of high quality food, customer service, and friendly atmosphere through the generations. You will still find some of the original, homemade recipes being used today.

In 2020 Covid-19 swept the country and with it came a staffing issue that many in the restaurant industry were heavily affected by, Harbor Fish & Chips being one of them. Manager Sheri Castro was having a hard time finding employees stating, “it was so hard to find employees, everyone just wanted to stay home then all the high school graduates just stepped up.” In July of 2020 Sheri hired her first Oceanside High School graduate. This student was from the 2020 Graduating Class, the first class to not have a real graduation due to social distancing restrictions. Sheri has since hired 10 other Oceanside High Graduates, for a total of 11 now employed as well as a new hire who is still currently in school.

Employees, Joseph Mish and twin sister Jackie Mish, said “it’s a fun job to have, they take care of us. It was a good opportunity in a hard time, really a solid job where they stayed open during covid.” Joseph, a recent MiraCosta graduate and Jackie, a current MiraCosta student needed a flexible schedule to accommodate their classes and Manager, Sheri, was more than happy to accommodate. Both siblings have bright outlooks on the future and plan to stay in Oceanside.

Late owner Terry Cross, an Oceanside High School graduate himself, purchased Harbor Fish and Chips in 1982. Terry, unfortunately, passed earlier this year leaving behind the legacy and love of a true Oceanside local.

RIP Terry Cross 1952-2023 Born, Lived, Died, Oside. A True Oceanside Local. “Once a Pirate Always a Pirate”

Earlier this year the Chamber had the opportunity to recognize two of its outstanding members during the Mayor’s Business Spotlight. In March, the Mottino Family YMCA was honored for its 20 years of stellar service to our community as a champion of health and wellness. In May, Kevin Shin, owner of the Switchboard Restaurant, North County Roastery, and KNVS Restaurant and Bar was honored for his excellence in entrepreneurship and for creating Oceanside’s inaugural Asian Pacific Islander Festival.

Chamber And Business Community Serves Thousands Of Military Family Members At Operation Appreciation Event

On May 20th, the Chamber hosted its annual Armed Force Day Operation Appreciation event at the Oceanside Pier Amphitheater and Junior Seau Beach Community Center. Active-duty military and their family members were treated to a day of free food, entertainment and children’s activities. The event is presented by Genentech, Frontwave Credit Union and Walmart and sponsored by nearly 20 other businesses, and supported by a grant from San Diego County Supervisor, Jim Desmond. Local dignitaries including Desmond along with Congressman Mike Levin, Assemblymember Laurie Davies, Oceanside Deputy Mayor Ryan Keim and Brigadier General Jason Woodworth, Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base,

Camp Pendleton addressed the crowd. Businesses interested in sponsorship for next year’s event can visit us at www.OceansideOperationAppreciation.com.