Playmor Bernardo strongly supports responsible recycling and adherence to all recycling laws and regulation. In addition, all rules of the Playmor Bernardo Homeowner’s Association regarding keeping the premises of the Playmor Community free of trash and debris will be followed, including penalties for failure to follow those rules.

Please take personal responsibility for what you throw away

Beginning February 2006 California law began to require special treatment of certain items including:

• Batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and button batteries such as those in hearing aids.
• Fluorescent light bulbs and lamps
• Thermostats and thermometers
• Novelty items that contain mercury, including greeting cards that play music, shoes with lighted soles and certain types of maze games
• Electronics devices including computers, television sets, cell phones, regular telephones, pagers, printers, radios and microwave ovens
• Pilot light sensors, electric switches, barometers, blood pressure devices, stoves, ovens, water heaters, and clothes dryers which typically use mercury switches.

For more information on recycling laws and locations of recycle centers go to http://www.zerowaste.ca.gov , http://www.erecycle.org , http://www.earth911.org , or http://www.dtsc.ca.gov

The city of San Diego offers curbside recycling in Playmor. Recyclable materials should be placed in blue recycling containers. The blue recycling containers are picked up on the same day as normal trash collection.

For a list of what can and cannot go into the blue recycling container, click here .

A blue recycling container may be ordered by telephoning the San Diego Environmental Services hotline at (858) 694-7000. They will require your name and address. There is no charge for the first container.

For more information click on the the Government web link below.