The Los Cabos municipal ecology department will hold its monthly recycling drive Friday, March 27, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rodrigo Aragón Ceseña sports complex parking lot in San José del Cabo’s Centro neighborhood. The free drop-off event accepts a wide range of household items that standard trash collection does not handle.
Accepted Items Include Batteries, Electronics, and Cooking Oil
Residents can bring expired medications, cardboard, aluminum, plastic, batteries, electronics, used cooking oil, glass, and other recyclable materials. The Dirección General de Ecología y Medio Ambiente (the municipal ecology and environment office) sorts and routes each category for proper disposal or processing.
Batteries, expired medications, and used electronics are classified as special waste under Mexican environmental law. Dumping them in regular trash sends them to the municipal landfill, where heavy metals and chemical compounds can leach into soil and groundwater. The monthly collection gives households a legal, no-cost alternative.
Monthly Schedule on the Last Friday in San José del Cabo
The recycling drive takes place on the last Friday of every month at the same sports complex location in San José del Cabo. A January 2026 edition of the same program collected similar categories of materials at the site. The Rodrigo Aragón Ceseña complex sits just off Boulevard Antonio Mijares, about four blocks north of the main plaza in downtown San José del Cabo.
Los Cabos also operates a separate recycling collection point in Cabo San Lucas, located between José María Morelos y Pavón and Ignacio Zaragoza streets in downtown Cabo San Lucas. That site is run by the municipal public services department and typically operates on the first Thursday of each month.
Standard curbside trash service in Los Cabos does not separate recyclables. Without these monthly drop-off events, most recyclable and hazardous household waste ends up in the general waste stream. The municipality has expanded the program as part of a broader effort to reduce landfill volume in a region where tourism and population growth have strained waste infrastructure.
The next recycling drive after March 27 is expected on the last Friday of April at the same San José del Cabo location, according to the Los Cabos municipal government website.