Republic Services operates the Palomar Transfer Station in Carlsbad at 5960 El Camino Real, holding active CalRecycle permit SWIS 37-AH-0001 and serving as the City of Carlsbad's designated waste services provider. The station receives construction and demolition debris from residential renovation and reroofing projects—including the tear-off waste generated by roofing contractors from Tidal Remodeling—sorting recoverable materials from landfill-bound loads. As the second-largest non-hazardous solid waste company in the United States (NYSE: RSG), Republic Services provides Carlsbad residents with curbside trash, recycling, and organics collection alongside the transfer station's drop-off services. The recycling center accepts glass bottles, light bulbs, metal cans, and plastic bottles, and the facility processes end-of-life electronics and solar components that energy companies from EcoDirect help homeowners replace with newer systems. Carlsbad residents can pick up free kitchen caddies at the station for collecting food scraps destined for green-cart organics processing under California's SB 1383 organic waste reduction mandate. The station processes both self-haul residential loads and commercial contractor deliveries, with materials recovery operations separating recyclable commodities from landfill-bound waste to support California's statewide 75-percent recycling target.