To avoid an interruption of your service, please do not place hazardous materials into your trash.  If hazardous waste is identified, it will be tagged and not collected.

Most paints, pesticides, herbicides, and petroleum derivatives such as motor oil, oil filters, and solvents are considered hazardous wastes.   All non-empty aerosol cans are also banned from the trash.  (Aerosol cans marked "Toxic" or "Flammable" are allowed if they are completely empty.)

Any materials that are flammable, poisonous, or explosive are not allowed in the trash.  This includes pool chemicals and antifreeze.

All electronic waste, such as televisions, computers, cell phones, radios, microwave ovens, fluorescent light tubes/bulbs, all types of batteries, and other items such as thermometers, thermostats, pilot light sensors, and some gauges that contain mercury or other harmful materials are not allowed in your trash.  

Compressed gas cylinders, such as propane tanks, full or empty, are not acceptable.

Asbestos and treated wood are also considered hazardous and must be collected by a hazardous waste company.

Needles and other sharps generated in home health care are not allowed in the trash.  Click here to find out more about this particular waste.

Medical waste and biological waste are not allowed in your trash.

Although tires are not considered hazardous, per se, they are also banned from your trash and must be handled by collector specifically licensed to do so. Click here for more information.

State and Federal laws require special handling for these wastes and there are periodic L.A. County Hazardous Waste and E-Waste Round Ups and Used Oil Collection Centers for proper disposal of hazardous materials for RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. 

For more details, please call the HAZWASTE HOTLINE at (888) CLEAN-LA or click on any of the many helpful links below.

888CleanLA Helpline
(888) CLEAN LA (888-253-2652)
www.888cleanla.com

888CleanLA Helpline - Tire Recycling
http://ladpw.org/epd/tirerecycling/index.cfm
 

Recyclable Battery Recycling Corporation
(678) 419-9990
http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/index.html
 

Used Motor Oil Recycling Centers
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/UsedOil/Centers/

DTSC (California Department of Toxic Substances Control) link for fluorescent tube recycling and other valuable information

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/TIB/index.cfm

Cooking Oil

The companies listed below will recycle used cooking oil.

Baker Commodities, Inc.                               Darling International 
(800) 427-0696                                               (800) 914-1221

JR Commodities                                           One More Time, Inc.
(323) 997-9602                                               (800) 624-5504

Grease Services (951) 343-1221

Earth 911
A multifaceted website for recycling and hazardous waste information
http://www.earth911.org/master.asp

Hewlett-Packard
Product Return and Recycling
www.hp.com/go/recycle
Enter "recycling" in search menu for the link to updated product return program information for computer hardware and printer cartridges.

Dell Computers
Dell Exchange Program
www.dell.com
Enter "recycling" in search menu for the link to updated product return program information.

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Electronic Product Management Directory
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Electronics/Collection/

California Integrated Waste Management Board
For more detailed information on all types of hazardous waste
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/HHW/Info/

LA Shares
(310) 301-9257
www.lashares.org
LA SHARES is a non-profit materials reuse program, which takes donations of reusable goods and materials and redistributes these items FREE OF CHARGE to nonprofit organizations and schools throughout Los Angeles County.