Household Hazardous Waste / Electronic Waste Collection Centers & Events [June 2011]

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Did you know that not all your trash belongs in your bins for your communities trash collection day?  By law, Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste (HHW/E-Waste) must be disposed of at special collection centers located throughout the state. 

Household Hazardous Waste is any leftover product labeled toxic, poison, corrosive, flammable, combustible, or irritant, that you want to discard.  Examples of HHW are batteries, compact fluorescent light bulbs, unused household cleaners, unused paint, used automobile fluids etc.

Electronic Waste is discarded, surplus, obsolete or broken electrical or electronic devices. Informal processing of electronic waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems. Some electronic scrap components, such as CRTs, contain contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury, and brominated flame retardants. E-Waste refers to things such as computers, entertainment device electronics, mobile phones, and other items such as television sets and refrigerators.

Improper Disposal

When thrown in with the regular trash, household hazardous waste can injure sanitation workers. In addition, the hazardous waste may end up in landfills not intended or permitted for those type of wastes which could in turn impact groundwater. When poured on the ground, household hazardous waste may seep into and contaminate our groundwater and/or the ocean we swim in. When flushed down a toilet, sink or drain, household hazardous waste goes through the sewage system to treatment plants not equipped to handle hazardous waste. At treatment plants, hazardous waste interferes with the biological treatment process by killing bacteria and contaminating the effluent that runs into the ocean and the biosolids which cannot then be reused as fertilizer. When hazardous waste is thrown on the street, it goes down storm drains leading into our area waterways, impacting the Pacific Ocean, our lakes, and our local beaches.

Permanent HHW/E-Waste Collection Centers

HHW/E-Waste can be properly disposed of on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 3pm at these permanent collection centers located throughout the city:

San Pedro: GAFFEY STREET 1400 N. Gaffey St, San Pedro 90731[MAP]

Los Angeles: LOS ANGELES-GLENDALE TREATMENT PLANT 4600 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles 90039 [MAP & INFO]

Playa del Rey: HYPERION TREATMENT PLANT 7660 West Imperial Highway, Gate B, Playa Del Rey 90293 [MAP & INFO]

Sun Valley: RANDALL STREET 11025 Randall St, Sun Valley 91352 [MAP]

Los Angeles: WASHINGTON BLVD 2649 E. Washington Blvd Los Angeles 90021.[MAP & INFO] 

An addtional collection center is located at UCLA.  Note the days and hours of operation:

West Los Angeles: UCLA 550 Charles E. Young Dr. West, Los Angeles 90025**
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays*, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. [MAP & INFO]
* We will accept electronic waste on Saturday only.
** Note: All Waste Collection Services are suspended during rainy weather

Household Hazardous/Electronic Waste (HHW/E-Waste) Mobile Collection Events

You may also dispose of HHW/E-Waste properly at a FREE mobile collection event.  There is one nearly every weekend throughout Los Angeles County.  Below are up coming mobile collection events:

Irwindale – Saturday 4 June, 9am - 3pm

L.A. County Department of Public Works, Flood Control Maintenance Yard,
160 East Longden Ave, Irwindale 91706 [MAP]

Pomona – Saturday 11 June, 9am - 3pm

LA County Fair, Hotel & Exposition Complex, Gate 23, 

Arrow Highway, Pomona 91769 [MAP]

Calabasas – Sunday 12 June, 9am - 3pm

Calabasas Landfill (Scale Area),
5300 Lost Hills Rd, Agoura 91301 [MAP]

Torrance – Saturday 18 June, 9am - 3pm

American Honda (Enter from Harper`s Way off of Van Ness),
1919 Torrance Blvd, Torrance 90501 [MAP]

Culver City – Saturday 25 June

National Guard Armory (Front Parking Lot),
10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City 90230 [MAP]

content: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works & City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation • post: R. Nelson




 

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Discover Recycling at the 2011 Sanitation Open Houses

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City Residents Invited to Learn about Reducing, Reusing and Recycling!

Hosting the Ninth Annual 2011 Bureau of Sanitation Open Houses, the City of Los Angeles will opens its doors at each of its six district yards in Sun Valley, Northridge, Lincoln Heights, South Los Angeles, San Pedro, and West Los Angeles in a series of weekend events starting Saturday, May 14, 2011.

“The Open Houses showcase Sanitation’s residential collection programs and raise awareness of reducing, reusing and recycling by making real the connections to the economic, environmental and social benefits of reducing waste,” said Cynthia M. Ruiz, president of the Board of Public Works. “Individual responsibility and volunteer actions coupled with ongoing collaborations between residents, businesses and government, continue to successfully sustain community environments and deliver a better quality of life through a cleaner and greener Los Angeles.”

2011 Sanitation Open House Schedule 

  SUN VALLEY – Saturday 14 May 2011 9am - 3pm

East Valley District Yard, 11050 Pendleton Street, Sun Valley 91352 [MAP]

  NORTHRIDGE – Saturday 21 May 2011 9am - 3pm

West Valley District Yard, 8840 Vanalden Avenue, Northridge 91324 [MAP]

  LINCOLN HEIGHTS – Saturday 4 June 2011 9am - 3pm

North Central District Yard, 452 N. San Fernando Road, Los Angeles 90031 [MAP]

  SOUTH LOS ANGELES – Saturday 11 June 2011 9am - 3pm

South Los Angeles District Yard at The Expo Center, 3990 Menlo Ave, Los Angeles 90037 [MAP]

  SAN PEDRO – Saturday 25 June 2011 9am - 3pm

Harbor District Yard, 1400 N. Gaffey Street, San Pedro 90731 [MAP]

  WEST LOS ANGELES – Saturday 16 July 2011 9am - 3pm

West Los Angeles District Yard, 2027 Stoner Avenue, Los Angeles 90025 [MAP]

What's At The Open House

The Sanitation Open Houses will treat visitors to trash truck and equipment demonstrations in addition to guided facility tours, information booths, recycling games with prizes and refreshments. The city's recycling mascots, Mr. Recycle and Robo Blue will be on hand to engage the next generation of residents by bringing recycling to life through imagination and fun.

Free fruit and non-fruit trees will be available to City of Los Angeles residents through the Million Trees L.A. program on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. In conjunction with the tree adoption opportunities, the Bureau of Sanitation will giveaway free mulch and compost recycled from its green waste program. Young visitors will also have the opportunity to learn how to plant small vegetable plants, take them home and transplant them in their gardens.

Used tire collections for City of Los Angeles residents will be held at the Open Houses. Made possible by a CalRecycle grant, the Open House used tire collections enhance the city’s ongoing program that allows city residents to recycle four tires per year free at any of the six Sanitation district yards. Recycle your tires and receive a coupon for 15% off your next Firestone or Bridgestone tire purchase. Details here [pdf].

Last year, more than 6,300 residents visited the yards to learn about the city’s recycling and Sanitation services, and more than 300 city employees volunteered their time to ‘give back’ to the public and conduct the ‘free’ events.

Bureau of Sanitation Open Houses

http://bureauofsanitationopenhouses.blogspot.com/

City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation

(800) 773-2489 • http://lacitysan.org/ • http://zerowaste.lacity.org/ 

images: Bureau of Sanitation 

content: Los Angeles  Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation • post: R. Nelson  |  Updated 18:48 Sun 5 June 2011

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