What you CAN bring to an event (examples):
- Brake fluid, paint, paint thinner, cleaners with acid or lye, pesticides or herbicides, household batteries and car batteries, pool chemicals, motor oil, oil filters, expired pharmaceuticals, anti-freeze, and fluorescent light bulbs.
- You can also recycle paint at participating retailers through the PaintCare Program. Details at www.PaintCare.org or (855) 724-6809.
- Household electronic waste including: Computer monitors, televisions, computer CPUs, keyboards, printers, cell phones, etc
What you CAN’T bring to an event:
- Waste from businesses
- Explosives, ammunition and radioactive materials.
- Trash and tires
- White goods such as refrigerators, stoves and washing machines,etc
- Controlled substances
How to prepare items for transportation
- Bring the items in a sturdy box, preferably in their original labeled containers.
- Do not mix the items together
- There is a limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds of hazardous waste per trip.
- Be prepared to leave your containers and boxes. Remove all other items from your trunk
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Home-generated sharps waste such as hypodermic needles, pen needles, syringes, lancets, and intravenous needles SHOULD NOT be placed in your trash. Bring them to the Roundups or visit www.CLEANLA.com for alternate disposal options.
You can also take your used motor oil to more than 600 oil recycling centers in Los Angeles County. Call 1(888) CLEAN-LA for a complete listing.
