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For information call the Earth 911 Recycling Hotline to locate drop-off programs for hazardous and non-hazardous materials: 1-800-CLEANUP (800-253-2687) or www.earth911.org
Or, view the collection services for your area for residential hazardous waste disposal information.
The following universal wastes may not be placed out for curbside collection or disposed of in a bin/container meant for solid waste:
For information on the nearest Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility available to you call:
Vista & San Marcos City, Encinitas, Poway, National City, Solana Beach |
(800) 714-1195 |
ALL County Unincorporated areas | 1- 877-713-2784 |
City of Escondido | 760-745-3203 |
City of La Mesa | 619-287-5696 ext. 4270 |
City of Lemon Grove | 619-287-5696 ext. 4270 |
City of Coronado | 619-522-7380 |
Imperial Beach | 619-691-5122 |
Orange County | 714- 834-6752 |
Los Angeles County | 800-238-0172 |
Don’t pour it down the drain, in the yard, or in your trash. Bring it to one of EDCO’s Buyback Centers and we’ll make sure it is reused. EDCO has established a Fats, Oils, and Grease, (FOG) collection program. With your help working together we can keep fats, oils, and grease (FOG) out of the drain and the ground and establish a reuse for it. It’s a free service and you’ll feel a whole lot greener. EDCO will ship the collected FOG to a refining facility where it will be processed into biodiesel. Note: Please don’t mix this product with any other oils such as motor oil or gear oil.
Simply collected your used discarded FOG in a leak proof container and when the container is full drop it off at any of our 6 buyback centers.
Did you know that Americans purchase nearly 3 billion dry-cell batteries every year to power radios, toys, cellular phones, watches, laptop computers, and portable power tools? Dry-cell batteries include alkaline and carbon zinc (9-volt, D, C, AA, AAA), mercuric-oxide (button, some cylindrical and rectangular), silver-oxide and zinc-air (button), and lithium (9-volt, C, AA, coin, button). On average, each person in the United States discards eight dry-cell batteries per year.
Batteries contain heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and nickel, which can contaminate the environment when batteries are improperly disposed of. When incinerated, certain metals might be released into the air or can concentrate in the ash produced by the combustion process. Recycling batteries keeps heavy metals out of landfills and the air. Recycling also saves resources because recovered plastic and metals can be used to make new batteries.
One way to reduce the number of batteries in the waste stream is to purchase rechargeable batteries. Nearly one in five dry-cell batteries purchased in the United States is rechargeable. Over its useful life, each rechargeable battery may substitute for hundreds of single-use batteries.
Residential customers can now conveniently recycle your household batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, and 9V only) for FREE at an EDCO facility near you (during operating hours only) – click here for locations.
Park Waste & Recycling Services
6762 Stanton Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90621
(714) 522-3577
EDCO Recycling Buyback Center
224 S. Las Posas Rd.
San Marcos, CA 92078
(760) 744-2700
Escondido Disposal, Inc.
1044 W. Washington Ave.
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 745-3203
Fallbrook Recycling Buyback Center
550 W. Aviation
Fallbrook, CA 92028
(760) 728-6114
Ramona Disposal Buyback Center
324 Maple St.
Ramona, CA 92065
(760) 789-0516
EDCO Station Buyback Center
8184 Commercial St.
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 466-3355
EDCO Buyback Center
6700 Federal Blvd.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
(619) 287-7555
New State Regulations
In September 2008, State law (Section 118286 of the California Health and Safety Code) made it illegal to dispose of sharps waste in the trash or recycling containers, and required that all sharps waste be transported to a collection center in an approved sharps container.
Section 117671 of the California Health and Safety Code defines “home-generated sharps waste” as hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications derived from a household, including a multifamily residence or household.
In addition to prohibiting the disposal of sharps waste in the trash, the Medical Waste Management Act requires home-generated sharps to be placed in approved containers for transport and disposal. Users should store the sharps waste in red bio-hazardous containers for easy identification or other approved containers.
Bio-hazard containers are available for purchase by consumers. Additionally, some jurisdictions have containers available at no cost. Information can be found at county health websites.
Bio-hazard containers can be disposed of in one of four ways:
Residential customers can now conveniently dispose of sharps FREE at an EDCO facility near you (during operating hours only). LOOSE SHARPS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Store sharps in approved sharps containers or in a rigid, puncture resistant, tightly sealed container, including: bleach bottles, liquid detergent bottles or coffee cans with lids. DO NOT STORE IN: paper or plastic bags, glass containers, cardboard or coated paper containers, plastic bottles that have a CRV (CA Redemption Value) or milk jugs.
EDCO Recycling Buyback Center
224 S. Las Posas Rd.
San Marcos, CA 92078
(760) 744-2700
Escondido Disposal, Inc.
1044 W. Washington Ave.
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 745-3203
Fallbrook Recycling Buyback Center
550 W. Aviation
Fallbrook, CA 92028
(760) 728-6114
Ramona Disposal Buyback Center
324 Maple St.
Ramona, CA 92065
(760) 789-0516
EDCO Station Buyback Center
8184 Commercial St.
La Mesa, CA 91942
(619) 466-3355
EDCO Buyback Center
6700 Federal Blvd.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
(619) 287-7555
To find additional locations to properly dispose of home-generated sharps, go to the California Integrated Waste Management Board’s Medical Waste Disposal Directory.
For more information, visit CIWMB’s Sharps web page.
Click here for detailed information about the new state regulations.