What’s the best way to make sure your recyclables get reused – and how much of the stuff in your recycling bin is actually ending up in a landfill? For Los Angeles listeners, this episode has good news: done well, recycling really works.
Below, we’ve listed most of the waste haulers in LA County, their coverage areas and links to their recycling policies/services.
AAA Rubbish
Area(s): Bell Gardens, Montebello; San Gabriel Valley, South Bay
Learn more about their recycling services here.
American Reclamation
Area(s): Burbank, Calabasas, Commerce, Glendale, El Segundo, Los Angeles, Malibu, Montebello, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Vernon
Learn more about their recycling services here.
Athens Services
Area(s): City of Industry, Irwindale, La Puente, Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks
Learn more about their recycling policies here.
Burrtec Waste Industries
Area(s): Azusa, Burbank, Fontana, Jurupa Valley, Pomona, San Bernardino, Saugus, Victorville
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
California Waste Services
Area(s): Burbank, Costa Mesa, El Segundo, Glendale, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Irvine, Lake Forest, Lawndale, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Pasadena, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Torrance
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
CR&R Incorporated
Area(s): Artesia, Avalon, Bellflower, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Fe Springs
Learn more about their recycling policies by city here.
EDCO Disposal Corporation
Area(s): Buena Park, El Segundo, La Mirada, La Palma, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Rancho Palos Verdes
Learn more about their recycling policies here.
NASA Services
Area(s): La Cañada Flintridge, Pico Rivera
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
Rent-a-Bin
Area(s): Much of San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita Valley
Learn more about their recycling policies here.
Republic Services
Area(s): Alhambra, Athens, Bell, Belvedere, Compton, Firestone, Hawthorne, Inglewood, La Cañada Flintridge, Lawndale, San Fernando, Seal Beach, Rosemead, Walnut Park, Whittier
Learn more about their recycling policies and services by city here.
Serv-Wel Disposal and Recycling
Area(s): South Bay (including Compton and Hawthorne); pockets of West LA (including Pacific Palisades); much of Central Los Angeles; pockets of the San Gabriel Valley (including City of Industry); Glendale; Pasadena
To see if your city is in their extensive coverage area, click here.
Learn more about their recycling policies here.
Southland Disposal
Area(s): Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena
Learn more about their recycling policies and services by city here.
Universal Waste Systems
Area(s): Los Angeles, South Gate, Santa Fe Springs, Vernon
Learn more about their recycling services here.
Valley Vista Services
Area(s): Much of the San Gabriel Valley
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
Ware Disposal
Area(s): San Gabriel Valley, pockets of South Bay (including Torrance), pockets of San Fernando Valley, much of Los Angeles
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
Waste & Recycling Services, Inc.
Area(s): Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Vernon
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
Waste Management (WM)
Area(s): Much of LA County – for specific cities, click here.
Learn more about their recycling policies and services here.
