While we do our part to flatten the curve, remember to help protect and restore our planet by practicing the 4Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink. Click here for ways to celebrate from home!
Clean LA Events
Beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, all Los Angeles County buildings will be closed to the public. At this time, Clean LA has also canceled or postponed all public events. Please refer to the following page for further updates.
COVID-19 Impacts to Solid Waste Management
LA County will continue collecting trash, recycling, green waste and bulky items in unincorporated communities through contracted waste haulers while flattening the curve on COVID-19. However, some events have been affected.
Click here to learn more.
Environmental Programs Public Counter
Los Angeles County Public Counters are closed until further notice.
For Industrial Waste, Underground Storage Tanks, or Stormwater questions or submissions, email us at fchin@pw.lacounty.gov. You can also mail submissions to:
LA County Public Works
Environmental Programs Division
900 S. Fremont Avenue
Alhambra, CA 91803
Construction and Demolition Recycling and Reuse Plans can be submitted via email at CND@pw.lacounty.gov or by fax (626) 628-9733.
If you have any questions, contact the Environmental Programs Public Counter at (626) 458-3517, Monday to Thursday, 8am to 4pm.
Day Without Hunger
There are over 1.5 million food insecure residents living in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles Lakers, Kyle Kuzma, challenges you to help fight hunger. To learn how you can do your part, visit FoodDropLA.com.
Illegal Dumping
Let’s punt away illegal dumping once and for
all. Do your part to keep your community safe and clean. Click here to learn how you can
prevent and report illegal dumping.
Beverage Container Recycling
Recycling beverage containers is a double play. It reduces landfill waste and puts cash in your pocket. Click here for more information.
Everyone has a role to play in keeping creeks, lakes, rivers and ocean beaches free of litter, pollutants and other debris. Click here and see if you’ve thought about all the kinds of refuse that damage our waterways and beaches. Use trash cans. Properly discard these waste products to protect our environment.
Learn how to make your next event as close to waste-free as possible with the Waste-Free Event Guide. No event is too big or too small to make a difference.
Every Drop Counts
Did you know that used motor oil never wears out and can be recycled and reused? Motor oil improperly disposed onto the ground or into storm drains can contaminate and pollute the soil, groundwater, and the ocean. Take your used motor oil to one of 650 certified collection centers in California or an auto parts store in your area to be recycled for free. Click here for more information.
Report abandoned shopping carts to the California Shopping Cart Retrieval Corporation at (800) 252-4613, by email, or online. iPhone users can download the CartSnap app to report abandoned shopping carts.
Los Angeles County Public Works offers an e-mail notification system to provide up-to-date information on topics or events of interest. This system allows you to customize your notifications, so today!
When you go shopping, buy in bulk when you can. About ten cents of every dollar are spent on packaging costs and packaging makes up a third of all garbage in our landfills!