Safely Dispose of Household Hazardous Waste
Los Angeles County offers residents FREE and convenient ways to properly dispose of unwanted items that are too toxic to trash such as paint, cleaning products, home-generated sharps and more at temporary and permanent LA County Household Hazardous and Electronic-Waste Collection (HHW/E-Waste) collection events throughout LA County.
Each year in the United States, approximately three billion home-generated sharps waste end up in the trash, recycling containers, or are flushed down the toilet. When sharps waste is not disposed of property, it poses a serious health risk to children, sanitation workers, and the public.
Residents can request a free mail-back sharps container from the statewide stewardship program at sharpstakebackcalifornia.org or visit CleanLA’s HHW/E-Waste webpage to find additional information and resources for proper disposal of sharps and other HHW/E-Waste.
