Electronic and Universal Waste Household Hazardous Waste Pick Up

Waste Management collects electronic and universal waste as part of
their bulky item collection services. Electronic waste includes items
such as television, computer monitors,
computers, VCRs, cellular phones and other
electronic devices. Universal waste items
include batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, etc.),
fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent
(CFL) bulbs.
Waste Management is unable to collect household hazardous waste.
The City of Laguna Beach offers free, year-round, door-to-door
collection of household hazardous waste and electronic waste through
a contract with Curbside, Inc. Residents are allowed one free pickup
per calendar year. Eligible materials will be picked up between 8 a.m.
Laguna Beach
and 5 p.m. Residents do not have to be home when the materials are Residential Recycling and
collected. Senior and disabled residents can request assistance to lift Refuse Services Guide
and package their materials for collection. Call Curbside, Inc. at (800)
449-7587 to schedule a pick up.

Disposal Options
Household Propane Non-
Contact Information Electronic Fluorescent Batteries Used Oil / Sharps /
Hazardous Tanks / Fire Controlled
(Call for hours and to schedule pickup Waste
Waste Tubes / CFL’s (household)
Extinguishers
Oil Filters Needles
Medicines
services) FALL 2008
Waste Management of Orange County -
part of bulky item service, call for
appointment (949) 642-1191 x x x Keep up the great work Laguna Beach! Holiday Collection Schedule
www.wmorangecounty.com Thanks to all of the residents and businesses of Laguna Beach for their Collection will not occur on the following holidays:
Curbside, Inc. continued efforts in recycling and diverting waste from the landfills.
Door-to-Door HHW Collection x x x x x x x During 2007, residents and businesses diverted 13,956 tons of recyclables. New Years Day Memorial Day
(800) 449-7587 / www.curbsideinc.com With your continued participation in recycling programs, the City of Laguna Independence Day Labor Day
Orange County HHW Centers
Beach continues to meet the State of California’s waste reduction and Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day
(714) 834-6752 Hotline x x x x x x x x recycling diversion goals.
www.oclandfills.com When a holiday falls on a weekday, collection will be
Under the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB939), delayed one day after the holiday for the remainder of
Sharps Disposal By Mail Kits jurisdictions in California were required to divert at least 50 percent of their the week.
Participating Locations x waste from landfills by the end of 2000. The City of Laguna Beach has
(see below)
diverted 59% of its waste, thereby exceeding the State of California’s
Laguna Beach City Hall mandate.
Battery Drop Off - small quantity Service Inquiries
(949) 497-0323 x
This newsletter offers useful information about your recycling and solid If you have any questions regarding your trash or
www.lagunabeachcity.net
waste services offered by Waste Management of Orange County. You will recycling service or, if you should experience any
USA Express Tire & Service also find important information to help you properly dispose of hazardous problems with your service, please contact a Waste
350 Broadway, Laguna Beach x waste, electronic waste, and hypodermic needles and other “sharps”. Management customer service representative at 949-642-
(949) 494-7111 Please keep this newsletter for reference throughout the year. 1191.

Household hazardous waste is any type of household product that you would like to discard and is labeled with any of the following words: toxic,
caution, danger, poison, corrosive, flammable, combustible or irritant. Typical household hazardous waste are items such as used motor oil, oil Collection Services for Residential Properties (up to 5 units)
filters, paint, antifreeze and other automotive products, pesticides, household cleaners, pool chemicals, items containing mercury such as
thermometers and thermostats.
Automated Collection Services Billing Information
Sharps Mail Back Program Battery Drop Off Waste Management offers three different size Charges for residential collection services
wheeled carts – 35 gallons, 64 gallons or 96 are imposed annually and included with
Obtain a mail back kit from one of the participating pharmacies below. Residents can dispose of small quantities of batteries at city hall. City gallons – providing you the option to select the the property taxes. If you move from your
The Sharps Disposal by Mail System includes a specially designed hall is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents size that best suits your needs. Separate carts are current address, please leave the
Sharps container and a postage-prepaid shipping container ensuring can dispose of the following types of batteries into the battery bucket utilized for trash, mixed recyclables and green containers for the next resident. They are
resident’s medical waste will be delivered safely by the U.S. Postal available near the permit counter:
waste. Call the Customer Service Center if one of the property of Waste Management and
Service to a certified medical waste facility, where it is destroyed. The • One time use – Alkaline/Zinc/Carbon, Nickel Zinc, Silver Oxide your carts is not fitting your needs, is damaged should be used only for automated
first kit is FREE and two additional kits will require a $5 co-pay. (used in hearing aids), and Mercury batteries (used in hearing aids or broken. Please have your current cart size curbside service.
• Laguna Drug, 239 Broadway, Laguna Beach (949) 715-9206 and watches) available. The size can be found in the first two
• CVS Pharmacy, 30842 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach (949) 499-2277 • Rechargeable – NiCad, Nickel Metal Hydride (used in cell phones), digits of the imprinted serial number. Use the Additional Carts
• Pavilions Pharmacy, 600 N. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach (949) 376-3383 Lithium Ion (used on computers and cell phones) wheeled carts supplied by Waste Management for
your automated collection services. Contact the Customer Service Center to
obtain an additional cart. There is a
PRSRT STD
Special Services charge for each additional trash cart. For
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
ORANGE, CA the avid recyclers, you can obtain one
PERMIT #646 Elderly or physically disabled customers unable additional recycling cart and/ a green
ECRWSS
to take their wheeled carts to the designated waste cart at no charge. There is a charge
POSTAL CUSTOMER collection location can contact the Customer for the third recycling and green waste
1800 S. Grand Ave. Service Center to request special assistance. cart.
Santa Ana, CA 92705

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Bulky Item Collection Services Temporary Bin Services What goes in your carts?
Residents with curbside collection are provided free bulky item Having an event? Remodeling the house? All of these jobs call for
collection two (2) times per calendar year. Bulky items include more than your average trash service. Depending on the size of Commingled Recycling Green Waste Recycling
large hard-to-handle household items such as furniture and your project, we have a variety of options available. For smaller Items that can be placed in the recycling cart with the “gray” lid. Items that can be placed in the green waste cart
appliances or up to 20 bags of trash or green waste. Instructions jobs, you may order an "insta-bin," a temporary collection bin with the “green” lid.
for bulky items: that is three cubic yards or smaller. For larger jobs, we have Paper / Cardboard Metal
temporary roll-off containers available, which range in size from • Grass clippings
• Bags must be 35 gallon size or smaller and weigh less than 50 10 cubic yards to 40 cubic yards. For pricing and ordering • Newspapers, magazines • Aluminum cans • Leaves
pounds. information, please contact the Customer Service Center. • Mixed paper (printer, color, all types • Tin cans - soup, tuna, vegetable • Yard and garden prunings
• Green waste can be bundled or bagged. Bundled green waste accepted) juice, coffee • Small tree branches
must weigh less than 50 pounds and cannot exceed 4 feet in • Telephone books, directories, magazines • Empty aerosol cans (must be
length and 2 feet in diameter. Christmas Tree Recycling • Shrubs
• Bulk/junk mail, envelopes, catalogs completely empty) • Small pieces of wood, sawdust
• Heavy tree trunks and construction material are not accepted Waste Management will collect and recycle Christmas trees for the • File folders • Pie tins • Christmas trees (cut up)
in this program. first three weeks following Christmas on your collection day. Trees • Cardboard boxes (please flatten) • Paint cans (must be empty and
As part of the new bulky item program enhancements, residents four feet or taller must be cut in half. Please remove all • Soft bound books, hard bound books completely dried out)
can now schedule pickup of electronic waste items. Please refer decorations, tinsel, metal ornaments, and metal stands from trees. (inside only, no cover) • Hangers Trash and other items not accepted
to the section about electronic and universal waste for acceptable Flocked trees will be collected but cannot be recycled. You can • Paper board - cereal boxes, tissue boxes, in the recycling program
items. Bulky item collection is a special service and collected also recycle your tree by cutting it up and placing it in the green shoe boxes, egg cartons, beverage boxes, Glass Items that are not acceptable in the recycling
separately from the automated cart program. Residents must call waste cart. dry food boxes program should be placed in the trash cart with
• Frozen dinner boxes and other frozen food • Food jars - sauce, mayo, pickles the “blue” lid.
the Customer Service Center to schedule a pick up. (no residue)
boxes
• Empty paper towel and toilet tissue rolls • Beverage glass bottles - wine, • Food waste
• Shredded paper (must bag before placing beer, liquor, juice • Pet waste, items soiled by pet waste
in cart) • Disposable diapers
Free Recycling • Pizza boxes (no food residue) • Styrofoam (packing peanuts, cups, egg trays,
Recycle small electronics and inkjet cartridges by mail Plastic Bag meat trays)
• Paper towels (must be clean and dry)
Recycling Recycling • Plastics with no numbers (missing #1-7)
The U.S. Postal Service launched a pilot program in March 2008 that allows • Light bulbs (incandescent)
customers to recycle small electronics and inkjet cartridges by mailing them free Beverage Plastics Residents with
• Pyrex, ceramics
of charge. The “Mail Back” program makes it easy for customers to discard used curbside recycling
or obsolete small electronics in an environmentally responsible way. Containers • Plastic beverage containers - soda, water, service may now • Drinking glasses, glass dishware
juice place plastic bags in • Mirrors, window or windshield glass
Customers can use the free envelopes found on display in the Laguna Beach • Plastic containers (#1-7) such as laundry the recycling cart. • Clothing (donate if possible)
Post Office to mail back inkjet cartridges, PDAs, Blackberries, digital cameras, detergent, ketchup, mustard, hair product Please place plastic bags for • Rubber / latex items
bottles recycling inside a plastic bag, not • Palm fronds, bird of paradise and other
iPods and MP3 players – without having to pay for postage. There is no limit to
• Plastic bags - grocery, dry cleaning, loose in the cart to ensure that all succulent/fibrous plants
the number of envelopes customers may take.
newspaper and other film bags (bundle the plastic will be caught in the
You can redeem empty California Redemption Value inside a plastic bag, tie and place in the sorting process.
(CRV) beverage containers at any market or liquor
Important phone numbers and Web sites: store in Laguna Beach. The beverage containers
cart) Cart Service Reminders
• Plastic buckets (#1-#7) Recycling Reminders
must be clean. The refund value for each beverage • Plastic tubs (#1-#7) 1. Place all waste in the appropriate cart and close
Waste Management Customer Service (949) 642-1191 container with a capacity of less than 24 fluid • Place all these items together the lids.
www.wmorangecounty.com • Plastic toys (#1-7)
ounces is five cents ($0.05), and the refund value into your recycling cart with the 2. Do not overfill the cart. Carts that are
www.thinkgreenfromhome.com for each container with a capacity of 24 fluid 1 2 3 4 “gray” lid. overflowing may litter the area during the
www.thinkgreen.com ounces or more is ten cents ($0.10). • Please do not use plastic bags, automated collection service. Residents are
5 6 7
keep the recyclables loose in the allowed to place up to 5 bags of trash next to
City of Laguna Beach All Redeemable containers are labeled: CA Look for the “chasing arrow” symbol to cart (exception is shredded trash cart on an occasional basis.
Solid Waste Assistance (949) 497-0323 REDEMPTION VALUE, CALIFORNIA REDEMPTION identify if a plastic item can be recycled. Also paper and plastic bags bundled 3. Place your carts out into the street against the
www.lagunabeachcity.net VALUE, CA CASH REFUND, CALIFORNIA CASH known as a “resin” code, this symbol is often for recycling). curb (if curb present), with handles facing your
Water Quality/Illegal Discharges (949) 497-0378 REFUND, or CA CRV. If you are interested in taking found on the bottom of plastic containers • Make sure items are free from home. Place the carts a minimum of 2-feet
www.clbwq.net your beverage containers to a certified recycling and tells you what plastic was used to make liquids and food residue. apart to allow enough room for the automated
center go to www.bottlesandcans.com for the the item. arm to service.
Curbiside, Inc. (800) 449-7587 nearest locations in South Orange County. 4. Place your carts at the curb or collection area by
www.curbsideinc.com 7:00 a.m. on your service day to ensure your
Bag Lightweight Items! carts are not missed due to a late set-out. Help
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) preserve neighborhood aesthetics and a healthy
www.ciwmb.ca.gov (916) 341-6000 Useful Web sites: Small lightweight items such as styrofoam “peanuts” and shredded paper items must be environment by storing your carts and keeping
bagged. When these items are left loose in the cart, they can be carried by the wind them out of sight except on the day of
CIWMB Used Oil Program Earth’s 911 Reusable Bag Program during automated service creating a litter problem in the neighborhoods. collection. Laguna Beach Municipal Code
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/usedoil www.earth911.org www.mygreenbag.org
• Place bagged shredded paper in the recycling cart. If possible, please use a paper Section 7.16.140 requires that trash and
Department of Conservation, (800) RECYCLE E-Waste Recycling Information Freecycle bag. recycling containers be kept out of public view
www.erecycle.org www.freecycle.org from any street except on the day of collection
Division of Recycling • Place bagged Styrofoam “peanuts” in the trash cart. Or better yet, check with your
between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. or when stored
www.bottlesandcans.com local office supplier or mailing retailer to see if they can reuse your ”peanuts”.
in an alley.

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