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Where to dispose of scrap metal
Steel, aluminum, copper and mixed metal items. 18 confirmed places in Southern California, plus 20 more permitted for it.
Riverside County
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Badlands Landfill
Accepted
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Blythe Sanitary Landfill
Accepted with conditions
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Coachella Valley Transfer Station
Accepted
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Desert Center Sanitary Landfill
Accepted with conditions
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Edom Hill Transfer Station
Accepted
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El Sobrante Landfill
Accepted
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Lamb Canyon Landfill
Accepted
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Oasis Sanitary Landfill
Accepted with conditions
San Bernardino County
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Mid-Valley Sanitary Landfill
Accepted
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San Timoteo Sanitary Landfill
Accepted
Orange County
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Frank R. Bowerman Landfill
Accepted
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Olinda Alpha Landfill
Accepted
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Prima Deshecha Landfill
Accepted
Los Angeles County
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Puente Hills Materials Recovery Facility
Accepted with conditions
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Sunshine Canyon Landfill
Accepted
San Diego County
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Miramar Landfill
Accepted
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Otay Landfill
Accepted
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Sycamore Landfill
Accepted
Permitted, not yet confirmed for the public
CalRecycle lists these 20 sites as permitted to receive scrap metal. Most are transfer stations and recyclers that mainly serve haulers and contractors; some take the public. We haven't confirmed which. Call before going.
- America's Recycling Company MRF and Transfer Station
- American Industrial Services, Inc.
- American Waste Transfer Station
- Americas Recycling Company (ARC4-CDI)
- Anza Collection Station
- Athens Sun Valley Mat. Rec. & Transfer Station
- Baker Medium Volume Transfer Processing
- City of Lancaster Main. Yard. MVTS
- Construction and Demolition Recycling
- EDCO Recovery and Transfer
- EDCO Recycling and Transfer
- Greencycle
- Idyllwild Transfer Station
- Madison Materials, Inc.
- Max Scrap Metal and Recycling
- Moreno Valley Solid Waste R & T Facility
- Newberry Springs Med. Vol. T/P Facility
- Renova Materials Recovery Facility Inc.
- Rent-A-Bin CDI Debris Processing Facility
- Robert A Nelson Transfer Station & MRF
Scrap metal disposal by city
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- Long Beach
- Anaheim
- Riverside
- Santa Ana
- Irvine
- San Bernardino
- Fontana
- Huntington Beach
- Glendale
- Ontario
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Corona
- Escondido
- Costa Mesa
- Murrieta
- Jurupa Valley
- Menifee
- Mission Viejo
- Hemet
- Indio
- Upland
- Lake Elsinore
- Cathedral City
- Palm Springs
- Lake Arrowhead
- Big Bear Lake
- Idyllwild
Good to know
Scrap metal has value, so private scrap yards typically accept it for free or pay by weight. Landfills also accept it but usually charge.
California law requires scrap yards to verify identity and, for some metals, delay payment; bring ID.
Other ways
- Scrap metal buyers. Local scrap yards pay for clean, sorted metal.
Don't bother
These do not take scrap metal: Palm Springs Permanent HHW Facility, Anaheim Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, Irvine Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, Agua Mansa Permanent HHW Facility, Lake Elsinore Permanent HHW Facility, Beaumont ABOP & PaintCare Facility, Moreno Valley ABOP & PaintCare Facility, Murrieta ABOP & PaintCare Facility, East Coachella ABOP & PaintCare Facility, Northwest Coachella Valley ABOP & PaintCare Facility, Anza ABOP & PaintCare Facility, Idyllwild ABOP & PaintCare Facility, Huntington Beach Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, San Juan Capistrano Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, Apple Valley Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Barstow Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Big Bear Lake Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Chino Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Hesperia Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Joshua Tree Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Needles Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Ontario Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, Rancho Cucamonga Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Redlands Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Rialto Household Hazardous Waste Facility, San Bernardino Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility, Trona Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Upland Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Victorville Household Hazardous Waste Facility, Lucerne Valley ABOP Facility, Nicole Bernson (Balboa) S.A.F.E. Center, Gaffey Street S.A.F.E. Center, Los Angeles–Glendale S.A.F.E. Center, Hyperion S.A.F.E. Center, Randall Street S.A.F.E. Center, Washington Blvd. S.A.F.E. Center, S.A.F.E. Center at UCLA, Antelope Valley Environmental Collection Center, EDCO Recycling & Transfer Center HHW Collection (Signal Hill), Miramar Household Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility, Escondido Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, Ramona Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility, Chula Vista Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility, El Cajon Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility.