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Where to dispose of yard waste
Branches, trimmings, leaves, brush and stumps. 22 confirmed places in Southern California, plus 94 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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Landers Sanitary Landfill
Accepted with conditions
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Mid-Valley Sanitary Landfill
Accepted
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San Timoteo Sanitary Landfill
Accepted
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Victorville Sanitary Landfill
Accepted with conditions
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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Antelope Valley Public Landfill
Accepted with conditions
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Puente Hills Materials Recovery Facility
Accepted
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Scholl Canyon Landfill
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 94 sites as permitted to receive yard waste. Most are transfer stations and recyclers that mainly serve haulers and contractors; some take the public. We haven't confirmed which. Call before going.
- 365 Disposal and Recycling Inc (Tuxford)
- Active Recycling MRF and Transfer Station
- Advance Disposal Center for the Environm
- America's Recycling Company MRF and Transfer Station
- American Industrial Services, Inc.
- American Reclamation Chipping and Grndng
- American Waste Transfer Station
- Americas Recycling Company (ARC3-Transfer Station)
- Americas Recycling Company (ARC4-CDI)
- Americas Recycling Company (ARC4-Transfer Station)
- Anza Collection Station
- Athens Irwindale MRF & Transfer Station
- Athens Sun Valley Mat. Rec. & Transfer Station
- Azusa Transfer and MRF
- Bee Canyon Greenery
- Bel-Art Waste Transfer Station
- Big Bear Transfer Station
- Borrego Landfill
- Bradley East Processing/Transfer Station
- Burbank Landfill No.3 - Organic Waste Transfer Facility
- Calabasas Landfill
- Capistrano Greenery
- Capistrano Greenery - Chip & Grind
- City Of Inglewood Transfer Station
- City of Lancaster Main. Yard. MVTS
- Coachella Valley Compost
- Compton Recycling & Transfer Station
- Construction and Demolition Recycling
- Cordova Construction Services
- CR&R South County MRF
- Crown Recycling Services
- Culver City Transfer/Recycling Station
- CVT Regional Material Recovery and Transfer Station
- Downey Area Recycling & Transfer
- Ecodiamond Disposal & Recycling
- EDCO Recovery and Transfer
- EDCO Recycling and Transfer
- EDCO Station
- Edom Hill Compost
- El Corazon Compost Facility
- Escondido Resource Recovery
- Express Disposal, Inc.
- Falcon Refuse Center
- Grand Central Recycling and Transfer Station
- Greencycle
- Heaps Peak Transfer Station
- Idyllwild Transfer Station
- Inland Pacific Resource Recovery LLC
- Inland Regional MRF & Transfer Station
- L.A. Dump
- La Pata Avenue Greenwaste Facility
- Lamb Canyon Compost Facility
- Lancaster Landfill and Recycling Center
- Madison Materials, Inc.
- Max Scrap Metal and Recycling
- Miramar Greenery
- Mission Road Recycling & Transfer Station
- Moreno Valley Solid Waste R & T Facility
- North Hills Recycling, Inc.
- North Hills Transfer/Processing, Inc.
- One Stop Landscape Supply Center, Inc.
- Otay CDI MVPF
- Otay Landfill Composting Operation
- Otay Mesa Compost Facility
- Otay Organics Station
- Palomar Transfer Station, Inc
- Perris Transfer Station and MRF
- Pomona Valley Transfer Station
- Potential Industries
- Rainbow Transfer/Recycling Company, Inc.
- Ramona MRF And Transfer Station
- Renova Materials Recovery Facility Inc.
- Rent-A-Bin CDI Debris Processing Facility
- Robert A Nelson Transfer Station & MRF
- SA Recycling
- Salt Lake Transfer Station
- Savage Canyon Landfill
- Sheep Creek Transfer Station
- SoCal Waste Recycling, Inc.
- Southern Cal. Disposal Co. Recycling & Transfer Station
- Stanton C&D Recycling Facility
- Stanton Green Materials Recycling Facility
- Tierra Verde Industries EcoCentre
- Tiger Tail Materials
- Universal Refuse Removal Recycling & T.S
- Universal Waste Systems, Inc. Material Recovery Facility & Transfer Station
- Valencia Greenery
- Van Norman Chipping and Grinding Fac
- Victor Valley MRF & Transfer Station
- Victor Valley Regional Composting Facility
- Waste Management South Gate Transfer
- Waste Resources Recovery
- West Valley Materials Recovery Facility
- Yucca Valley Transfer Station
Yard waste 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
- Torrance
- Downey
- Costa Mesa
- Murrieta
- Jurupa Valley
- Menifee
- Hesperia
- Mission Viejo
- Santa Monica
- Hemet
- Indio
- Upland
- Lake Elsinore
- Cathedral City
- Brea
- Palm Springs
- Desert Hot Springs
- Lake Arrowhead
- Big Bear Lake
- Idyllwild
Good to know
Clean green waste is accepted at composting sites and most landfills at a lower rate than trash.
Palm fronds, stumps and large logs are sometimes excluded from green waste programs or charged separately.
California requires residential organics collection in most areas, so small amounts usually go in the curbside green cart.
Other ways
- Curbside organics cart. Routine trimmings fit in the green cart in most California jurisdictions.
Don't bother
These do not take yard waste: 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.