Topic / Recycling

Please Recycle
There are many places set-up to recycle trash in Fullerton.
. In 1995 the city of Fullerton and MG Disposal implemented a recycling program in order to divert the amount of waste being sent to landfills. The "Recycle Fullerton" program takes household trash to a Material Recovery Facility, where the recyclables are sorted out of the waste stream. Beginning 01/24/00 yard waste collection program was initiated which made use of separate trash cans (with yellow stickers) and separate trash collection trucks to collect organic yard waste only (no food or building materials). For 2009, the city implemented the use of 3 distinct trash bins per residence: yard waste, recyclables and household trash. This program is apparently quite successful, since it is claimed that 70% of trash collected no longer ends up in the landfill.

MG Disposal: 1131 N. Blue Gum St., Anaheim 92806,

Customer Service: 714-238-3300
Hazardous Waste: 714-834-6752
Recycle Center: 714-238-3301
Disposal Center: 714-238-3301
*

Used Oil: You can recycle your used oil and filters at these collection centers. Its fast and free.
800-253-2687 Also call 714-871-4OIL:

  • Autozone #2898, 146 N. Raymond 92831, 714-870-9772 (*)
  • Autozone #5522, 1801 W. Orangethorpe 92833, 714-870-8286 (*)
  • Autozone #5523, 102 N. Euclid 92832, 714-870-8286 (*)
  • Big-O Tires #587, 1010 W. Commonwealth 92832, 714-870-4699
  • EZ Lube, 4002 N. Harbor 92835, 714-619-1546
  • Firestone Store #27EH, 1933 N. Placentia 92831, 714-993-7100 (*)
  • Fox Service Center, 1018 W. Orangethorpe 92833, 714-879-1430
  • Full. College Auto Tech., 321 E. Chapman 92832, 714-992-7275
  • Kragen Auto Parts #0731 2978 Yorba Linda 92831, 714-996-4780 (*)
  • Kragen Auto Parts #4133 904 W. Orangethorpe 92832, 714-526-3570 (*)
  • Pep Boys #642, 1530 S. Harbor 92832, 714-870-0700
  • Sunnyside 76 Car Care Center, 2701 N. Brea 92835, 714-256-0773
  • (*) oil collection only. Go to Cleanup.org for more information.

Public Recycling Bins: used for recycling Plastics, Paper (newspaper), Aluminium and Glass. Usually located at Elementary and Junior High Schools.Moneys obtained from the materials are donated to the host school or program.

Acacia Elementary 1200 N. Acacia
Commonwealth Elementary 2200 E. Commonwealth
Fern Drive Elementary 1400 W. Fern Dr.
Hermosa Drive Elementary 400 W. Hermosa
Ladera Vista Jr. High 1700 E. Wilshire
Laguna Road Elementary 300 Laguna Rd.
Maple Drive Elementary 244 E. Valencia
Nicholas Jr. High 1100 W. Olive
Orangethorpe Elementary 1400 S. Brookhurst
Pacific Drive Elementary 1501 W. Valencia
Parks Jr. High 1710 Rosecrans
Raymond Elementary 517 N. Raymond
Richman Elementary 700 S. Richman
Rolling Hills Elementary 1460 E. Rolling Hills
Sunset Lane Elementary 2030 Sunset Ln.
Valencia Park Elementary 3441 W. Valencia
Woodcrest Elementary 435 W. Baker
Fullerton YMCA 2000 Youth Way
Fullerton College Child Care N. Berkeley Ave.
Fullerton Senior Center Amerige Park
Also check out "Bottles & Cans" for a complete listing of recyclable items: Go to these Merchants
Albertson's Orangethorpe & Euclid
Ralph's Orangethorpe & Brookhurst
Sunrise Village & Shopping Center Rosecrans & Euclid
Stater Bros. Brea & Bastanchury

"Household Hazardous Waste" (HHW) can be taken to a County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center such as the one at 1071 N. Blue Gum St., Anaheim, or call: 714-834-6752, Open Tue. to Sat., 9am to 1pm.

HHW includes: batteries, cleaning products, cosmetics, electronic devices (Phones, TV's, Computers, Monitors, etc), fertilizers/herbicides, chemicals (hobby, paint, oil/grease, antifreeze, mercury, varnishes, etc) medications, fluorescent tubes, and more... They should be disposed of properly.

Furthermore, since 2008, batteries and small battery-operated appliances can be recycled by depositing them in a "Green Box" located at Garnet Center: 3012 Garnet Lane, Senior Multi-Service Center: 340 W. Commonealth Ave., Fullerton Main Library: 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Hunt Branch Library: 201 S. Basque Ave. Fullerton Museum Center: 301 N. Pomona Ave., Independence Park: 801 W. Valencia Ave. City Maintenance Yard: 1580 . Commonwealth Ave.various places, including Fullerton City Hall.

The City of Fullerton publishes a Newsletter entitled "Fullerton Green Pages" which contains most of the information listed on this site. It is paid through grants from the "California Conservation", "Recycle Used Oil" and "California Environmental Protection Agency". Call 714-738-6884 for more information.

Orange county Toilet Exchange Program: good up until 06/30/04 (every year), sponsored by the City of Fullerton, Municipal Water District of Orange County, etc.

4 steps:

  1. Bring your current water bill, and an ID to the toilet exchange event @ La Vista High School, 909 N. State College Blvd., full. 92831 between 9am to 2pm on Saturday 02/21/04
  2. Trade up to two old, pre-1992 toilets for two new, high quality water-saving toilets (limit 2 per home).
  3. Install new toilet(s) and return old toilet(s) to the program between 9am to 2pm on Saturday 03/06/04 @ La Vista High School. THIS IS REQUIRED.
  4. Enjoy the high performance of the new toilet(s) while conserving water
  5. source: direct mailer to Fullerton residents (02/04)

Call; 800-693-5331 for more info, or mwdoc.com

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Listing of Various sites of Interest:
O.C. Integrated Waste Management Dept.
CA Integrated Waste Management Board
DriveClean
Freecycle Network
Plastic Bag Recycling

Sources: Fullerton news Tribune 05/01/03 issue ad by the City of Fullerton / City of Fullerton pamphlet: "Recycle Fullerton" 01/10/00 / FUSD flyer regarding recycling bins. Also "Green Pages" Vol.2 (05/05) by City of Fullerton, Focus on Fullerton 10/08. "Recycle Fullerton" 2010.

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