Disposing LA County Resumes Mobile HHW Events

Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste (HHW/E-Waste) collection events are back, beginning in Diamond Bar this Saturday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 1300 block of Bridge Gate Drive.

If you are planning to participate, there are several COVID-19 safety precautions in place:

• Attendees are required to wear a face covering at all times.
• Please remain in your vehicle with the windows closed.  
• LA County event staff will only remove household hazardous and electronic waste from your vehicle trunk/pick-up bed.
• Please have your items ready in a box/disposable container.

For more information about acceptable items visit the County’s website or call (888) CleanLA.

Free Recycling for Ink Cartridges 

According to The Energy Collective Group, more than 375 million empty cartridges are thrown out every year that is over a million cartridges a day that end up in landfills. For a print cartridge to fully decompose in a landfill site it can take up to 1000 years. These cartridges can leach toxins into the soil and ground water affecting agriculture, livestock, and wildlife.

Planet Green, a leader in U.S. remanufactured inkjet cartridges has launched a free mail-in ink cartridge recycling program. The new DoorStepInk Recycle program provides individuals with a free USPS mailing label to recycle their used inkjet cartridges from their home or office.

Residents are able to recycle ink cartridges in three (3) easy steps:

Step 1: Visit the dedicated DoorStepInk website.
Step 2: Fill out the online form to receive a postage paid label via email.
Step 3: Affix the label to any box, and send back the cartridges to the Energy Collective Group.