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health/environmental safety and code enforcement
Hazardous Household Waste/
Electronic Waste Collection Events
The health and safety of people and animals, as well as the health
of our communities and the environment is endangered when
Household Hazardous Waste/E-Waste (HHW/E-Waste) products
are discarded in household garbage,
sinks, and storm drains.
The following are examples of HHW/
E-Waste products that may be found in
and around your home:
• Lawn/garden-care products
• Paint and paint-related products
• Automotive fluids and batteries
• Beauty products and medicine
• Household cleaners
• Electronic equipment
Public Works sponsors HHW/E-Waste Collection Events monthly at
the Antelope Valley Environmental Collection Center (AVECC)
where residents can recycle their HHW/E-Waste. The AVECC is
open for HHW/E-Waste Collection every first and third Saturday
of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
ANTELOPE VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL
COLLECTION CENTER
54 | ANTELOPE VALLEY CONNECTION | Enriching Lives
1200 West City Ranch Road
Palmdale, CA 93551
For more information,
please call (888) CLEAN-LA or visit
www.dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/avecc
Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force
The Antelope Valley Illegal Dumping Task Force meets on a monthly basis
to discuss and coordinate illegal dumping prevention programs in the
Antelope Valley. The meeting occurs every second Wednesday of the
month at:
Fire Station #129 - Training Center
42110 6th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93534
For more information and a meeting schedule, please call
(626) 458-3563 or visit http://ladpw.org/epd/illdump/tf.cfm.
Waste Tire
Collection Events:
Get Rid of Your
Old Tires for FREE!
In Los Angeles County, approximately
ten million waste tires are generated
annually. Old tires that are illegally
dumped or improperly stored can pose
a serious threat to public health and
safety, as well as to the environment. The
result can be urban blight and significant
costs to residents. Waste tires can serve
as a nesting area for rodents, a breeding
ground for disease spreading mosquitoes,
and release toxic smoke if they catch fire.
To prevent these problems, DPW offers
FREE waste tire collection events in the
Antelope Valley for residents. Tires
collected are recycled into beneficial
materials such as loose playground fill
and roofing shingles.
Tire collection events are planned for
Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 9:00
a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in Lancaster, Palmdale,
Littlerock, and Quartz Hill.
For more information including recycling
dates and locations, call (888) CLEAN-LA
or visit www.ladpw.org/epd/tirerecycling/
collection.cfm.