Recycling centers in Gardena

The AmeriGas branch on S. Main St in Gardena takes large BBQ propane tanks from residents at no additional charge during weekday business hours.

California Waste Services has run dumpsters and waste facilities in Los Angeles and Orange County since 1998. Its South Bay facility in Gardena pairs with a Downtown LA site that stays open around the clock, and both facilities take construction debris, inert materials, and more for self-haul customers. The company rents roll-off dumpsters in 3, 10, 20, and 40 yard sizes and delivers to job sites. Accepted loads include demolition waste, wood, drywall, concrete and masonry, dirt, green waste, cardboard, furniture, and metal, with a diversion rate above 75 percent and automated LEED reporting for contractors. Liquids, asbestos, batteries, medical waste, food waste, paint, propane tanks, tires, and refrigerators with freon are refused. Contractors and demo crews also sell mixed scrap metal here.

EcoSpot Recycling takes electronics at no charge at 13800 Van Ness Avenue in Gardena, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no appointment needed. The company is a California state certified recycler, and its accepted list runs from computers, laptops, servers, phones, monitors, and TVs to game consoles, printers, copiers, networking gear, cables, and medical electronics. Fluorescent bulbs and household batteries are refused. Equipment is recovered for reuse first and the rest is recycled, under a zero-landfill policy with chain-of-custody and transfer-of-ownership paperwork on incoming and outgoing material. Hard drives, flash drives, and SSDs are wiped to exceed Department of Defense specifications or physically destroyed. Pickups cover businesses, schools, hospitals, and local governments, and IT asset disposition programs handle retired corporate equipment.