Recycling was among the earliest efforts of Tree Musketeers as another way to save trees and other natural resources. Public education flyers and letters to the editor of the El Segundo Herald began demanding curbside recycling in 1988, and the paper dedicated Conservation Station column space for the public education campaign of Tree Musketeers.

In 1990, we opened the first recycling drop-off center in town. We chaired a citizen's committee in 1991 to develop the city's waste management plan, but still no curbside!

In 1996, 5th graders in a Tree Musketeers LEAD program took up the cause again. The youth successfully designed and gained City approval for an optional curbside recycling service. The result was the launch of California's first subscription-based curbside recycling program in 1997. It was done by kids, of course, with a lot of help from our friends at Consolidated Disposal Services!

With continued public education, the program grew and awareness increased. On May 1, 2001, a very supportive City Council finally approved citywide curbside recycling! Tree Musketeers is pleased to be a partner with Consolidated Services in offering El Segundo's program! We will perform the community education element as we have for the past 14 years!

Curbside Recycling
The City of El Segundo, Tree Musketeers and Consolidated Disposal Services, LLC are proud to announce free citywide curbside recycling!

Service is FREE to all single-family homes and multi-family buildings with 4 or fewer units. Dwellers of larger complexes still have the option of enrolling in the subscription program through Tree Musketeers. Download PDF sign-up form.

Recycling will be collected once a week on the same day and from place as your garbage pick-up. Consolidated provides you with an 18-gallon bin for co-mingled glass, plastic, and metal materials. Paper and cardboard products can be bundled or packed in paper grocery bags and left beside the bin.

Why Participate?
No more trips to the recycling center or messy garage storage of recyclables!
It's the right thing to do-environmental education begins at home; fewer natural resources go to the landfill; and recycling conserves energy!
It is a contribution to charity! Part of the money from CRV beverage containers collected will be invested in the youth leadership and environmental programs of Tree Musketeers!

What Can Be Recycled?

• Corrugated cardboard
• Paper grocery bags
• Cereal boxes
• Phone books
• Office paper
• Newspaper
• Magazines
• Envelopes
• Junk mail
• Catalogs
• CRV beverage containers
• Plastic containers #1-5
• Glass jars and bottles
• Aluminum cans
• Tin cans
  

No plastic bags!

Note: Consolidated Disposal Services observes the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. If your trash/recycling service falls on one of these, it will be picked up on the following day along with the houses normally scheduled for that day. Service is unaffected by other holidays.
800/350-4161 for service or bin replacement
310/322-0263 for program or recycling info
or info@treemusketeers.org

Dropoff Recycling
The dropoff center is available for residents and small businesses 24 hours every day at 150 Illinois St. You may recycle the same items that are accepted in the curbside program which are separated the same way- one bin for paper products and one for all containers. To prevent messy overflow, please remember to flatten cardboard and paperboard. When using plastic bags to transport recyclables, empty the contents into the bin and put the bags in the trash.

Greenwaste
Yard waste such as leaves, grass clippings, and tree trimmings can also be deposited in a designated area in the dropoff center at 150 Illinois St.. Instead of becoming trash destined for the landfill, it is chipped into mulch.
Mulch is free for the taking at the dropoff center. All you have to do is bring a bucket. Mulch is a magic ingredient for successful home gardens. It nourishes the soil, reduces erosion and runoff by increasing absorbency, deters weed growth, and conserves water.
Christmas Trees are picked up for mulching on trash day during the two weeks following Christmas.

Reuseables
Reuseable items that are left at the dropoff center end up in the trash when they could have done a whole lot of good if given to a charity. If you have clothing, household goods, appliances, furniture and the like that can be repaired and reused, the following are only two of numerous reuse industries that will pick these items up from you:

• The Gospel Army 213/752-2084
• Dorothy Brown School 800/850-5182

Construction Debris
Construction debris, used tires and the like may not be deposited with household trash for weekly collection, or left at the dropoff center. It is about the only solid waste that must be transported out of town to a transfer station where materials that are reuseable or recyclable are reclaimed before the rest is landfilled. Our nearest transfer station is:

American Waste Transfer
1449 West Rosecrans Avenue
Gardena, CA 90249
310-527-6980

Household Hazardous Waste
Motor oil, paint, pesticides, disposable batteries, pool chemicals, etc. are household hazardous waste. It is best to reduce toxins in the wastestream by choosing alternative products, and to use them up once you have them. These items must be carefully disposed of separately from waste that goes into your trash and the landfill. The County of Los Angeles offers free household hazardous waste roundups weekly. Use this link to check for upcoming dates and locations.
http://ladpw.org/epd/hhw/schedule.cfm