S.A.F.E Center

Quick, easy and very convenient way to dispose all of your unwanted hazardous waste. Friendly staff and helpful staff. Stay in your Muthafuckin car!

SAFE Center is such a great place. They took all my old electronic items, no questions asked. I even offered to help, but they just want you to sit in your car while they do all the hardwork.
Basically, you drive in, follow their instructional signs like, STOP! An attendant will direct you. Just listen and follow their directions and you’ll be in and out in minutes. No hassle at all. Great work, SAFE Center.
I just wish someone got some profit for it, except the environment.

My father was sent to this place by the hazardous 1800−773−2489 number and a employee from this location flipped out on my father threatened him to call the police on him and cursed my father thinking he was trying to dump hazardous material. The employee gave my father a hard time when all he wanted was help finding a location where he can dispose hazardous material. Plz train your employees to communicate with customers, find out what they need before assuming from wrongful doing!

When you do a quick Google search and business pops up in right margin, you may see hours listed: open today — 7:30 AM — 4:45 PM. Don’t be mistaken. The hours to drop off hazardous waste are on weekends only, listed on the LA City website as 9:00 AM — 3:00 PM. Thanks to those who attached photos of the penalties for leaving waste during other hours. It’s too bad you can’t drop off household hazardous waste during the week.

Lately, I have taken the task at my office to be in charge of recycling duties. We had a bunch of broken printers and laptop batteries that were no longer of use. So, I wanted to be very conscience about where the electronic waste goes. Some people would just throw electronics in the dumpster or you can do it the cool way and go to the City of Los Angeles’s S.A.F.E. Center in Sun Valley.
There are multiple locations throughout the City of Los Angeles. I decided to to go Sun Valley’s location. Located on Randall St just off of Glenoaks, you’ll find a secured area for Solvents/​Automotive/​Flammables/​Electronics (S.A.F.E). You’ll notice a lot of the staff are wearing protective gear to protect themselves from the many chemicals and dirt.
So, the process is very simple. You drive up, wait for instructions from the S.A.F.E Employee, turn off your engine, and let them pick up your items without leaving your vehicle. You can dispose medical syringes, electronics, liquids, and other hazardous material without any questions. It is better to play it safe than to endanger the environment. Plus, its a free service from the City of Los Angeles.
Check out S.A.F.E site at:
…. You’ll get some info on the limits that you can bring and the many locations that you can drop whatever waste that you may have. I am glad that I brought some electronic equipment here and looking forward to doing it again in the future.
Do you think I write too much? Well, you can call me a Unilocal-​O-​Holic!

It’s the best government facility I’ve ever been to. Friendly and efficient.
As for the review about staying in your car… Stay in your car. The signs all tell you to stay in your car. The people working there all have hazmat suits on. Stay in your car. They tell you to stay in your car. Stay in your car. People turn in hazardous hospital waste here. Stay in your car.

Good for old electronics and household hazardeous waste but they sometimes close earlier than the posted times. Very frustrating,.

This place makes it sooo easy to discard of unwanted waste such as… old paint, cleaning supplies and automotive solvents. You just drive thru and someone in a white hazmat uniform walks up to your car and immediately takes the stuff out of your car trunk without you having to leave your vehicle. This is a safe and legal way to get rid of hazardous crap.

What they’re doing is terrific. I appreciate it and want to encourage it but geeez folks, do you have to be such hardasses.
Hard lookin’ woman scowls and tells me «Stay in you car!»
Open the door to show them where a couple other boxes are and I get yelled at.
Can’t find a cap for a bottle of cleaning fluid I’m turning in and I get yelled at.
So when Ms. Hard Lookin’ Woman struggles to pull a heavy box out of the car?
«Darlin’ I’ll just sit right here and watch you struggle. I’d help, but you keep yellin’ at me to stay in the car.»

This is great resource, to get rid of stuff that really shouldn’t go into the garbage, like computers, toxic waste and… batteries.
or
S.A.F.E (Solvents/​Automotive/​Flammables/​Electronic)
this place is only open
Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays
9:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.
What to expect… Its like a secret government installation that you don’t get out of you’re car for. Really you’re not allowed. You drive into a section where people in hazard suits come to you and pull your toxic waste/​computers/​batteries away on a cart.
its kinda cool,
its quick
and the earth says thanks, and say hello to your sister for me.