Where to Recycle Your Clutter

Appliances

• Best Buy

Athletic Shoes

• Nike's Shoe Recycling and Sustainability Program

Batteries

• Best Buy
• Battery Solutions

Batteries: rechargable

• Call2Recycle
• Sony

Blue-Ray Discs

• Target 

Bras

• The Bra Recyclers

Cameras

• Target
  

Carpet Tiles

• Flor's Return and Recycle Program

Cell Phones, PDAs and SmartPhones

• Best Buy
• Your local Target

Christmas Lights

• Holiday LEDs

Christmas Trees

• National Christmas Tree Assocation

Computer Equipment

• Apple 
• Dell

Cosmetic Tubes, Bottles, Jars, Etc.

• Return to Origins Recycling Program

DVDs

• Target 

Electronics

• Best Buy  
• Target 
• Sony

E-Waste (electronic equipment that is obsolete, defective or at end of life)

• Goodwill -check with your local Goodwill to see if they're a certified E-waste collector.  Info for Southern California here.  Info for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties here.  
• Tri Products Inc. (they're at the Pasadena Flea Market held every 1st Sunday of each month)
• Melrose Trading Post (544 South Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles) -every 2nd Sunday of each month)
• RecycleEcology (California, Florida, Texas, Latin America)

Gadgets

• Gazelle

GPS

• Target

Hazardous Materials

• Check with your local Bureau of Sanitation
• Info for City of Los Angeles here

Household Hazardous Waste

• S.A.F.E Centers

iPods and iPhones

• Target 
• Apple

Makeup

• M.A.C Cosmetics

Medicine 

• We Change LA  (Los Angeles local)

Packing Peanuts and Other Packing Supplies

• Plastic Loose Fill Council

Plastic Bottle Caps

• Aveda's Recycle Caps Program

Printer Inkjet or Toner

• Various Places
• Best Buy

Televisions

• Best Buy
• Sony

Toys 

• Local holiday drives
• Local religious organizations
• Local domestic violence shelters
• Local hospitals

Trophies & Awards

• Give your local trophy shop a call and find out if they recycle these items. Some stores will melt down the metal, affix a new nameplate and a different bowler to the top of a trophy, and re-purpose old ribbons (fingernail polish remover takes off old text). They sometimes also donate refurbished medals, etc. to non-profit organizations for fundraising events. They sand off the old inscription and replace it with a new one.  

Video Games

• Target
  

Wine Corks

• Yemm & Hart

Yoga Mats

• Recycle Your Mat 

*If you have suggestions for additions to this guide, send them to me at ariannavargas@gmail.com