EDCO Waste & Recycling Svc

About EDCO

Since 1967, family owned and operated EDCO has served the integrated waste and recycling needs of California communities. Built on the fundamental philosophy of providing superior customer service with a “We’ll Take Care of It” approach, the EDCO team embraces its unique role as an innovative, experienced and committed premium service provider.

With a focus on recycling, EDCO has developed an extensive network of Material Recovery Facilities, Construction and Demolition Processing Facilities, Commingled Recycling Processing Centers, Buyback Centers and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers that are collectively designed to maximize recovery efforts. The collective resources of these facilities, supported by a wide array of front line equipment and our dedicated team members, has allowed EDCO to create collection programs that are tailored to the unique operating conditions of local communities.

As a pioneer who has consistently advanced recycling efforts, EDCO has long been recognized as an industry leader. In addition, EDCO is a very active member of the communities it serves and participates in numerous worthwhile efforts to enhance the quality of life in the region.

EDCO is a Family Owned and Locally Operated waste collection and recycling company, serving numerous communities in Southern California since 1967. EDCO specializes in offering integrated, user-friendly waste removal and recycling programs to serve residential homes, multi-family properties, commercial businesses, multi-tenant buildings, industrial centers, construction sites, and community events.

Since 1967, our commitment to superior service has offered customers peace of mind on collection day... week in and week out. EDCO operates clean, well maintained equipment, and offer innovative waste collection and recycling services to meet the needs of each customer.

Our service team provides a level of commitment, integrity, and personal attention that a family owned and locally operated company takes pride in offering.

Residential Services

Whether you need curbside pickup, a dumpster, a roll off box or a storage container. EDCO has a solution for all your waste and recycling needs. Since 1967, our commitment to superior service has offered customers peace of mind on collection day... week in and week out.

EDCO operates clean, well maintained equipment, and offer innovative waste collection and recycling services to meet the needs of each customer. Our service team provides a level of commitment, integrity, and personal attention that a family owned and locally operated company takes pride in offering.

Recycling Information

Recycling is Easy with EDCO! You can put all of your recyclables in one container. All you need to remember is what you CAN and what you CAN’T put in your blue recycling cart.

Additional blue recycling carts are available at no additional cost! Click here to place request.

EDCO's Recycling Guidelines

Glass Bottles & Jars*

Recycle all food and beverage containers—clear and colored glass. 

Cardboard & Styrofoam Packaging

Flatten or cut boxes and styrofoam to a size that fits comfortably inside recycling cart. No styrofoam packing peanuts.

Newspapers

Recycle your newspaper and everything that is delivered with it—including inserts, coupons, etc.

Cans*

Recycle aluminum cans and steel cans—including clean & dry paint cans, and empty aerosol cans. Also recycle aluminum foil.

Plastic Containers*

Recycle all rigid plastics, such as bottles, jugs, and jars, marked  to , and all beverage containers labeled 'CA Redemption Value' or 'CA Cash Refund' including:

• Food & Beverage Containers — Milk, soda, water, salad dressings, cooking oil, yogurt containers, cottage cheese containers, etc.
• Jars & Canisters — Peanut butter jars, mayonnaise jars, aspirin bottles and 35mm film canisters.
• Cleaning Products & Detergents — Bleach, detergent, soap, shampoo, drain cleaners, etc. (Containers must be empty.)
• Automotive & Yard Care Products — EMPTY motor oil, antifreeze, plant food and herbicide containers.
• Miscellaneous Rigid Plastics — Including, but not limited to, plastic buckets with metal handles, plastic drums, totes & empty garbage cans, plastic milk crates, kitty litter buckets, laundry baskets, lawn furniture, and pet carriers, plastic toys, plastic agricultural trays/pots, plastic pallets, and other mixed plastic containers.

Mixed Paper

Recycle virtually all clean and dry paper including: writing paper (all colors), computer paper, Xerox paper, 'no carbon required' (NCR) forms, catalogs, brochures, magazines, junk mail, phone books, post-it type notes, and shredded paper (place shredded paper inside paper bags to contain shreds). EDCO accepts them all, PLUS if those items have staples, window envelopes, or even those little metal clasps on legal envelopes, they're OK, too! But, please, no large metal items like clasps on Acofastener notebooks or 3-ring binders.

You can also recycle cereal boxes and other clean food packaging, including cake boxes, flour bags, frozen dinner boxes, paper egg cartons, and soda/beer 12-pack carrying boxes. Also recycle paper grocery bags, gift boxes, shoe boxes, paper gift wrap, calendars, and core tubes from paper towels, etc.

Cartons*

To recycle cartons, place empty cartons in recycling cart along with all paper, metal, plastic, and glass recyclables accepted through the program. 

*All food and beverage containers do not require rinsing as long as they are empty and free of food and liquids. 

Recycling Alternatives:

• Plastic grocery bags can be returned to grocery stores for recycling or they can be reused.
• Batteries and light bulbs need to be disposed of properly and not placed in trash or recycling containers

Large items

Items that are too large to place in blue recycling cart can be dropped off at no cost at any of our Buyback Centers.