UCLA SAFE Collection Center
Los Angeles, CA
Facility details
- Address
- 550 Charles E Young Dr West
Los Angeles, CA 90095 - Phone
- (800) 988-6942
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- dpw.lacounty.gov
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Los Angeles County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Bel Air Street Maintenance Yard Transfer Station 1.7 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles Recycling Drop Off Site - West Los Angeles District Recycling 2.2 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- Cal Trans Westdale Maintenance Station Transfer Station 2.8 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- Southern California Disposal Co Transfer Station 3.1 mi · Santa Monica, CA
- Santa Monica Recycling Center Recycling 3.1 mi · Santa Monica, CA
- Mission Canyon Landfill Landfill 3.5 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- Mission Hills Landfill 3.5 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- A 1 Oil Recycling Recycling 3.6 mi · West Hollywood, CA
- SoCal Recycling Recycling 3.7 mi · West Hollywood, CA
- Ponce Recycling Recycling 4.7 mi · Los Angeles, CA
Nearest landfill: Mission Canyon Landfill, Los Angeles — 3.5 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- West Side Moving Hauling and Junk Removal LLC0.8 mi · Los Angeles, CA · 1 driver
- Car Haul LLC3.0 mi · Beverly Hills, CA · 1 driver
- Southern California Disposal Co Inc3.2 mi · Santa Monica, CA · 10 drivers
- Redboxplus of West Los Angeles3.7 mi · Beverly Hills, CA · 3 drivers
- L a Waste Collection3.8 mi · Los Angeles, CA · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Culver City, Venice, Sherman Oaks, Pacific Palisades, Studio City, Marina Del Rey, Encino, Playa Vista.
County context
One of 289 recycling centers in Los Angeles County, CA.
1195 waste haulers in Los Angeles County, CA.
ZIP 90095 at a glance
- Population
- 0 (0 per sq mi)
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle