Recycling Event City Yard Parking Lot 2500 Michigan Ave (2nd gate entrance) The City is hosting a FREE recycling event Saturday, August 2nd, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Santa Monica residents only. Bring your used mattresses, box springs, electronic waste, and up to five boxes of paper for shredding! Shredding will happen on-site and the paper will be recycled. Questions? Call (866) 311-7266 For a full list of 2025 Resource Recovery and Recycling Events click here. Tips for a successful event: • Please remain in your car unless otherwise instructed • Batteries must be brought in a separate container • Mattresses and box springs must be clean and dry Accepted items: • Up to 5 banker boxes of paper • Phones, laptops, and tablets • DVD & VHS players • Radios & stereo equipment • printers (please remove ink cartridges) • Batteries • CRT, LCD, OLED, and plasma screen TVs and monitors • Mattresses and box springs Prohibited items: • Microwaves & blenders • Coffee pots & Keurigs • Ink cartridges • Washing machines • Bread makers • Waffle irons • Refrigerators and mini-fridges • Household hazardous waste (including paint) For household hazardous waste please call Clean Earth at (877) 443-2371 or to go cleanearthinc.com for complimentary residential household hazardous waste and e-waste collection.