Calabasas Offers Free E-Waste Recycling, Oil And Paint Collection

CALABASAS, CA — Residents of Calabasas can dispose of unwanted electronics, used motor oil and certain household materials at free collection events next month.

Electronic waste collections take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month in the rear parking lot of the Albertsons Shopping Center, 26521 Agoura Road. The next collection is Nov. 7.

California Recycles Inc. independently manages the event.

Accepted electronics include televisions, monitors, printers, copiers, computers, laptops, servers, networking equipment, cables, power tools, remote controls, keyboards, mice, plotters and phones. Cellphone and laptop batteries, records, tapes, CDs and film are also accepted.

The e-waste collection does not accept light fixtures, vacuum cleaners, household appliances, alkaline batteries, light bulbs, fluorescent lamps or ballasts.

Residents of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills and Malibu can also take used motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, latex paint and car batteries at free Water-Based Paint and Oil Roundup events.

Waste from businesses is not accepted.

The next Calabasas roundup is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at City Hall, 100 Civic Center Way. Collections take place there on the second Saturday of January, March, May, July, September and November.

Additional roundups take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Agoura Hills City Hall, 30001 Ladyface Court, on the first Saturday of November, March and July; and at Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, on the third Saturday of February, April, June, August, October and December.

Roundup participants may bring up to 15 gallons or 125 pounds of materials per vehicle. Materials must remain in their original, nonleaking containers and must not be mixed. Participants must take empty containers home.

Items not accepted at the roundups include oil-based paint, stains, pool and garden chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, unused medications, mercury thermometers, fluorescent bulbs, cleaning products and batteries other than car batteries.

Explosives, ammunition and radioactive materials are prohibited.

Organizers said roundups will be canceled if it rains.

For more information about collections, call Calabasas at 818-224-1600, Agoura Hills at 818-597-7300 or Malibu at 310-456-2489.