Facility details
- Address
- 1400 N Gaffey St
Los Angeles, CA 90731 - Phone
- (800) 773-2489
- Website
- recycletorrance.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Los Angeles County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110070409870, 110071266218
Programs on file: BR CAD981575897 · CA-ENVIROVIEW 19674 · CA-ENVIROVIEW 19730 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAD981575897 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAH111000977 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAC003177371
Interest types: HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER, LQG, OTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITIES
EPA record updated 2020-05-27
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
- Harbor Street Maintenance District Yard Transfer Station 0.1 mi · San Pedro, CA
- Potential Industries, Inc. MRF 2.6 mi · Wilmington, CA
- SA Recycling Terminal Island Recycling 2.6 mi · San Pedro, CA
- Venture Recycling Group Recycling 2.6 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- Bayside Recycling Recycling 2.8 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- Road Division 232 Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Lomita, CA
- Wilmington Recyclers Recycling 3.4 mi · Los Angeles, CA
- L&S Disposal Transfer Station 3.5 mi · Wilmington, CA
- Alameda Recycling & Metals Recycling 3.5 mi · Wilmington, CA
- Wastech Recycling Recycling 3.6 mi · Wilmington, CA
Nearest landfill: Ascon & Desser Landfills, Wilmington — 4.1 mi
Area served
Serves San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, Lomita, Rancho Palos Verdes, Carson, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Long Beach, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Signal Hill, Gardena.
County context
One of 289 recycling centers in Los Angeles County, CA.
ZIP 90731 population 62,452.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle