The Palm Springs Regional Permanent Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility is located at 1100 Vella Road, Palm Springs, CA 92264. The facility is operated by Riverside County in conjunction with Palm Springs Disposal Services and is open on Saturdays only, excluding holiday weekends.

For hours of operation, list of items accepted, and more, please visit the Palm Springs Disposal - Household Hazardous Waste site. Please also visit the Riverside County Department of Waste Resources site for additional information.

Residents may bring up to 125 pounds (or 15 gallons) of chemical waste per trip. Individual containers should be no more than 5 gallons (or 50 pounds). Residents may also bring used syringes in a SHARPS container, or other plastic container, for disposal. 

Please note the Permanent HHW Collection Facility is a drive-through facility and the technicians will handle everything for you. Please follow these drop-off procedures for the smoothest experience:

1. Residents must remain in their vehicles at all times. Please wear a face covering if you are feeling unwell, while at the facility.
2. Drop-off items must be away from the passenger space, either in the trunk or bed of your vehicle. Staff will not open vehicle doors and/or enter the vehicle cabin to retrieve waste.
   1. For vehicles with integrated trunk space such as Jeeps, Vans, and SUVs, please place items in the designated cargo space where a Facility technician may access it without the need to open passenger doors.
   2. For vehicles without an automatic trunk mechanism, residents are asked to unlock the trunk as they arrive to the Facility or may provide a key to the Facility technician so they may open the trunk. Residents must remain in their vehicle at all times.

Electronic waste (eWaste) such as computers, laptops, small appliances, and other items with a cord may be dropped off at the following locations:

• Palm Springs Disposal Services provides a drop-off bin behind their offices at the corner of Williams Street and E Mesquite Ave. The bins are available Monday through Friday, 8:00am-3:00pm.
• The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility is operated by Riverside County and Palm Springs Disposal Services and is located at 1100 Vella Road, Palm Springs, CA 92264. The facility is open on Saturday mornings only. Please refer to the HHW information elsewhere on this page for more details.
• Periodic City eWaste Collection Events are hosted by the Department of Sustainability and generally occur in January, April and October. Please check the web page for more details on the next event.

Ponce Recycling Center (619.587.9876) is located behind Ralph's Grocery Storage in Smoke Tree Village, near the intersection of S Sunrise Way and E Palm Canyon Dr.

The Recycling Center accepts drop-offs of cash return value (CRV) bottles and cans, and other recyclable materials. Their hours of operation are Monday-Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm. 

All cardboard boxes should have tape removed and be broken down flat prior to being placed in recycling bins. Please be sure to break boxes down to save on space. Most cardboard will fit in your curbside recycling bin or larger recycling dumpsters in multi-family/HOA complexes when effectively flattened. 

For large cardboard, or if your home/complex recycling bins are full, please bring cardboard to Palm Springs Disposal Services (PSDS) at the corner of Williams Rd and E Mesquite Ave during regular business hours. PSDS provides a dropoff bin for cardboard at the Williams Rd entrance. Please make sure all loose tape is removed and boxes are broken down flat.

What do I do with unused medications?

Medication bags with pre-paid labels are available at Palm Springs City Hall at the Reception Desk. We are unable to accept any unused medications.   

**We CANNOT accept controlled substances.**

The City of Palm Springs offers free SHARPS containers for residents to use when storing needles and other items. Free SHARPS container are also available at Palm Springs City Hall at the Reception Desk.

FULL sharps containers may ONLY be dropped off at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection facility, located at 1100 Vella Road in Palm Springs. Please visit their website for hours of operation. 

**DO NOT DROP OFF FULL CONTAINERS AT THE FIRE STATIONS.**

The City of Palm Springs operates a recycling program for used batteries. These items are not accepted in the curbside recycling or trash collections.

Please bring used batteries to any of City sponsored drop-off locations throughout Palm Springs. For more information and to see drop-off locations, please visit the Battery Recycling Program website. Batteries may also be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility, located at 1100 Vella Road. Please visit their website for hours of operation. 

Larger batteries, such as car batteries, should only be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility.

If you have an old mattress you no longer need, you may arrange a bulky item pickup at your home through Palm Springs Disposal Services (PSDS). Please visit their Bulky Item Pick-up website for more details.

You may also bring your used mattress to PSDS' Edom Hill Transfer Station. Please visit their website for hours of operation and location.

There are a variety of car donation services who will provide a donation credit for a used vehicle. These types of services often reclaim valuable parts for reuse or repair vehicles for use by those in need.

The City of Palm Springs does not endorse any particular service. Residents should research current options available in the Coachella Valley for the best option to fit their needs.