Trash & Recycling Services

The City of Mission Viejo is committed to protecting the environment and recognizes the importance of recycling and proper waste disposal practices.  To preserve and protect the beauty and health of the community, Mission Viejo offers a variety of recycling programs and provides information to assist residents and businesses in their efforts to green the community. Contact City staff to learn more about the programs and services offered in Mission Viejo or to obtain information.

The City of Mission Viejo has an exclusive franchise agreement with its solid waste provider, Waste Management (WM) of Orange County. The City’s franchise agreement with WM for the collection of solid waste and recycling services is available here.  The City and WM are dedicated to providing a comprehensive trash and recycling program that both meets State standards and is convenient for residents and businesses.

Waste Management Customer Service can be reached by phone at 949-642-1191, by email at wmservice@wm.com, or by visiting Waste Management's website.

For more information on your specific trash and recycling services please visit:

Recycling for Residents

Recycling for Businesses and Multi-family Properties

In 1987, the State of California passed the California Beverage Container and Litter Reduction Act to provide an incentive to help increase beverage container recycling rates.  The Act requires consumers purchasing beverages in certain recyclable bottles and cans in California to pay a deposit referred to as California Redemption Value (CRV) at the point of purchase.  The deposit is 5 cents on containers less than 24 ounces and 10 cents on containers 24 ounces or larger. 

Thanks to this cash incentive, more than 230 billion aluminum, glass, and plastic beverage containers have been recycled since the program first started, but work is still needed.  In 2018, Californians bought 24.5 billion California Redemption Value (CRV) eligible containers (glass, aluminum, plastic). Over 18.5 billion of those containers were recycled saving natural resources, conserving energy, and extending the life of our landfills.  However, nearly 6 billion beverage containers were tossed in the trash and disposed in California landfills amounting to $100 million in unclaimed CRV.

Next Generation Recycling - CROWN VALLEY MARKET 
27771 Center Drive  
714-931-5004  
Open 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday Closed for lunch from 1:00-1:30 p.m. 

Ponce Recycling - LA PAZ CENTER  
25104 Marguerite Parkway 
714-794-7542  
Open 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 7 Days A Week

In an effort to capture more bottles and cans, Mission Viejo provides recycling containers in its high-use parks and at certain public facilities throughout the city, making it more convenient for people to recycle away from home.

Mission Viejo hopes that these efforts will help us get one step closer to recycling all of our beverage containers.  Do your part and look for recycling containers when you visit the following locations in Mission Viejo:

• Curtis Park
• Beebe Park
• Gilleran Park
• Alicia Park
• Oso Viejo Park
• Florence Joyner Olympiad Park
• World Cup Soccer/Potocki Center
• Montanoso Recreation Center
• Civic Center (City Hall & Mission Viejo Library)
• Norman P. Murray Community & Senior Center

If you don’t have time to visit a recycling center, simply toss your empty bottles and cans in your residential recycling cart or bin.

The State has passed several bills that require residents and businesses to recycle.  For more information on these laws, please visit the City’s Legislation webpage.

Locally, the City of Mission Viejo has passed a mandatory recycling ordinance that can be found here. 

There are many steps that residents and businesses of Mission Viejo can take to reduce overall trash and materials going to landfill.  As a reminder, it’s helpful to remember the 5 R’s deciding to make a purchase.

The 5 R's: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot