California Senators

Laphonza Butler 
Senator Butler's Contact Info 
LOS ANGELES Office
11111 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 915
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-914-7300

Alex Padilla
Senator Padilla's Contact Page 
LOS ANGELES Office
255 E. Temple St.
Suite 1860
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(310) 231-4494
(202) 224-0357

Morongo Basin Congressional Representative

A valuable source of information for waste and recycling issues is the San Bernardino County Solid Waste Management page.

Thanks also to the Town of Yucca Valley for this list of Morongo Basin recycling centers.

Morongo Basin Conservation Priorities Report 

Between 2008 and 2010, the Morongo Basin Open Space Group convened dozens of Morongo Basin residents in multiple workshops and discussion groups concerning long-term conservation and development planning in the Basin.  Its printed product was the Morongo Basin Conservation Priorities Report which represents the collected perceptions of the Open Space Group participants plus a lot of related scientific data.

There was a wide mix of community residents involved from all areas of the Basin, as well as representatives from local governments, from community, business, and conservation organizations, from the Mojave Desert Land Trust, and from Joshua Tree National Park and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

Support for this project was provided by the Sonoran Institute. Both public input and conservation science were used to develop this information-rich document. The report provides a comprehensive picture of which areas of the Morongo Basin are considered by its residents to be particularly worth conserving, and which areas may be more suited to development, and why.

+ A valuable source of information for waste and recycling issues in the Morongo Basin is the San Bernardino County Solid Waste Management page.

+ While San Bernardino County provides a webpage with information about bulk disposal of medical waste, the National Council on Aging Adviser provides a guide for individuals, How to Manage Unused Medical Supplies, that addresses handling meds and supplies without letting them go to waste.

+ The state's CalRecycle page provides a wealth of information and a map-based recycling center finder.

+ Watch this 6-minute video from the LA Times about composting, both industrial scale and home scale.

+ Here is waste and recycling information for the Basin's incorporated communities: Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms.

+ Wisely recycle your small electronics for community benefit! Friends of the Yucca Valley Library will accept almost all types of small electronics for recycling. Scroll down on their Special Events page to see the list of acceptable items and click here for Library location and hours.

+ Paper recycling by shredding is offered monthly for a modest fee in the Morongo Basin by the non-profit Desert Arc that creates opportunities for people with disabilities.

+ This February 7, 2022 article from the Desert Sun provides a great deal of information about what can be recycled from the desert area and how the sorting process happens. 

+ The Household Hazardous Waste site for the Morongo Basin is located at 62499 Twentynine Palms Highway, just west of the Transportation/Flood Control Building. The site is open the 3rd Saturday of each month from 9AM to 1PM. More information can be found on the County Fire Department's website.

+ Take a look at this chart to see how long these commonly discarded items take to decompose.  

+ The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center recycles tons of materials each year, including commonly recycled materials but also the residue of its training operations.  This flyer (PDF) describes waste management on the Base and how they recycle "range residue."