The City of Glendale on October 6, 1987 adopted Ordinance No. 4780 Regulating the Extent of Use of the Scholl Canyon Landfill. This Ordinance limits disposal at the Scholl Canyon Landfill to solid waste generated within designated cities and communities ( Map of Scholl Canyon Wasteshed). The Sanitation Districts, as operators of the Scholl Canyon Landfill, have the responsibility for implementing the Ordinance.

This Ordinance prohibits disposal at the Scholl Canyon Landfill of refuse material generated within any city which either owns, operates, maintains or regulates a sanitary landfill, or is entitled to the use or possession of a sanitary landfill site within its municipal limits, and it allows disposal of solid waste only from designated cities and unincorporated areas listed in the Ordinance.

Each user of the Sanitation Districts' solid waste facilities is urged to cooperate in order to ensure proper implementation of this Ordinance. If you wish to use Scholl Canyon landfill, you must receive a monthly solid waste tonnage allotment for disposal. Your allotment shall only include solid waste generated within the permitted wasteshed area. If you want to use Puente Hills and Scholl Canyon landfills, you must register, separately.

The Scholl Canyon landfill wasteshed area is specifically described as:

In order to verify that the Scholl Canyon Landfill is utilized in a manner consistent with this Ordinance, all users are required to evaluate their collection operations. Based on this evaluation, each user must sign a declaration, under penalty of perjury, which confirms that the user's monthly solid waste tonnage to be delivered to Scholl Canyon Landfill is from only within the permitted wasteshed area. Those requiring a more detailed map of the designated wasteshed to determine collection quantities, should contact Solid Waste Customer Service at (562) 908-4876 or email at swCustService@lacsd.org.

A copy of Scholl Canyon Declaration No. 1 has been included for your signature. No additions or deletions to these statement are permitted. Users failing to submit the requisite declaration statement and registration forms will not be permitted to dispose of solid waste at the Scholl Canyon Landfill.

The Registration Packet and Wasteshed Map are available in the Acrobat Reader format (PDF files). The packet is set up for two-sided copying. (New)The forms in this packet are now fillable online. Once the forms are filled out, sign the forms where appropriate and fax them to (562) 695-9685 or mail them to:

To open a Credit Account, you must register to use the Scholl Canyon Landfill. To apply for a credit account, click here and follow the instructions. If any of the items of the Credit Application are not returned or are in any part incomplete, the entire packet will be returned to you unprocessed. For your convenience, a checklist of all of the necessary documents to be returned is included in Credit Application Packet.

Scholl Canyon Landfill Registration Packet     Map of Scholl Canyon Wasteshed

Submit the Registration Packet and the Credit Application to:

County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
P.O. Box 4998
Whittier, CA 90607- 4998
Attn: Nancy Hayes