Waste recycling in Whittier

Waste recycling is a haul Louie does in Whittier and nearby towns across LA County and Orange County for people who'd rather see their old stuff reused than buried. Louie loads it and hauls it off himself. Call or text (562) 781-9101. What sets this job apart from his other hauls is the route the load takes after it leaves your place. Usable things go to a local donation center first. Recyclable material goes to recycling when it can. Only the real trash heads to the landfill.

Most calls come from two kinds of people. One is a homeowner with a garage full of boxes and a dresser that still works, who hates the idea of all of it going in a hole. The other is a manager who just got a unit or an office back and wants it emptied without tossing what someone else could use. For a quick check on a single item, see what Louie takes and what he leaves. Neither one has to drag anything to the curb, since Louie pulls it out of wherever it's sitting.

Louie runs Cast Out Hauling as an owner-operator out of Whittier. He started the business in 2025, and it's a Christian company. He quotes the job and does the lifting himself, so the person who sets the price is the one who hauls it. The business is open 24/7. Same-day can happen, but it isn't promised. Ask him on the phone about anything in the pile you aren't sure of.

What goes on the truck

• Cardboard and moving boxes
• Old patio furniture
• Bikes nobody rides
• Bags of old clothes
• Dressers that still work
• Garage shelving and bins
• Office chairs and desks
• Boxes of dishes and pots

Text or call (562) 781-9101 about yours.

The full list of what goes on the truck, and what doesn't.

What usually sits in a recycling pile

A recycling haul tends to look different from a straight trash run. The pile is mixed. There's cardboard from a move, a bookshelf with one bad shelf, a bike nobody rides, a couple of patio chairs, kitchen stuff in boxes and a few bags of plain garbage on top. Plenty of it still has life left in it.

That's the reason people ask for this job by name. They hate the idea of a good table getting crushed in with the trash bags. Homeowners call after a garage or closet purge. Property managers and office managers call when a tenant or a team moves out and leaves furniture behind that's too good to throw away. In both cases the person on the phone cares where the stuff ends up as much as when it leaves. Storage units fill up the same way, with good furniture packed in next to boxes of junk, and Louie does those cleanouts too.

How Louie loads a mixed pile

Louie begins the load wherever the pile actually sits. That might be the back corner of the garage or a second floor unit up a flight of stairs. He carries it out himself. Bags of old clothes and boxes of dishes go out by hand the same way the big pieces do. Louie is usually by himself on these, and he adds a small crew if the pile needs more hands.

For a rental or an office, a manager can set the whole thing up by phone. Louie gives the manager one number before he starts, so nobody on site has to make a call about price while he's working.

What Louie won't put on a recycling load

Recycling makes some people think of the half-empty paint cans in the garage or the gas can from the mower. Louie won't take those. Paint, chemicals, fuel and asbestos count as hazardous materials, and he turns them down on a recycling haul the same as on any other. Pull them aside before he gets there so they don't end up mixed into the pile.

He also passes on concrete and dirt. That covers broken-up patio slabs and the soil from a planter you tore out. Loose piles that would have to be shoveled into the trailer are out too, even when what's in them sounds recyclable. If the garage floor has a heap of loose scrap or yard dirt, bring it up on the phone first so Louie can tell you what he can carry out by hand and what has to stay.

Where the pieces of the load end up

Once it's loaded, the haul gets split up. Anything someone can still use goes to a local donation center first. That's the dresser, the working lamp, the boxes of dishes and the chairs with nothing wrong with them. Next, anything recyclable gets pulled for recycling when that's possible. Whatever is left, the broken stuff and the bagged garbage, goes to the landfill.

Louie doesn't promise that every item will skip the landfill, because some of it is just trash. TVs and electronics are covered on their own page about TV and electronics removal. Anyone planning to haul part of it alone can check where to drop junk near Whittier.

What a recycling haul costs

The price on a recycling pile is a single figure, set by the space it fills on the truck. The minimum is $120. Once the stuff is loaded, the number doesn't change.

A recycling pile often sits in the back of a garage or up in a second floor unit, so Louie checks for stairs and a long carry on the phone. An upstairs pickup adds +$25. A carry longer than 50 feet adds +$50. If either one applies, Louie says so before he lifts anything, and it never shows up later. Seniors and military folks get a discount, so bring it up on the phone. Payment can be card, cash or Zelle. The price works the same way in every Whittier, LA County and Orange County town he drives to. Call or text (562) 781-9101.

How the price works

Call or text (562) 781-9101. Louie looks at how much room it takes on the truck and gives you one number for the whole job. The number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $120. The only add-ons: upstairs +$25, carry over 50 feet +$50. He tells you before he starts. More on how pricing works.

Where Louie does this

All of the surrounding LA and Orange County cities. See every town Louie covers for waste recycling.