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Family owned and operated since 1913
It began in the early part of the last century, when Grandpa Varus Kardashian collected garbage to recycle as feed for the stock on his hog farm. Through the years his small enterprise grew into the company it is today: forward-looking, and firmly rooted in old-fashioned professionalism and customer service.
More than a century on the Westside
- 1913
A horse and wagon
Garbage collected and recycled as feed for the family's hogs.
- 1940s
The fleet
Trucks and drivers carry the business across the Westside.
- Then
Growing up in it
Sam Kardashian, SCD's founder, as a young boy on one of the family trucks.
- Now
Three generations
The family still runs SCD today.
The flag over the 10
In 1974, founder Sam Kardashian, son of Armenian immigrants, wanted to declare his love for his country in a big way: the largest flag in the West, flown from a specially built 100-foot tower. It went up on August 21, 1974, and drivers on the 10 have looked for it ever since.
- 30×50′flag size
- 100′tower
- 48 lbweight
- 4people to raise it
The Ecology flag
For Earth Day, SCD has flown the world's largest Ecology flag, 30 by 50 feet, as a reminder that everyone can make environmentally sound choices.
The POW-MIA flag
Each year from Memorial Day to Independence Day, SCD flies a POW-MIA flag commissioned in honor of Staff Sergeant James Michael Ray, missing in action in Vietnam, and all who never came home.
Making a difference at home
For generations SCD has kept strong ties with the community through charitable giving and support for good causes. We're proud to support:
- The Green Ambassadors
- Los Angeles Youth Network
- Pacific Coast Soccer Club
- Saint Monica's Catholic Church
- Santa Monica College Foundation
- Santa Monica Red Cross
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
- Santa Monica Symphony
