Trash Pick-Up & Drop-Off | City of Los Angeles (2024)

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How do I get rid of extra trash in Los Angeles? ›

Their services include trash pickup, abandoned garbage pick up, recycling programs, and waste water treatment. It's customer care center is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 1-800-773-2489. LASAN will pick up items too large for a normal trash bin free of charge.

Today, the current trash fee is $36.32 a month, or about $436 a year, for basic service. This fee only covers the three standard barrels (black, blue, and green) and does not include any extra bins.

Call 1-800-GOT-JUNK? to arrange for all your Los Angeles furniture recycling and removal needs today. We process your junk quickly and efficiently, ensuring as little as possible ends up in a landfill, and that as much is recycled and repurposed as we can.

Republic Services of LA County Garbage Disposal Districts. Republic Services provides high-quality solid waste, recycling, transfer, and disposal services to residential and commercial customers in Unincorporated LA County Garbage Disposal Districts.

Los Angeles residents are now required to compost their food scraps as a new law aimed at reducing organic waste takes effect. The program, called Organics L.A., was ushered in through Senate Bill 1383 and requires all residents and businesses to separate “green” waste from other trash.

This states that no person shall place any solid waste container out for collection before 5:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled collection or leave the container out after 8:00 p.m. on the day of actual collection, or more than two hours after actual collection, whichever is later.

Recycling centers: Look for local recycling centers that accept furniture. Materials like metal and wood can often be recycled. Professional removal services: Consider hiring a professional furniture removal service for convenient and eco-friendly disposal.

Salvation Army – visit their main site or contact your nearest store. Red Cross – go their site and enter your postcode to see if there are any furniture and electrical stores near you. Emmaus – find your local shop and arrange a free furniture collection via telephone or email .

The Sanitation Districts operate two active sanitary landfills. Our goal is to serve the businesses and residents by providing safe, cost-effective management of your trash. The Calabasas Landfill is located next to the City of Calabasas.

How heavy can a trash can be? ›

Personal 32-gallon garbage can: 85 pounds. 30-gallon automated carts: 250 pounds. 60-gallon automated carts: 250 pounds. 90-gallon automated carts: 250 pounds.

A: Solid resources refuse services are handled by the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation. For a new container (black, blue, or green bins), contact them by phone at 1-800-773-2489 or fill out and submit an online Service Request Form.

Q: How can I get new/replacement trash bins? A: Solid resources refuse services are handled by the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation. For a new container (black, blue, or green bins), contact them by phone at 1-800-773-2489 or fill out and submit an online Service Request Form.

LADWP bills include the L.A. Bureau of Sanitation's charges for trash pickup and sewer service.