Trash & Recycling in Bellflower, CA (2026)

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.24.040 (Removal of Receptacles)

No person other than a franchisee, an officer or employee of a franchisee, the City, an officer or employee of the City in the performance of official duty, or a person otherwise expressly authorized pursuant to applicable law, shall remove, interfere with or disturb in any way a receptacle or the contents thereof, or bulky material after the same is placed at a location, for collection by the ...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 17.28.160

A refuse storage area, completely enclosed within a six foot high decorative wall (split face concrete block, or equivalent) with solid metal gates, large enough to accommodate standard sized commercial trash bins, must be located on the property in such a manner as to be accessible to refuse collection vehicles for all properties with multiple residential units, residential planned development...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.24.100(B) (Bulky Material)

Any patron placing bulky material for collection by the franchisee, and any patron owning or occupying any lot or premises on which bulky material exists on the sidewalk, in the parkway, or in the public right-of-way adjacent to the lot or premises which such patron owns or occupies, shall, not less than 24 hours prior to the day when solid waste is normally collected from the patron's premises...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.36.030(A)-(D) (Requirements for Single-Family Generators)

Subscribe to organic waste collection services for all generated organic waste. City may review the number and size of a generator's containers to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials. Single-family generators must adjust their collection service level as directed by the City to maintain a leve...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.36.030

... single-family organic waste generators must: ... Place source separated green container organic waste, including food waste, in the green container; Place source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and Place gray container waste in the gray container. ... It is unlawful for generators to place materials designated for the gray container into the green container or blue con...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.20.060

No person shall intentionally place, litter, accumulate, maintain, discharge or cause to enter into the MS4 any pollutant or any foreign object such as batteries, tires, waste receptacles, yard debris, refuse, rubbish, food waste, chemicals, animal waste or oil cans.

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.24.020 (Definitions — "Compostables"/"greenwaste"/"yardwaste")

"Compostables" or "greenwaste" or "yardwaste" shall mean and include organic wastes, the controlled microbial degradation of which yields a safe and nuisance free product, including vegetative cuttings, shrubs, trunks, stumps, brushes, tree trimmings, grasses and similar materials which have been separated from other solid waste. Compostable waste does not include stumps or branches exceeding f...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.24.080(B), (C)

It is unlawful for any person to place on any private property any receptacle for the collection of solid waste and/or recyclable material which receptacle has not been provided by the franchisee. C. It is unlawful for any person to place a receptacle for the collection of solid waste and/or recyclable material in or on the public property unless such receptacle has been provided by the fran...

Bellflower Municipal Code § 13.24.210 (Obligation to Pay Solid Waste and Recyclable Material Charges)

The occupant and/or the owner of each lot located in the City shall, in the time and manner set by regulations issued by the City Manager or a franchise, pay all billed charges for solid waste and recyclable material collection services used or made available for use, whether or not actually used, by the owner and/or occupant of each lot in the City.