Gardena, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 8.20.110(B) requires every residential container to be kept on the premises except on collection day, when it must be placed on the curb of a public street adjacent to the property, or, where the alley is wide enough for collection and emergency vehicles, in the alley. Homes served from an alley may set their carts within two feet of the rear property line if that does not conflict with other Gardena Municipal Code provisions. Timing is strict: a container cannot go out earlier than twenty-four hours before the scheduled collection hour, must be out no later than the hour collection is scheduled to begin, and must come back off the street within twenty-four hours after the truck passes.

Outside that curbside window, containers may not be visible from the public right-of-way at all. These placement duties sit inside the same Chapter 8.20 that requires a city-authorized hauler under Section 8.20.060(A) and sets collection hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, under Section 8.20.130(A), so a cart left out overnight or stored where the street can see it any other day violates the ordinance even if the household otherwise subscribes to service correctly.