Inglewood, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum service
- Weekly collection citywide, Sec. 7-19(2)
- Who sets routes/hours
- Contract agent, approved by Administrative Authority
- Change notice
- Public notice required for route/schedule changes
- Penalty class
- Infraction under Sec. 1-18.1(a)
- Infraction fines
- $100/$200/$500 for 1st/2nd/3rd violation
- Container cap
- 150 lbs refuse per container, Sec. 7-25
Summary
Inglewood requires refuse to be collected from every place or premises at least once each calendar week under Municipal Code Sec. 7-19(2). The City's contract agent sets the actual routes, days and hours under Sec. 7-22, subject to Administrative Authority approval, and must notify the public whenever a route or schedule changes.
§ 7-19. Refuse Collection. Regulations. (2) The City shall provide for the collection and removal of refuse from all places or premises at least once each calendar week. Every person occupying or having charge or control of any place or premises where there is any accumulation of refuse, shall cause the same to be placed for collection by the City or the City's contract agent at least once each calendar week in accordance with the schedule of collectings promulgated pursuant to this Article. ... § 7-22. Schedule of Collections. The contract agent shall establish routes, days and hours for collection of refuse subject to the approval of the Administrative Authority and may change the same from time to time with the approval of the Administrative Authority. When such routes, days and hours are established or changed, the contract agent shall give such notice thereof to the public as the Administrative Authority shall require.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 7-19(2) puts the weekly floor in place: the City must provide for collection and removal of refuse from all places or premises at least once each calendar week, and every occupant with accumulated refuse must place it for collection at least that often, following the schedule promulgated under this Article. Sec. 7-22 then hands the operational details to the contract agent, currently the City's franchised hauler, who establishes the routes, days and hours of collection subject to approval by the Administrative Authority, defined at Sec.
7-15 as the Administrative Officer, Public Works Director, and Street Maintenance/Sanitation Superintendent. Whenever those routes, days or hours change, the contract agent must give the public notice in the form the Administrative Authority requires. Related sections round out the picture: Sec. 7-23 lets the Administrative Authority designate special collection points where practical difficulty exists, Sec. 7-24 subjects commercial pickup frequency and container size to the Administrative Authority's final approval, and Sec. 7-25 sets container standards, capping ordinary refuse at 150 pounds per container and tree/bush trimmings at bundles no larger than four feet by eighteen inches or sixty pounds, or 150 pounds in an approved container.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 7-19 is specifically listed among the sections the City classifies as infractions at Sec. 1-18.1(a). A violation of the weekly-collection requirement is therefore punishable under the general infraction penalty at Sec. 1-18: up to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within one year, and $500 for each additional violation within that year.
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