Redondo Beach, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- RBMC §§ 5-2.103, 5-2.106
- Service
- Mandatory for all residences/businesses
- Minimum frequency
- Once per week, residential and commercial
- Excluded items
- Carcasses, explosives, excreta
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 2618, eff. June 7, 1991
Summary
Redondo Beach requires every residence and commercial account to have solid waste collected by the City's designated hauler, and residential and commercial refuse must be picked up at least once a week.
The Council hereby finds and determines that it is in the public interest for the City to provide solid waste handling services to all residences and commercial accounts in the City. All residences and commercial accounts shall have their solid waste collected regularly by the means designated by the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
' That mandate is not optional or opt-out; it applies citywide under the article titled the Solid Waste Handling Services Law of the City of Redondo Beach, adopted by Ordinance No. 2618 effective June 7, 1991. 106 sets the minimum frequency: residential refuse must be collected at least once each week, and commercial accounts also at least once per week, though the Director of Public Works can require more frequent collection for a commercial account. That same section pulls certain materials out of regular collection entirely and requires separate disposal at the owner's expense, including ammunition, explosives, or flammable materials, human or animal excreta, dog, cat, or other animal carcasses, and anything liable to transmit a contagious or infectious disease. 104, setting collection days and container standards by regulation, and any resident aggrieved by a fee or regulation can appeal to the City Manager.
Violations & Fines
Failing to have solid waste collected under the mandatory service of Section 5-2.103, or diverting excluded special-refuse items like carcasses or hazardous materials into regular collection under Section 5-2.106(b), is a misdemeanor under Section 5-2.114, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
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