Gardena, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Section 8.20.100(A) requires collection vehicles used by operators in the city to conform to the highest industry standards, and Section 8.20.100(B) requires an annual inspection by the California Highway Patrol, with the certificate filed with the city manager. Section 8.20.100(E) requires vehicles to be built and used so solid waste, oil, or grease cannot blow, fall, or leak onto the street, mandates water-tight bodies with close-fitting metal covers, and requires any spilled waste to be cleaned up immediately with a broom and shovel carried on the vehicle at all times.

Section 8.20.100(F) requires the operator's name and telephone number printed or painted in letters at least six inches tall and four inches wide on each side of the vehicle in a contrasting color, and Section 8.20.100(H) requires an audible backup warning device on every vehicle. Section 8.20.100(G) caps stationary compaction noise at seventy-five decibels measured twenty-five feet from the vehicle, and Section 8.20.100(D) requires vehicles to be kept clean, in good repair, uniformly painted, and disinfected regularly. If the city gives written notice that a vehicle fails to meet these standards, Section 8.20.100(I) requires the operator to pull it from service until the city inspects and approves it in writing.