Los Angeles, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Trash weekly; recycling biweekly
- Find your day
- MyLA311 or 1-800-773-2489
- Holiday shift
- One day later, rest of week
- Bulk pickup
- Free, up to 10 items
- Set-out time
- By 6 a.m.
Summary
LA Sanitation collects black (trash) and green (organics) carts weekly and the blue recycling cart every other week, all on one day. Find your day and recycling week via MyLA311 or 1-800-773-2489. Four holidays shift the rest of the week one day later.
42652.5. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals for 2020 and 2025 established in Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code. The regulations shall comply with all of the following: (1) May require local jurisdictions to impose requirements on generators or other relevant entities within their jurisdiction and may authorize local jurisdictions to impose penalties on generators for noncompliance. (2) Shall include requirements intended to meet the goal that not less than 20 percent of edible food that is currently disposed of is recovered for human consumption by 2025. (3) Shall not establish a numeric organic waste disposal limit for individual landfills.
Full Breakdown
Find your collection day and recycling week (A or B) using the Day Finder at myla311.lacity.org, the MyLA311 app, or by calling 1-800-773-2489 (or 311). Your black trash cart and green organics cart are collected weekly, and your blue recycling cart every other week, all on the same day. New Year's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas push all collections one day later for the rest of that week; other holidays are normal service. Free bulky-item pickup is available up to 10 collections a year with up to 10 items each, collected on your regular day at least one business day after you request it through MyLA311. Set carts out by 6 a.m., lids facing the street, three feet apart.
Violations & Fines
Place carts at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day with lids closed and openings facing the street, keeping three feet of clearance from other carts and obstacles.
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Sources & Official References
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