Hawthorne residents receive a 65-gallon blue recycling cart and a 65-gallon green yard-waste cart from Republic Services. Blue carts take plastic, glass, metal, clean Styrofoam, and paper. State law (AB 341/AB 1826) plus SB 1383 require recyclables to be separated from trash.
Recycling in Hawthorne is provided through the city's franchised hauler, Republic Services (formerly Allied Waste), under the Solid Waste and Recycling chapter of the Hawthorne Municipal Code. The city FAQ states each resident is entitled to one 65-gallon recycling container and one 65-gallon green-waste container, in addition to the trash cart. The blue recycling cart is for recyclables including plastic, glass, aluminum and steel items, clean Styrofoam, and all paper products; the green cart is for yard waste such as grass clippings, small branches that fit in the cart, and houseplant clippings. Recycling containers are provided at no extra charge and businesses are encouraged to recycle. California state law layered on top of the city program requires recycling: AB 341 mandates commercial recycling and SB 1383 (the organics law) requires all residents, businesses, and multifamily properties to separate recyclable materials and organic materials from trash and either subscribe to collection or self-haul to a facility that can process each stream. Republic Services monitors participation and contamination, with sustainability advisors checking carts and dumpsters for correct use. Customer service for carts and recycling is (888) 742-5234. No fetched source states a specific contamination fine, so none is asserted here.
Contaminated recycling or failure to separate recyclables can prompt hauler tagging and, under state law, enforcement. Service issues go to Republic Services; nuisance and dumping issues go to Hawthorne Code Enforcement at (310) 349-2945.
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