Lynwood, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Lynwood Municipal Code § 9-7.1(b) recites that Assembly Bill 341 of 2011 requires businesses and multifamily property owners generating a threshold amount of solid waste to arrange recycling service, and directs the city to run a mandatory commercial recycling program. Section 9-7.4 carries that mandate into local law: every commercial business, including multifamily residential dwellings, must subscribe to the city's three-container collection service, covering blue (recyclables), green (organics), and gray (trash) containers, and the city may require a business to increase its container size or collection frequency to match its waste volume.

Businesses must supply enough clearly labeled containers for employees, contractors, tenants, and customers, and, except multifamily dwellings, must place recycling and organics containers in every indoor and outdoor area where a trash container is provided for customers. New containers purchased after January 1, 2022 must carry body or lid colors and labeling matching the city's collection colors, though containers bought earlier may be used until the end of their useful life or January 1, 2036. A business generating below a set weekly threshold, such as less than 20 gallons of organic waste per week against two or more cubic yards of total service, may apply for a de minimis waiver, and a property that lacks physical space for the required containers may seek a space waiver under § 9-7.5. Businesses that fail to comply face the same notice-of-violation and administrative citation process, and penalty schedule, set out in § 9-7.14.