Republic Services of Alhambra, CA
Republic Services provides exclusive organics, recycling, and waste collection services for residential and commercial accounts for the City of Alhambra, CA. We offer one-stop shopping for all of the city's waste removal needs. Although we specialize in recycling and solid waste collection, our services go far beyond just emptying the trash bins.
Alhambra, CA customer service
800-299-4898
Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8 am - 12:00 pm
City Liaison
Cristina Vargas
800-299-4898
Local Office
104 S 1st St
Alhambra, CA 91801
Open: Monday - Thursday
Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Closed for lunch: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Container uses
- Trash (black)
- Recycling (blue)
- Green Waste (green)
Additional trash, recycling, green waste/organic containers are available for an additional fee. Please contact our customer service department at 800-299-4898.
Holiday schedule
We observe the following holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
If your pickup day falls on one of these holidays, it will be delayed by one day.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Re: Annual Price Adjustment
Dear Valued Customers,
As part of our commitment to transparency and fairness, we regularly review our pricing structure to ensure alignment with market trends and economic indicators. In line with this practice, we are implementing a rate adjustment effective July 1, 2024.
The adjustment is consistent with the percentage change in the average annual published Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Trash and Garbage Collection of 7.28%, as reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This adjustment allows us to continue providing you with high-quality service while covering the costs associated with maintaining our operations.
We greatly appreciate your continued support and understanding. If you have any questions after receiving your invoice, please get in touch with us at (800) 299-4898 or alhambra@republicservices.com.
Sincerely,
Republic Services, Inc.
Yard waste & food waste
Kitchen pails for food waste
Step 1: Place your compost pail in a convenient location in your kitchen
Step 2: Toss all food scraps and plate scrapings into your compost pail.
Step 3: Empty your pail into your yard debris cart along with your yard debris.
Single-Family residents: Kitchen pails will be delivered to all Single-Family residences (1-4 units).
Multi-Family residents: If you live in a Multi-Family complex of 5 or more units, please contact us at alhambra@republicservices.com to order your kitchen pail.
Click either image or the button below for acceptable/unacceptable food and yard waste items.
Invoice/billing update
(effective 7/1/2021)
Beginning 7/1/21 Residential customers will be invoiced by Republic Services. If you are currently not enrolled to receive solid waste services through your water bill, please email us at Alhambra@republicservices.com or contact our Customer Service team at 800-299-4898. The fees you are paying now will not increase.
New invoice look/layout
Click the image to the right to familiarize yourself with the new invoice look/layout coming soon from Republic Services.
Organic waste resources (SB 1383)
Organics, Food Waste, and Yard Waste cart and bin colors and sizes may vary by region.
Acceptable/Unacceptable Organics Waste
California's Mandatory Recycling Laws
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See our FAQs for more details on the proper household hazardous waste (HHW) disposal of motor oil, electronics, paint, and more.
Alhambra battery recycling program
(Effective 7/1/2021)
Effective July 1, 2021, Battery Recycling Containers will be available for you to drop off used/unwanted batteries* at the following locations:
- Alhambra City Hall, 111 South First Street, Alhambra
- Alhambra Civic Center Library, 101 South First Street, Alhambra
- Joslyn Center at Story Park, 210 North Chapel Avenue, Alhambra
- Almansor Park Office, 800 South Almansor Street, Alhambra
*Automobile batteries are NOT accepted. Please visit
Additional resources
Plastics recycling by the number
Acceptable & unacceptable recycling
Food donation program
Food waste recycling
Food scrap collection containers
AB 341 commercial organics tips
Cart tags - Spanish
Cart tags - Chinese
Kid's corner
Trash day maze
Help the truck driver navigate his route to pick up the neighborhood’s trash and recycling. Download
Electronics word search
Our electronics are tangled. Can you help find which electronics are recyclable? Download
Outdoors bingo
Take a walk around your neighborhood with this Bingo sheet. Find four in a row! Download
Take a virtual field trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip of how a recycling center and a modern landfill works. These videos are designed to inform specific lessons in 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, and 9th-12th grade, but can also be used outside of those lessons to take your students on a journey through the process!
Recycling center video tour
3rd - 5th grade video is featured below
FAQs
Collection Guidelines & Reporting an Issue
Residents
- Face carts toward the street with wheels against the curb or gutter the night before or by 6:00 am on your scheduled service day.
- Allow at least two feet between carts and 5 feet between carts and other objects
- Make sure lids are securely shut--materials should not extend beyond the container rim.
- There are several ways to handle extra waste. See our FAQ on Bulky Waste Pickup.
- Do not place hot ashes, dirt, rock, concrete, or hazardous items in your carts.
Apartments & Businesses
Containers must be easily accessible – if containers are blocked (ex. by parked cars), we will not be able to service the container and you may need to pay an additional charge if you request a return trip pick-up.Please call Customer Service at 800-299-4898.
Please call Customer Service at 800-299-4898.
Recycling Questions
PAPER (clean and unsoiled)
• Paperback books
• Boxes, packages (please flatten)
• Carbonless paper
• Cardboard (must fit in cart)
• Catalogs
• Colored & construction paper
• Computer paper
• Copy paper
• Coupons
• Detergent boxes
• Egg cartons (paper only – no Styrofoam)
• Envelopes with metal clasps
• Envelopes (plastic windows OK)
• Gift Wrap (non-metallic)
• Junk mail
• Magazines
• Manila folders
• Newspapers and inserts
• Office paper
• Paper bags
• Paper packaging with remnant tape
• Paperboard boxes (cereal & shoe boxes)
• Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
• Post-its
• Shredded paper (placed in a paper bag)
• Telephone books
METAL (empty, clean, and dry)
• Aluminum cans
• Aluminum foil (clean)
• Aluminum pie plates
• Cookie sheets
• CRV beverage cans
• Food cans (clean)
• Pet food cans
• Steel cans
• Scrap metal (pots & pans, cupcake pans, utensils/silverware, metal water bottles, and small (5-gallon or smaller) metal buckets).
GLASS (empty, clean, and dry)
• Rinsed; all colors; lids, caps
• Bottles
• CRV beverage containers
• Jars
PLASTIC (empty, clean, and dry)
• Containers only; empty; rinsed
• Rigid plastics
• Bleach bottles
• Buckets without handles
• CRV beverage containers (soda, water, juice)
• Detergent bottles
• Food containers (no Styrofoam)
• Household cleaning containers (empty)
• Lids and caps
• Milk jugs
• Prescription bottles (empty)
• Salad dressing bottles (rinsed)
• Shampoo and conditioning bottles
• Tub containers
Non-recyclables contaminate recycling loads, and need to be removed during the sorting process. Some items may also contaminate clean recyclable items (ex. pasta sauce jar with sauce still in it, can soak into clean office paper which is then no longer recyclable either).
If our drivers notice a lot of contamination in your recycle cart or bin, we may not be able to service it as recycling and may tag it to have it serviced as trash (in which case you may be charged).
Yard trimmings
- Flower trimmings
- Tree trimmings (twigs/branches must be 4 ft or less in length, and less than 6 inches in diameter)
- Leaves, grass, brush, and weeds
- Untreated and unpainted wood
Food Scraps (raw or cooked):
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Dairy Products
- Breads, grains, pastas
- Meat & Seafood (including bones)
- Prepared or processed foods (chips, sandwiches, etc – remove packaging)
- Food-Soiled Paper (Napkins and paper towels, uncoated paper: plates, cups, bowls & pizza boxes)
Unacceptable Materials for Green Organics Cart:
- Dog poop or pet waste from any animal
- Diapers
- Glass, Metal, Plastic
- Hot ashes or briquettes
- Large amounts of soil or sod
- Plastic bags, or plastic of ANY kind
- Rocks, concrete, dirt, sand
- Wood that has been treated, coated or painted
- Particle board
Compostable plastics are NOT allowed in the organics cart.
- The compost facility is not able to accept other “compostable plastic” items (such as corn-based utensils, Green Strip cups, etc.) even if they are BPI-Certified, because these items do not break down fast enough or completely.
- Compostable plastics are also not recyclable. These items need to be thrown in the landfill.
Each residence receives one set of carts, consisting of trash (black), recycling (blue), and green waste (green).
Additional trash carts are available for a fee.
Upon request, Republic Services will provide additional recycling and green waste carts at no charge. Please contact our customer service department at 800-299-4898 or
Holiday trees will be picked up at curbside for recycling for three weeks beginning December 26. Trees will be picked up on your regular collection day by a different truck. Please remove the stand, as well as all ornaments, decorations, lights, tinsel, and garland, from your tree. Place the tree at the curb no earlier than noon on the day preceding your regularly scheduled collection. The trees will be turned into compost, mulch, or ground cover. There is no extra charge for holiday tree collection during this special collection period.
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
- Single Family Residential Customers shall receive bulk item(s) pickups for free. There is a limit of 4 items per pickup.
- Bulk items include furniture (chairs, sofas, mattresses, and rugs); appliances (refrigerators, ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, dishwashers, plumbing, and small household appliances).
- Bulk items pickups take place on scheduled pickup days.
- Please contact Republic Services 24 hours in advance of pickup at 800-299-4898.
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- Single Family Residential Customers shall receive Electronic Recycling pickups for free. There is a limit of 4 items per pickup.
- Electronic Recycling is serviced on Wednesdays only.
- Please contact Republic Services 24 hours in advance of pickup at 800-299-4898
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The California Green Building Standards Code (Cal Green) applies to all cities in California and mandates as of January 1, 2017, that all new building construction develop a waste management plan that includes diversion of at least 65% of construction and demolition material from landfills, through recycling and or reuse.
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Batteries should not be placed inside any residential cart.
Common batteries such as AA, AAA, C cells, D cells and button cell batteries (e.g. hearing aid batteries) may contain a corrosive chemical that can cause burns. For proper disposal,
California residents and businesses can now recycle leftover paint for free at local retail stores. For program details and locations, visit
Medical sharps should never be placed into a household or public waste or recycling containers. All sharps should be placed into a SHARPS disposal container immediately after use to reduce the chance of injuries caused by loose sharps.
Medical sharps that are improperly disposed of can injure anyone that comes in contact with your trash including Republic Services crews and may pose a public health hazard.
Residents are eligible to receive 1 container 4 times per year free of charge. To request your free kit please call our customer service department at 855-737-7871.
To order additional SHARPS kits after you have received your FREE kit, click here
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Republic Services does not collect or accept hazardous waste or medical waste.
No, we do not pick up HHW. To find a drop off location near you, visit
How to dispose of light bulbs depends on which type of light bulb(s) you have. Some light bulbs contain hazardous substances such as mercury, lead and arsenic, which are harmful to human health and the environment, even in small quantities. Light bulbs containing these substances should never be placed in any carts, bins or dumpsters.
Multi-Family Recycling Information
Recycling conserves natural resources, like trees and water, saves energy. Composting food scraps helps return valuable nutrients to the soil and reduces the amount of organic material ending up in landfills. Both are important in helping the City of Clovis meet county and state-mandated goals for reducing waste disposed of in local landfills.
Cardboard should be flattened before being placed in the recycling cart/bin.
Multi-Family communities of 5 or more units are eligible for bulky item pickups.
- Beginning April 1st, bulky item sweep service is being reinstated. Residents and businesses will be allowed to discard bulky items on their trash collection days with no prior scheduling required.
- Bulky items must be placed on curbside and not obstruct public right-of-way. Do not place items on the street or block sidewalk or driveways.
- Residents living in gated complexes must place bulky items at the curb or in the ally (driver will not be able to go beyond the gate).
- Tree limbs, palm fronds, wood, and carpet will need to be bundled with the dimensions not to exceed 4’ length x 2’ diameter and weigh no more than 50 lbs per bundle for safe and easy pick up.
California's Mandatory Commercial Recycling and Organics Waste Recycling Law
Commercial Services
Dumpsters
- Debris boxes, from 6 to 40 yards, are available for household remodeling, landscape projects, site clean-up, construction & demolition, and other projects.
- Rates for roll-offs vary depending upon box size and filled weight.
- Email
Customer Service here , or call 800-299-4898 for information or to place an order.
The following materials cannot be collected in roll-off containers:
- Asbestos
- Batteries
- Food waste
- Household hazardous waste
- Liquids
- Paint
- Oils
- Medical waste
- Tires
- Televisions
- Monitors and white goods (appliances) containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
