Republic Services of La Canada Flintridge, CA
Republic Services provides exclusive recycling and waste collection services for residential and commercial accounts for the City of La Canada Flintridge, 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.
Customer service
Phone
Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8 am - 12:00 pm
City liaison
Pilar Almeida
800-299-4898
Containers
- Trash (brown)
- Recycling (blue)
- Green Waste (green)
Each residence receives one set of carts, consisting of trash (Brown), recycling (Blue) and green waste (Green). Additional trash carts are available for a fee. Upon request, Republic Services will provide additional recycling and additional green waste carts at no charge. Please contact our customer service department at 888-742-5234 or
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.
New invoice layout
Click the image to familiarize yourself with the new invoice look/layout coming soon from Republic Services.
Recycling and waste newsletters
for La Canada Flintridge
Residential
Business
How can we help?
See our FAQs for more details on the proper household hazardous waste (HHW) disposal of motor oil, electronics, paint, and more.
Additional resources
Plastics recycling by the number
Acceptable and unacceptable materials
Food donation program
Food waste recycling
Food scrap collection containers
AB 341 commercial organics tips
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 888-742-5234
Please call Customer Service at 888-742-5234
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)
Unacceptable Materials for Green Organics Cart:
- Dog poop or pet waste from any animal
- Diapers
- Food-Soiled Paper (Napkins and paper towels, uncoated paper: plates, cups, bowls & pizza boxes)
- 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 (Green), recycling (Blue), and green waste (Black).
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 888-742-5234 or
Republic Services will collect Christmas trees on regular collection days commencing the day after Christmas and culminating 3 weeks thereafter. Trees should be cut to no longer than 6 feet. The lights, ornaments, and tree stands must be removed before placing at curbside. The tree must be bare.
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 888-742-5234.
- Republic Services will provide 4 collections per year for excess Green Waste and 4 collections per year for excess refuse.
- Excess may be placed in boxes or bundles (not bagged) and cannot exceed 60 lbs in weight.
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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 888-742-5234
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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.
- Single Family Residential Customers shall receive two (2) bulk item(s) pickups per year for free. There is no limit of items per pickup.
- Bulk items serviced on service day only.
- Semi-Annual Community Cleanups are in the month of May and November. Bulk items and Green waste will be collected at this time.
- Bulk items include: furniture (chairs, sofas, mattresses and rugs); appliances (refrigerators, ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, dishwashers, plumbing and small household appliances); and electronic waste.
- Please contact Allied Waste Services 24 hours in advance of pickup at 888-742-5234.
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 888-742-5234 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)
