Republic Services of Rosemead, CA
Republic Services provides exclusive recycling and waste collection services for residential and commercial accounts for the City of Rosemead, 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.
Rosemead customer service
Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8 am - 12:00 pm
3953 N. Muscatel Avenue
Rosemead, CA 91770
Office Hours
Monday-Thursday
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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.
Service map
New Carts are Rolling In!
We are excited to announce that new carts are delivering now. Businesses and Multi-Family customers have received their new carts. Residential customers will receive their new carts starting mid-August.
As the City of Rosemead works to fully implement the requirements of California State mandate SB 1383, new features will include - a three cart bundled service with new carts (trash/recycling/organics), cart labels, residential and multi-family kitchen pails, and educational material. Please contact Republic Services at 800.299.4898 or email us at CityofRosemead@RepublicServices.com for questions about the state mandated recycling and organics collection services.
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Container size
Default cart service for Residential accounts
- Trash: One (1) black 96-gallon cart - additional fees for additional trash carts.
- Recycling: One (1) blue 96-gallon cart.
- Organic waste: One (1) green 96-gallon cart.
Default cart service for Commercial accounts
- Trash: Container size will depend on the amount of solid waste generated at the property location - additional fees for additional trash carts.
- Recycling: One (1) blue 96-gallon.
- Organic waste: One (1) green 32- gallon.
- Customers who generate larger volumes for recycling and organics will receive right-sized tailoring from a Recycle Coordinator – additional fees apply.
Bulky item collection services
- Single-family and multi-family residents will have 5 free bulky item pickups 5 times per year.
- Multi-family dwellings (5 units or more) have 6 large item pickups 5 times.
- Call 1-800-299-4898 to schedule a pickup
- Only place items out after 6 pm the night before your service day. Placing items out on other days may cause you to get a code violation notice.
Battery Disposal
- To schedule battery pickup call Republic Services at 800.299.4898 at least one week prior to your service day.
- Please ensure batteries are placed on the top of the lid of you waste cart or bin, enclosed in a zipped bag.
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Events
Dumpster Day
Drive-Thru
Saturday, November 2
From 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Garvey Community Center
9108 Garvey Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770
City of Rosemead
Compost Giveaway Event
Saturday, October 12
From 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Garvey Community Center
9108 Garvey Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Mandatory organic waste program (SB 1383)
Senate Bill (SB) 1383 requires all California cities to enforce organic waste programs in an effort to reduce waste and combat climate change caused by the release of methane gases from landfills. Republic Services is here to help you understand your responsibilities and make it as easy as possible to comply with state law SB 1383.
Residents
All residents living in single-family homes are provided with green carts. Beginning March 1, 2022, residents can use the green carts for yard debris, as well as food scraps and food-soiled paper.
Businesses
Beginning April 1, 2022, all multi-family complexes and businesses are required to have a program to divert organic waste from landfills. Please contact Republic Services at cityofrosemead@republicservices.com or by calling 562-527-4537 or 562-532-8301 for assistance setting up your mandatory recycling and organics collection programs.
Organic waste resources
All food and yard waste will be collected in one cart for residential customers, and source-separated for commercial customers (one cart for food waste, and one cart for yard waste).
Acceptable items will include:
- Food waste: fruit, vegetables, meat, bones, dairy, eggshells, and prepared food
- Yard waste: plants, leaves, branches, and grass
- Food-soiled paper: napkins, tea bags, paper plates, and coffee filters
Unacceptable items will include:
- Glass
- Cans or metal
- Plastic, plastic bags, plastic packaging
- Pet Waste
Rates
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
Food recovery & food donation
If you would like to donate food or find a local food bank near you, the local non-profits below provide services in the Southern California area.
Los Angeles
Orange County
Food waste recycling
Food scrap collection containers
AB 341 commercial organics tips
Dumpster size guide
Recycling tips (English)
Recycling tips (Spanish)
Recycling simplified videos
Check out these 15-second videos for quick tips on recycling basics.
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
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
Unacceptable Materials for Green Waste 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
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 Food Waste 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, recycling and yard waste. Additional trash containers are available at a fee. There is no charge for additional yard waste or recycle containers.
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
If you live in a Single Family home, you can contact our customer service representative at 800-299-4898.
Residents have 25 bulky item picks ups for free per year, up to 5 items per pick up.
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Electronic waste such as TV’s computers, printers, and monitors can be collected as part of your bulky-item collection program. Call 1-800-299-4898 24 hours before your service day to schedule a pickup.
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.
Republic Services offers many services for your construction waste, including compliance with CALGreen diversion requirements. To order a container for C&D waste, call 1- 800-299-4898.
Batteries should not be placed inside any residential cart. Residents may place household batteries in ziplock plastic baggies on top of the recycling cart for collection.
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 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 who comes in contact with your trash including Republic Services crews and may pose a public health hazard.
To order SHARPS kits, 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 Rosemead 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.
- Collection will be limited to four (4) items per pickup, with up to four (4) scheduled pickups per year. Please call our customer service department at 800-299-4898 for more information.
- Multi-family customers must schedule a pickup at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance, excluding weekends and holidays.
- Residents have 25 bulky item picks ups for free per year, up to 5 items per pick up.
California's Mandatory Commercial Recycling and Organics Waste Recycling Law
In October 2014 Governor Brown signed AB 1826 Chesbro (Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014), requiring businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they generate per week. This law also requires that on and after January 1, 2016, local jurisdictions across the state implement an organic waste recycling program to divert organic waste generated by businesses, including multifamily residential dwellings that consist of five or more units (please note, however, that multifamily dwellings are not required to have a food waste diversion program). Organic waste (also referred to as organics throughout this resource) means food waste, green waste, landscape, and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. This law phases in the mandatory recycling of commercial organics over time, while also offering an exemption process for rural counties. In particular, the minimum threshold of organic waste generation by businesses decreases over time, which means an increasingly greater proportion of the commercial sector will be required to comply.
Effective December 31, 2020, businesses with more than 2 cubic yards of solid waste per week are required to recycle their food waste. Please call 1-800-299-4898 to learn about the food waste recycling program.
A Recycling Coordinator is available to meet at you at your City of Whittier business and customize a program. Please call 1-800-299-4898 to ask for Recycling Coordinator assistance.
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)
