Republic Services of San Fernando, CA
Look to us, rely on us for San Fernando's organics, recycling, and solid waste solutions.
Your local team at Republic Services is committed to each and every community we serve and devoted to providing the most effective, safe, and environmentally-friendly solutions.
Customer service
Phone
Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8 am - 12:00 pm
City Liaison
Cristina Vargas
800-299-4898
Local Office
117 N Macneil St.
San Fernando, CA 91340
Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Container Size
- Trash (black)
- Recycling (blue)
- Yard Waste (green)
Additional trash containers 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 Schedule
If your regular collection day falls on one of these holidays, it will be delayed by one day:
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
New invoice layout
Click the image to familiarize yourself with the new invoice look/layout coming soon from Republic Services
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Re: Annual Price Adjustment
Dear Valued Customer:
Republic Services would like to take this opportunity to thank you for allowing us to be your solid waste service provider. We take great pride in the work we do to keep the environment clean and protected for our future. We are committed to maintaining the high level of professionalism from our drivers and staff that San Fernando deserves.
To uphold this commitment, it is periodically necessary to adjust our rates to offset the increasing costs of doing business. Like many other businesses, we are responding to a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Water, Sewer, and Trash Collection Services, as well as increases in landfill and other disposal costs. Therefore, you will notice a rate adjustment reflected on your August 2024 utility bill.
For questions, please contact our customer service team at (800) 299-4898.
Sincerely,
Republic Services, Inc.
INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE
Re: Ajuste Annual de Precios
A Nuestro Valorado Cliente:
Republic Services, le gustaría tomar esta oportunidad para darles las gracias por permitirnos ser su proveedor de servicio de residuos sólidos de basura y reciclaje. Nos enorgullecemos en el trabajo que hacemos para mantener limpio el medio ambiente y proteger nuestro futuro. Estamos comprometidos a mantener un alto nivel de profesionalismo que nuestros chóferes y personal proveen a la Ciudad de San Fernando.
Para mantener este compromiso, es necesario ajustar periódicamente nuestras tarifas, para compensar el aumento de costo del negocio. Como todo otro negocio, nosotros estamos respondiendo al aumento en el Índice de Precios al Consumidor (CPI) de los servicios de agua, alcantarillado y recolección de basura, así como a aumentos en los costos de vertederos y otros costos de eliminación. Por lo tanto usted notara que hemos hecho un ajuste en la factura de el mes de Agosto en su servicio público.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con nuestro personal de servicio al cliente al (800) 299-4898.
Atentamente,
Republic Service, Inc.
Republic Services invites you to our quarterly San Fernando Bulky Item Drop-Off Event
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Time: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Civic Center Parking Lot (corner of First Street & Maclay Ave)
Whether living in multi-family complexes or single-family homes, residents will be able to drop-off
large/bulky items household items for proper disposal.
Proof of residency will be required!
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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Recycling and waste newsletters
for San Fernando, CA
Click on an image or link below to view the most recent San Fernando Recycling & Waste Newsletter
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 & unacceptable recycling
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 800-299-4898.
Please call Customer Service at 800-299-4898.
Residential Recycle, Compost & Garbage Services
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.
- Large household items that do not fit inside the trash cart need to be scheduled for a bulky item pickup.
- Please call our customer service department 48 hours in advance of your collection day at 800-499-4898 to schedule a pickup.
- San Fernando residents are entitled to a maximum of 6 bulky item collection times per year.
- Items collected shall be a combination of loose large items not to exceed an approximate equivalent of four (4) cubic yards and two (2) individual large items such as a TV, couch, or water heater.
- 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.
Holiday Trees will be collected for the first 2 weeks immediately following December 25th. Please remove all decorations, ornaments, lights, garland, and tinsel, as well as the stand. When you set your tree at the curb, it should be bare. If your tree is more than 10 feet tall, please cut it in half. You may also drop off your tree in the 40 yard bin located at the Civic Center parking lot (across from City Hall) 116 North Macneil St., San Fernando, CA.
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
No.
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
San Fernando residents are entitled to free, used motor oil & used oil filter collection services. Please contact our customer service department at 800-299-4898 to order city approved containers before you change your oil. The oil container will hold 16 quarts and the oil filter container will hold 2 filters. To dispose of the filled containers contact our customer service department, 48 hours in advance of your collection day. Your filled containers will be picked up and replaced with empty ones.
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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San Fernando residents are also entitled to free, unlimited Battery/Bulb and Electronic Waste services. Batteries should never 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.
- Household batteries should be placed in a Zip Lock bag and placed next to your carts.
- Fluorescent bulbs and smaller E-Waste items should be placed in a cardboard box and placed next to your carts.
- In order to schedule a pickup please call our customer service department at 800-299-4898 at least 48 hours in advance of your regular collection day.
- Additionally, San Fernando residents can deliver their Battery/Bulb and Electronic Waste to the Republic Services yard located at 9200 Glenoaks Blvd., Sun Valley, CA, for free, with proof of residency.
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.
Sharps are considered Hazardous Waste and are illegal to dispose of in carts. If you have any sharps that need to be disposed of please contact our Customer Service Department at 855-737-7871 to order a Sharps collection container. Annually, the first 100 seniors who request a sharps container will receive it free of charge.
To order additional SHARPS kits, click here
Multi-Family & Commercial Information
- Commercial Refuse collection
- Commercial Recycle collection
- Commercial Green waste collection
- Commercial Food waste collection
- Commercial Debris Box collection service
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Acceptable materials:
- Bread
- Coffee Grounds & Filter
- Dairy Products
- Egg Shells & Bones
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Grains
- Meat & Proteins
- Paper Bags
- Pizza Boxes
Unacceptable materials:
- Animal Waste
- Grease/Oils
- Liquids
- Plastic Bags, other plastics
- Styrofoam
- Utensils/Metal/Foil
Only place those items that are recyclable in your recycle cart/bin. Make sure you rinse them out before placing them in your cart/bin. This will assure that these items are not contaminated and can be recycled.
How to prepare your recyclables: No food, liquid, loose-plastic bags. Do not bag or box recyclables; leave loose.
Acceptable materials are:
- Aerosol cans (empty)
- Aluminum and tin cans (rinsed)
- Aluminum foil & foil trays (clean)
- Catalogs
- Cereal boxes (please remove liners)
- Copy paper
- Corrugated cardboard (flattened)
- File & File Folders
- Glass bottles and jars
- Juice & Milk boxes (empty)
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Metal Lids
- Mixed paper
- Newspaper
- Paper bags
- Pill bottles (non-prescription)
- Plastics labeled #1-7 (empty & rinsed)
- Scrap metal
- Telephone books
Use the green cart/bin for your Yard Waste items. For the lid to close properly, place yard waste completely inside the cart/bin.
Acceptable materials:
- Branches & twigs (up to 6” in diameter, no longer than 4’)
- Flower clippings
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Plant clippings
- Tree branches and roots
- Weeds
- Wood chips
Unacceptable materials:
- Animal Waste
- Concrete
- Dirt
- Garbage
- Glass
- Ice plant clusters
- Metal
- Palm branches/fronds
- Plastic
- Rocks
- Sod
- Treated or painted wood
- Tree stumps (large)
- Yucca trees
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 Dwellings - Republic Services will provide two bulky item collection pickups free of charge once a year. To schedule a pickup have the property manager contact our Customer Service Department 24 hours in advance.
Commercial Customers - Republic Services provides bulky item collection for an additional fee. To schedule a pickup contact our Customer Service Department 24 hours in advance.
Multi-Family Dwellings - Republic Services will provide unlimited free curbside battery/bulb/e-waste collection.
Commercial Customers - Republic Services will provide commercial customers 3 free battery/bulb/e-waste pickups on your regularly scheduled collection day.
Place all of your Household batteries & compact fluorescent light bulbs in a re-sealable household bag and place it with by your bin/cart the day of service. To schedule a pickup please contact our Customer Service Department 24 hours in advance.
Drop-Off - Republic Services accepts all battery/bulb/e-waste, from all multi-family residents and commercial customers in the city of San Fernando, at Republic’s company yard located at 9200 Glenoaks Blvd., Sun Valley, CA 91352.
Multi-Family Dwellings - Holiday trees will be picked up upon request for the first 2 weeks immediately following Christmas Day. Please contact Customer Service 24 hours in advance.
Please remove all decorations, ornaments, lights, garland, and tinsel, as well as the stand. If your tree is more than 10 feet tall, please cut it in half before placing it at the curb. When you set your tree at the curb, it should be bare.
Acceptable items:
- Candy wrappers
- Ceramics (dishes)
- Chip bags/snack bags
- Clothing, textiles, and shoes - please consider donating these items
- Food take-out containers (soiled polystyrene)
- Glassware
- Pet waste (double-bagged)
- Plant pots
- Plastic bags
- Plastic utensils, plates & trays
- Plastic film/plastic stretch wrap
- Vacuum cleaner bags
- Window glass
Unacceptable items:
- Recyclables
- Reusable items
California's Mandatory Commercial Recycling and Organics Waste Recycling Law
Dumpsters
- Debris boxes 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)
