Republic Services of Whittier, CA
Republic Services provides exclusive recycling and waste collection services for residential and commercial accounts for the City of Whittier, 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 number
Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8 am - 12:00 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.
Collection schedule
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Service guide
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Container size
- Trash: One (1) black 64-gallon cart
- Recycling: One (1) blue 96-gallon cart
- Yard Waste: One (1) green 96-gallon cart
Cart Exchanges
32-gallon and 64-gallon carts are available as substitutes. No discount will be given for the use of smaller carts. (1) 64-gallon trash cart can be replaced with up to (2) 32-gallon trash carts.
Additional Carts
If you need an additional cart, there are two different sizes available: 32-gallon and 64-gallon (default). Please
- Additional recycling carts – Free
- Additional green waste - At an additional cost per month after the first two
- Additional trash carts - At an additional cost
Community Cleanup & Compost Giveaway
Saturday, May 10, 2025
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
This free event will include electronic waste recycling, a compost giveaway, paper shredding and clothing donation.
Please bring your ID to verify Whittier residency.
Bulky item service
Residents and multi-family dwellings receive (4) four picks up per year, up to (3) three items per pick up.
Customers must call Customer Service (24) twenty-four hours prior to your service day to schedule a pickup at 800-299-4898.
Items must be placed on the curb after 6:00 pm the night before the service day.
Scholarships for students
City of Whittier residents who are college-bound high school seniors may apply for the annual scholarship program. Annually, $2000 scholarships are available to four students at $500 per student!
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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.
Mandatory Recycling & Organics Laws
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
Dumpster size guide
Food scrap collection containers
AB 341 commercial organics tips
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, Discounts, Reporting a Concern
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.
- Utility Users' Tax exemption (UUT) Qualified Discount: Residential customers who apply and qualify will be entitled to a discount on solid waste collection fees. For more information, call the Whittier City Clerk's Office at 562-567-9860.
- Senior Discount: Senior citizens are eligible for a rate reduction of 10%. The senior citizen must be the head of the household of the residential premises that receive collection services, be at least sixty-two (62) years of age, and must receive supplemental Social Security benefits.
- To apply,
please mail this form to Republic Services- City of Whittier Discount Processing 2531 E 67th Street Long Beach, CA 90805
- To apply,
- Active Military Discount: Active members of the military are eligible for a rate reduction of 10%. An active member of the military may be stationed away from home for periods of time. This rate reduction will apply to the property so long as the military member maintains the property as his or her permanent residence. This discount does not apply to charges for additional carts, temporary bin service, or temporary roll-off service.
- To apply,
please mail this form to Republic Services- City of Whittier Discount Processing 2531 E 67th Street Long Beach, CA 90805
- To apply,
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
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 recycle containers. Green waste carts above are charged a fee.
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
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
- Single family residential customers and residents who live in 1-4 unit apartment complexes shall receive four (4) bulky item(s) picked up 4 times per year for free.
- Bulky 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 Republic Services 24 hours in advance of pick up at 800-299-4898 or
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The City of Whittier provides free containers for safely transporting used motor oil. Containers can be picked up at the Public Works Department counter at the City Hall, 13230 Penn Street, Whittier. Please call The City of Whittier Public Works Department at (562) 567-9500 for more information.
- AutoZone: 14153 Whittier Blvd. (562) 968-1093
- AutoZone: 11855 Whittier Blvd. (562) 692-0251
- Daniels Tire Service: 14200 Whittier Blvd. (562) 693-7721
- Gerkey & Sons Lube Pit Stop: 8806 Painter Ave. (562) 945-4240
- Jiffy Lube: 14180 Lambert Rd. (562) 945-3253
- O’Reilly Auto Parts: 13939 Whittier Blvd. (562) 447-1050
- Toyota of Whittier: 14577 Whittier Blvd. (562) 698-2591
- Valvoline: 13041 Whittier Blvd. (562) 945-6863
- Valvoline: 15806 Whittier Blvd. (562) 861-9909
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.
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.
City of Whittier Residents may receive up to four (4) sharps containers at no additional charge per year.
For more information or to request a sharps kit, contact customer service at 559-275-1551.
To order additional SHARPS kits after you have received your FREE one, click here
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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
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.
- 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.
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)
