Los Angeles, CA Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for Los Angeles, California — in one page, with sources.
Trash pickup in Los Angeles, CA is assigned by zone or street — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Match your area in the trash schedule table below.
Trash Yard Recycle
When is each service collected?
Recurring schedule for Los Angeles services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Depends on your zone | Depends on your zone — check the zone list |
| Recycling | Weekly | Depends on your zone — check the Recycling zone list |
| Yard waste | Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday | Collected with the weekly curbside schedule (same day as trash) in the green bin program; follow LASAN bin-set-out rules. |
Which zone is my street in?
Collection day by zone. Confirm at the edges with the city.
| Zone | Day | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| East Valley — Monday | Monday | |
| Harbor — Monday | Monday | |
| North Central — Monday | Monday | |
| South Los Angeles — Monday | Monday | |
| West Los Angeles — Monday | Monday | |
| West Valley — Monday | Monday | |
| East Valley — Tuesday | Tuesday | |
| Harbor — Tuesday | Tuesday | |
| North Central — Tuesday | Tuesday | |
| South Los Angeles — Tuesday | Tuesday | |
| West Los Angeles — Tuesday | Tuesday | |
| West Valley — Tuesday | Tuesday | |
| East Valley — Wednesday | Wednesday | |
| Harbor — Wednesday | Wednesday | |
| North Central — Wednesday | Wednesday | |
| South Los Angeles — Wednesday | Wednesday | |
| West Los Angeles — Wednesday | Wednesday | |
| West Valley — Wednesday | Wednesday | |
| East Valley — Thursday | Thursday | |
| Harbor — Thursday | Thursday | |
| North Central — Thursday | Thursday | |
| South Los Angeles — Thursday | Thursday | |
| West Los Angeles — Thursday | Thursday | |
| West Valley — Thursday | Thursday | |
| East Valley — Friday | Friday | |
| Harbor — Friday | Friday | |
| North Central — Friday | Friday | |
| South Los Angeles — Friday | Friday | |
| West Los Angeles — Friday | Friday | |
| West Valley — Friday | Friday |
When is recycling collected?
Recycling day by zone — recycling runs on its own schedule, which can differ from trash. Confirm at the edges with the city.
| Zone | Day | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Franchise zone F-DT | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: NASA Services, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-EDT | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: CalMet Services, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-HB | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Athens Services (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-NC | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Athens Services (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-NE | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Universal Waste Systems, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-NEV | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Republic Services, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-SE | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Ware Disposal, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-SEV | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Waste Management, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-SLA | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Republic Services, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-WLA | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Athens Services (1-800-773-2489) |
| Franchise zone F-WV | Weekly | Exclusive RecycLA franchise hauler: Waste Management, Inc (1-800-773-2489) |
Trash pickup calendar
Regular-week pickup dates for the next 12 months. Holiday-week changes are not applied — confirm them with the city or your hauler before a holiday week.
What about bulky or special items?
Mattresses, appliances, storm debris — the rules before you set them out.
- — The collection-day layer maps 12 'No Service' areas: Beverly Hills/West Hollywood, Culver City/Ladera Heights, Del Rey Area, Hollywood Hills, Industrial Park City of Torrance, La Brea, Oakwood, San Fernando, San Pedro/Peninsula Area, UCLA, Universal City, Veterans Affairs Center. These are independent cities, unincorporated islands or federal/institutional lands with their own arrangements - address lookup must fall back to the neighboring-city records, not to LASAN days.
- — LASAN collects from single-family and smaller multi-family households. Larger multi-family and commercial generators are assigned to one of 11 exclusive-franchise zones, each served by a named hauler (e.g. NASA Services, CalMet Services). Zone-to-hauler mapping and phones are in records/geo/.
More details: bulk & yard waste page.
Who collects what?
The provider for each service and how to reach them.
| Service | Provider | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | LA Sanitation and Environment - city-collected | |
| Recycling | LA Sanitation and Environment - city-collected curbside; RecycLA exclusive franchises serve larger multi-family and commercial generators | |
| Yard waste | LA Sanitation and Environment - city-collected |
Common questions
The things Los Angeles residents ask most.
What day is trash pickup in Los Angeles?
It depends on where you live: LASAN assigns a Monday-Friday collection day by service section within its six district yards (East Valley, West Valley, North Central, South Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, Harbor). The mapped sections are in the zone layer; the city's lookup tool uses the same geography.
How many collection-day zones does LASAN publish?
The published collection-day layer contains 38 day-bearing sections across the six district yards, plus 12 marked no-service areas for places inside the city's extent that LASAN does not serve (independent cities such as Beverly Hills, Culver City and San Fernando, plus institutional lands like UCLA and Universal City).
Who picks up recycling or trash from apartment buildings in LA?
Single-family and smaller multi-family homes get city service from LASAN. Larger multi-family and commercial properties are served under the RecycLA exclusive-franchise program: the city is divided into 11 franchise zones, each with one contracted hauler.
Which LASAN district yard serves my area?
The six yards are: East Valley (North Hollywood/Reseda area), West Valley (Reseda), North Central (Dorris Pl), Hollywood (Waring Av), West Los Angeles (Missouri Av) and Harbor (Thatcher Ave, San Pedro). Addresses and direct phone lines are listed in the facilities section.
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from LASAN open data: 38 collection-day sections across 6 district yards (District_Collection_Day FS7), 11 RecycLA franchise zones with haulers, 7 yard facilities. Identity: extent center 0.093 deg from Census internal point 34.1132,-118.4068 (GEOID 0644000); sample East Valley geometry inside LA. Largest US city; previously missing.
- QA: population corrected to Census Vintage 2023 estimate (Los Angeles city: 3,820,914; prior estimate 3898747).
Population 3,820,914 · Sources: LASAN District_Collection_Day FeatureServer layer 7 'LASAN_District_B…, LASAN_Recycla_Zones 'LA_SAN_SRCFD_Zones_Updated_Oct22_2019' (RecycLA …, SanitationYards_PointLocation 'san_yard' (LASAN district yard addresses) · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.