Holiday Treecycling Program: December 26, 2025, to January 9, 2026

Keep the memories, recycle the tree!

Holiday trees are too heavy and bulky for curbside organics (green) carts. Please use one of the City’s 13 drop‑off locations below.

City‑serviced residents may also place their tree curbside on Jan 10 by 7:00 a.m. at their regular collection spot.

Note: Natural wreaths without non‑organic decorations are allowed in organics carts.

Drop-Off Locations:

• Bixby Park
• Cesar E. Chavez Park
• El Dorado Park
• Houghton Park
• Hudson Park
• Public Works Environmental Services Office
• Orizaba Park
• Scherer Park
• Stearns Park
• Veterans Park
• Wardlow Park
• Whaley Park North
• Will Rogers Mini Park

Be a waste-sorting hero this holiday season! Placing items in the correct carts improves efficiency in the collection and processing of waste. This ensures recyclable items actually end up being recycled!

Please remember that items placed in your recycling cart must be clean, empty, and dry.

Find the answer at the bottom of this email!

Keep an eye out for us! You may see us in your neighborhood.

The City partnered with the Conservation Corps of Long Beach on a multilingual door-to-door education campaign to share tips and resources about what goes in your trash, recycling, and organics carts.

The outreach team is checking carts early in the morning and leaving educational tags, either as a helpful reminder of what goes where, or to celebrate that you're doing a great job in waste-sorting!

If you see us in your neighborhood, feel free to say hi or ask us questions. The team is here to help!

In observance of Christmas Day and New Year's Day, many City of Long Beach facilities will be closed on December 25th and January 1st, and some services will be impacted.

🚛 ♻️ Refuse/Recycling/Organics 

Refuse, recycling, and organics collection will NOT occur on December 25th or January 1st. The collection will be delayed by one day. Thursday routes will be collected on Friday, and Friday routes will be collected on Saturday. The regular schedule resumes the following week.

🧹💨Street Sweeping

There will be no scheduled street sweeping or enforcement of street sweeping violations on December 25th or January 1st.

🚗 Parking Enforcement

Read your parking meter: Citywide parking violations, including parking meters, will be enforced on December 25th and January 1st, unless the meter states “Exempt on Holidays.” The days and hours of enforcement are displayed on the meters.

📞The Customer Call Center will be closed on December 25th and January 1st.

Please help keep toxic chemicals out of our neighborhoods and environment! Household hazardous waste cannot be disposed of in the trash or any curbside cart.

Long Beach residents have access to household hazardous waste drop-off events at no cost.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) includes, but is not limited to:

• Lightbulbs
• Electronics
• Paint
• Pool and garden chemicals
• Medications
• Batteries

HHW & E-Waste Collection Events:



Gaffey Street S.A.F.E. Center Drop-Off

1400 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Signal Hill EDCO HHW Drop-Off

2755 California Ave., Signal Hill

2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.*

*This location will be closed on Saturday, December 27th.

E-Waste ONLY:



Conservation Corps Long Beach (CCLB) E-Waste Drop-Off Site*

340 Nieto Ave., Long Beach

Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Conservation Corps Long Beach (CCLB) E-Waste Pickup*

Contact CCLB to schedule a free e-waste pickup by calling 562-577-2555 or 562-639-1446.

*CCLB accepts e-waste ONLY and does NOT accept used oil, tires, or other household hazardous waste.

The correct answer is D., a flattened cardboard box!

Items such as shiny wrapping paper and tissue paper belong in the trash (or better, can be reused for next year!).

Food-soiled napkins and paper towels belong in the organics (green) cart.