🚛 Got your green cart in June? We’ve got you covered!🌿🍎

Know what goes in—and what stays out—to make the most of your organics cart.

Accepted items include food scraps such as: 

• Meat, eggs, bones, and shells
• Coffee grounds
• Bread and pasta
• Cheese
• Expired or spoiled food without packaging
• Vegetables and fruits
• Food-soiled paper (napkins, paper towels, pizza boxes)

And yard trimmings such as:

• Plant trimmings
• Grass clippings
• Leaves, flowers, twigs, and branches

Are you City-serviced and do not have your green cart yet? Find out when green carts are arriving in your neighborhood!

Visit the interactive map tool at lbcity.info/MapIt and enter your address to find out which month you will be receiving service.

Do you have a broken item you'd like to attempt to fix? Reduce waste and connect with your neighbors at the next LB Fixit Clinic!

Saturday, July 19th

12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Sports Basement

2100 N. Bellflower Blvd.,

Long Beach, CA 90815

Bring broken items such as: 

• Electronics 
• Bicycles
• Jewelry 
• Toys 
• Clothes 
• Small appliances 
• Anything else small enough to carry into the event 

Items not allowed: 

• Smart TVs 
• Cellphones 
• Electronic screens of any type 
• Large appliances

Are you a tinkerer, a mender, or do you like to problem-solve? Become a volunteer Fixit coach (a fixer)!  

HAPPY #PLASTICFREEJULY!

It's #PlasticFreeJuly! Did you know most to-go items, such as plastic utensils, coffee cups, and foodware containers, are NOT recyclable in your recycling cart and end up in the landfill?

Make a difference in reducing waste by prioritizing reuse with these quick tips:

• Bring your cup to purchase coffee to-go
• Bring a reusable container to pack leftovers
• Refuse single-use utensils and bring your own
• Find reuse-friendly shops using the LB Reuses interactive map!

Find the answer at the bottom of this email!

In observance of Independence Day on July 4th, 2025, many City of Long Beach facilities will be closed, and some services will be impacted.

🚛 ♻️ Refuse/Recycling 

Refuse and recycling will be collected as scheduled.

🧹💨Street Sweeping

There will be no scheduled street sweeping or enforcement of street sweeping violations on Friday, July 4th. Street sweeping will resume its regular schedule on Monday, July 7th.

🚗 Parking Enforcement

Read your parking meter: Citywide parking violations, including parking meters, will be enforced on Friday, July 4th, 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 Friday, July 4th.

Additional HHW & E-Waste Collection:

Signal Hill EDCO HHW Drop-Off

2755 California Ave., Signal Hill

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

E-Waste Collection:

CCLB E-Waste Drop-Off Site

340 Nieto Ave., Long Beach

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

CCLB E-Waste Curbside Collection Service

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.

Do you want to learn more about your organics (green) cart? Visit our website to learn more or follow us on social media!

The correct answer is: E., all of the above!

Please place all food that was previously disposed of in the trash into your green cart, including fruit and vegetable peels and scraps, leftovers, and spoiled food.

Yard trimmings may also be placed in your green cart, including plant trimmings, grass clippings, leaves, flowers, twigs, and small branches.