Did you know the City of Long Beach is phasing in a new state mandated program to collect yard trimmings and food scraps in a new green cart? This is a statewide effort to reduce harmful emissions contributing to climate change. 

The green carts will arrive in neighborhoods serviced by the City in phases, with the next phase starting in June. 

Stay up to date on the program and learn more at longbeach.gov/LBOrganics. 

Excited to 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.

🍓Join us for a family-friendly vermicomposting workshop in partnership with the Long Beach Public Library! Families will have an opportunity to learn how to create compost, a nutrient-rich soil amendment, by feeding special red worms food scraps.

Attend one of the upcoming workshops on Friday June 20th or Saturday June 21st.

Find the answer at the bottom of this email!

In observance of Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19th , many City of Long Beach facilities will be closed and some services will be impacted.

🧹💨Street Sweeping

There will be no scheduled street sweeping or enforcement of street sweeping violations on Thursday, June 19th. Street sweeping will resume its regular schedule on Thursday, June 19th.

🚗 Parking Enforcement

Read your parking meter: Citywide parking violations, including parking meters, will be enforced on Thursday, June 19th, unless the meter states “Exempt on Holidays.” The days and hours of enforcement are displayed inside the meters.

🚛 ♻️ Refuse/Recycling 

Refuse and recycling will be collected as scheduled Thursday, June 19th.

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

2nd & 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

The correct answer is: B., Palm frond. Palm fronds are not accepted in the organics facility because they are very fibrous and can take a long time to decompose.

Do you have more questions about what does and does not go in your organics (green) cart? Visit our website to learn more or follow us on social media!