October is Bring Your Own (BYO) Month! Bring your reusable items to participating businesses and special events to earn stamps. Each stamp gives you a chance to win a sustainable prize!

Bring your own reusable cup, bag, or container when visiting any of the following participating businesses:

Attend a fun, sustainability-themed special event, earn stamps for a chance to win a prize, and connect with your local community!

1. Pick up a stamp card at any participating business or special event, or download it here.
2. Collect stamps each time you bring a reusable to a participating business or attend a special event.
3. At the end of the month, submit your stamp card for a chance to win a prize.

Prizes include:

• Gift card to participating businesses
• 2 tickets to the Aquarium of the Pacific
• Stainless steel bento box
• Reusable produce bags
• Lotion in a refillable container
• Algalita t-shirt (Rick Frausto design)
• Algalita infographic water bottle
• Microplastics lab tour

Find more information about BYO Month participating businesses, special events, prizes, and the stamp card online at lbcity.info/BYOMonth.

Organics (Green) Carts Are Coming to Thursday & Friday City-Serviced Residences! Green carts will be delivered between September 22 and October 8. Service begins October 9 or 10, depending on your regular collection day.

What goes in my green cart?

• Meat, eggs, bones, and shells
• Coffee grounds
• Bread and pasta
• Cheese
• Expired or spoiled food without packaging
• Vegetables and fruits
• Food-soiled paper
• Plant trimmings
• Grass clippings
• Leaves, flowers, twigs, and branches

What does NOT go in my green cart?

• Products labeled compostable or biodegradable
• Food packaging
• Palm fronds, cacti, or succulents
• Logs or tree stumps
• Treated wood
• Recyclables
• Trash, Oil
• Household hazardous waste (HHW) and e-waste
• Bulky or oversized items and tires

Quick tips: To keep your cart clean, line the bottom of your cart with cardboard or yard trimmings, freeze your food scraps, or wrap your food scraps in used paper!

Learn more about the Residential Organics (Green Cart) Program at: longbeach.gov/LBOrganics.

Attempt to repair your broken item at our next LB Fixit Clinic! Work with volunteer fixit coaches to learn how to repair your item, or volunteer your time and/or skills to support fellow community members.

Saturday, October 11th

12-3 p.m.

Sports Basement

2100 N. Bellflower Blvd.

Please help keep toxic chemicals out of our neighborhoods and environment! Long Beach residents have access to the disposal of hazardous waste at no cost.

HHW & E-Waste 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.

E-Waste ONLY Collection:



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.