What day is trash collected in Long Beach, CA?
Long Beach collects on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.
Long Beach, CA
Long Beach, CA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Long Beach, CA street address to check trash, recycling and organics pickup as published by City of Long Beach Environmental Services Bureau.
Setting out in Long Beach Carts go out at the curb or in the alley by 6 a.m. and must be returned to the property within twelve hours after being emptied.
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Long Beach, CA at a glance.
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- 3 daysLong Beach collects on three weekdays across its routes28% of cities run three
- 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
- 2Published alongside trash: recycling, organics
Verified schedule
Long Beach collection days, read from City of Long Beach Environmental Services Bureau.
Trash / garbage: Tuesday.
Recycling: Tuesday.
Organics / compost: Tuesday.
The day above is an example from one Long Beach address, last checked on September 11, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Long Beach.
Carts go out at the curb or in the alley by 6 a.m. and must be returned to the property within twelve hours after being emptied.
Leave about two feet of space between trash, recycling, and organics carts — and parked cars.
Carts go out in the alley or at the curb by 6 a.m., and they must be returned to the property within 12 hours after they have been emptied.
Leave two feet of space between the trash, recycling and organics carts, and the same two feet from any parked car.
The arrow on the cart lid has to point toward the street, and the lid has to be closed.
Read from the official Long Beach guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Long Beach days differ by address.
Long Beach collects on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.
These days are read from City of Long Beach Environmental Services Bureau and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
City of Long Beach Environmental Services Bureau publishes the collection information behind this page. TrashDayNow is independent of the city, so rely on that source for service alerts, cart standards, and missed-pickup reporting.
Good to knowPage information was last checked Sep 2026.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Which collections are published for Long Beach?
City of Long Beach Environmental Services Bureau publishes trash, recycling and organics for Long Beach.
Local source
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Collection services in Long Beach
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