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Bureau of Sanitation Lifeline Recertification Letter and Form
Lifeline customers, because of age or disability, and low-income status, receive a discounted rate for the Solid Resources Fee – otherwise known as the “trash fee”. All lifeline customer eligibility needs to be verified every two years to determine if the discounted rate should continue.
Bureau of Sanitation Saturday Used Tire Collection Event
The Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation announced today that the City of Los Angeles will host six used tire collection events on six different Saturdays to allow city residents to cleanup and eliminate used tires from their homes...
Click here to read the press release.
Bureau Of Sanitation Refuse Yards Open House
The Bureau of Sanitation is hosting a series of Open Houses at your local district refuse yard on specific Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Come join the dynamic duo “Mr. Recycle” and sidekick “Robo Blue” as they jump into action to serve family fun, food and prizes for kids.
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New Citywide Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling requirements approved by Council on March 5, 2010.
Contractors and waste haulers responsible for handling C&D waste must obtain a Private Solid Waste Hauler Permit from the Bureau of Sanitation prior to collecting, hauling and transporting C&D waste from within the City and C&D waste can only be taken to City Certified C&D Processing Facilities.
Click here to find out what you need to know as a contractor or waste hauler to comply with this ordinance!!

Recycling Rewards Pilot Program Begins April 5, 2010 in selected neighborhoods throughout the City Of Los Angeles!
April 5, 2010 - The CITY OF LOS ANGELES  together with RecycleBank®, a company that rewards households for Blue Bin recycling, begins a Pilot Recycling Rewards Program in select neighborhoods of LA to encourage and increase residential blue bin recycling...


Click here to view the "Venice Force Main Project" video on YouTube.


Illegal Dumping Report/Request Form
The Bureau of Sanitation has designed the new online illegal dumping form to make it easier to report illegal dumping and to improve the flow of information to assure quicker response time. Please use this form to report all Illegal Dumping. Click here to go to the form.
Los Angeles Ranked Top Recycler Out of 10 Largest U.S. Cities
A Municipal Recycling Survey in the March 2, 2009 edition of Waste & Recycling News targeted the most populous cities in the United States to gather information about their recycling programs. Cities were ranked based on the recycling of various materials, including but not limited to: Paper, Metal, Plastic, Glass, Bulk and Organic. According to this survey, the City of Los Angeles had the highest recycling rate out of 10 largest U.S. cities.
Click here to see comparison table.
Bulky Item Collection Now Available to Apartments!
The City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation has expanded its Residential Bulky Item Collection Program to include apartment complexes within the City of Los Angeles. Click on the following links for more information about this great new service!
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