Regional Compliance Hub: Long Beach / Signal Hill, CA
This regional hub helps Long Beach and Signal Hill communities direct residents to published collection and drop-off locations for materials that are not accepted in ordinary apartment trash or recycling streams—especially resident-generated Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and electronic waste. Important: HHW collection at the EDCO Environmental Collection Center is available only on select published Saturdays. Residents should review the current operating calendar before transporting materials.
- Mandate Type: Mandatory organic-waste collection and source separation under California SB 1383 and applicable local collection programs.
- Applicability Threshold: Residential and multifamily organic-waste generators; no general apartment unit-count exemption is identified. Service requirements depend on whether the property receives municipal or private-hauler collection.
- Jurisdiction Notice: Long Beach and Signal Hill are separate cities with different refuse, bulky-item, organics, and account-service procedures. Residents must follow the rules of the city and hauler serving their property.
Household Hazardous Waste: Select Published Saturdays
A primary regional collection location for resident-generated HHW, including paint, pesticides, solvents, household batteries, sharps, and similar materials, is the EDCO Environmental Collection Center in Signal Hill. HHW is accepted only during the center’s published collection dates and hours—not during the facility’s ordinary transfer-station or buyback-center hours.
- Facility: EDCO Environmental Collection Center / HHW and E-Waste Collection Center
- Address: 2755 California Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755 (drive-through collection)
- HHW Schedule: Select Saturdays, generally 9:00 AM–2:00 PM. Dates may vary by month and holidays. Review the current calendar before traveling through the EDCO facility page or the County permanent-center listing.
- Accepted Household Materials: Examples include paint and household chemicals, pesticides, solvents, household batteries, sharps, fluorescent lamps, and qualifying electronic waste. Acceptance restrictions apply.
- Transportation Limit: Los Angeles County generally limits residents to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip. Materials should remain in their original labeled containers whenever possible and must be secured against leaking during transport.
- Resident Action: Store HHW safely until an authorized collection date. Do not leave chemicals, batteries, sharps, lamps, or electronic waste at dumpster pads, gates, recycling enclosures, or curbs.
Household waste only: County household hazardous-waste programs generally do not accept hazardous waste or electronic waste generated by businesses. Waste produced through apartment maintenance, renovation, leasing-office operations, landscaping, pest control, or other property-management activities may be considered business-generated waste and must be handled through an appropriately authorized business-waste or hazardous-waste service. Review the County HHW program requirements before transporting materials.
Electronics: Expanded-Hour Drop-Off Options
The EDCO Environmental Collection Center accepts qualifying resident-generated electronic waste during its published collection events. Residents needing a weekday or non-event option may also contact the facilities below. Acceptance, residency restrictions, quantities, fees, and eligible device types can change, so residents should confirm requirements before transporting televisions, computers, monitors, printers, batteries, or damaged electronics.
- Option A — Corridor Recycling: Corridor Recycling, 22500 South Alameda Street, Long Beach, CA 90810. Published public hours are generally Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM–5:00 PM and Saturday, 6:00 AM–3:30 PM; closed Sunday. Confirm acceptance before transporting CRT televisions, older monitors, damaged devices, or equipment containing hazardous components. Review its electronics-recycling information.
- Option B — EDCO Signal Hill Facility: EDCO publishes separate hours for its transfer-station, buyback, and environmental-collection operations. The Buyback Recycling Center is generally listed as open Tuesday–Saturday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM, with closures and a posted lunch period that may apply. Buyback-center hours do not automatically mean HHW or every electronic device is accepted during those hours. Confirm the specific item and applicable service area through the EDCO facility page.
- Rechargeable Battery Convenience: Participating retailers may accept certain rechargeable batteries and qualifying cellphones. Use the Call2Recycle public locator and select the applicable battery type. Acceptance varies by location, battery chemistry, condition, weight, and participating retailer.
Organics Compliance: SB 1383 Source Separation Required
California SB 1383 requires covered residents, businesses, and multifamily properties to separate organic waste from ordinary trash. Organic materials generally include food scraps, qualifying food-soiled paper, and yard trimmings. Container colors, collection schedules, accepted materials, and service arrangements depend on the city and hauler serving the property.
- Long Beach City-Serviced Properties: Place accepted food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard trimmings in the City-designated organics container. Review the Long Beach residential organics guidance.
- Long Beach Private-Hauler Properties: Multifamily properties receiving private collection must arrange compliant organic-waste service through their authorized hauler and provide residents with appropriate containers, instructions, signage, and education. Property managers should review the City’s waste-handling laws and ordinance guidance.
- Signal Hill Properties: Signal Hill customers should follow the organics program, container, and collection instructions provided by EDCO and the City of Signal Hill. Review the City’s Refuse Collection guidance.
- Resident Action: Follow the property’s posted instructions. Do not assume that another building’s green, brown, or other colored container accepts the same materials because private-hauler container colors and acceptance rules can differ.
Bulk Items: Long Beach and Signal Hill Rules Differ
Furniture, mattresses, appliances, and other oversized items require an authorized collection appointment or approved self-haul arrangement. Do not leave bulky items at dumpster pads, collection enclosures, alleys, gates, sidewalks, or curbs without authorization. Improper placement may result in enforcement, removal costs, cleanup charges, or property-assessed fees.
- Long Beach City-Serviced Refuse Accounts: Each qualifying City-serviced refuse account may generally schedule up to 12 Special Collections per calendar year, subject to appointment availability, item limits, preparation rules, and exclusions. Review Long Beach Special Collection 101 before placing items outside.
- Long Beach Private-Serviced Apartments: Buildings using a commercial dumpster or private-hauler account are generally not eligible to request collection through a separate City-serviced residential account. Residents should contact property management, which can schedule removal through the property’s hauler or direct residents to an approved self-haul option. Contract charges may apply.
- Signal Hill Residents: Signal Hill and EDCO publish separate bulky-item collection procedures. City materials describe scheduled resident bulky-item collections with item limits, along with designated community collection opportunities. Residents must contact EDCO or review the City of Signal Hill refuse page to confirm current eligibility, collection dates, item limits, and appointment requirements.
- Self-Haul Option: EDCO’s Signal Hill facility publishes public disposal hours for qualifying loads. Disposal fees, load-covering rules, material restrictions, proof-of-residency requirements, and separate handling charges may apply. Confirm requirements through the EDCO public-facility page.
Glass Recycling: Bottles and Jars Accepted in Long Beach
Long Beach recycling guidance includes qualifying glass bottles and jars as acceptable recyclable materials when they are empty and free of significant food or liquid residue. Recyclables should generally be placed loose rather than inside plastic bags. During the City’s phased recycling-cart transition, City-serviced residents may encounter either older purple carts or newer blue carts. Private-serviced apartment communities may use different container colors and acceptance rules. Action: Follow the signage and instructions posted at your property rather than relying only on container color. Review the City’s recycling-material collection guidance.
Frequently Asked Compliance Question
How many apartment units trigger the organics requirement?
California SB 1383 and the applicable Long Beach and Signal Hill collection programs are not presented as applying only after a specific apartment unit threshold.
Multifamily properties should treat organic-waste service, source separation, resident education, signage, and contamination prevention as property-wide obligations unless the responsible city or enforcement agency confirms a specific exemption.
Sources reviewed include the City of Signal Hill, EDCO, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, the City of Long Beach, Corridor Recycling, and Call2Recycle. Collection dates, operating hours, accepted materials, account eligibility, transportation limits, and fees can change. Residents and property managers should confirm current requirements before transporting materials or placing items outside for collection.
Long Beach Multifamily Recycling & Organics Compliance
Long Beach property owners and community managers: simplify recycling and organics participation while supporting resident satisfaction, property cleanliness, and operating objectives. National Doorstep’s valet trash and recycling services can supplement the collection program required by the City of Long Beach and California law, including AB 341 and SB 1383.
Within the incorporated City of Long Beach, multifamily recycling and organics requirements are implemented through California law and the Long Beach Municipal Code, including LBMC Chapters 8.60 and 8.67 and Ordinance 21-0040. A multifamily residential property with five or more dwelling units is covered by AB 341 regardless of the amount of waste it generates. The separate four-cubic-yard-per-week threshold applies to covered businesses rather than limiting the five-unit multifamily requirement.
SB 1383 generally requires multifamily properties to participate in an applicable organic-waste collection program unless the property uses another authorized compliance method or receives an approved waiver. See: Long Beach — Laws & Ordinances, LBMC §8.60.020, Long Beach Ordinance 21-0040, CalRecycle — AB 341, and CalRecycle — SB 1383 Collection.
Jurisdiction notice: Rules administered by Los Angeles County for unincorporated territory do not govern properties located within the incorporated City of Long Beach. County information below is provided only as a regional reference for properties physically located in an unincorporated County area or an applicable County Garbage Disposal District.
- Resident Experience: Organized doorstep programs may support convenience, cleanliness, resident satisfaction, and amenity value.
- Compliance Support: Doorstep collection can help residents move properly sorted materials to the property’s designated containers.
- Required Collection Service: Properties must maintain the applicable City service, permitted private-hauler service, or another authorized compliance method.
- Education: Provide annual tenant education and information to new tenants before or within 14 days after occupancy.
- Container Management: Maintain sufficient property containers and follow the City or permitted hauler’s property-specific placement, color, and labeling instructions.
At a Glance: City of Long Beach vs. Unincorporated Los Angeles County
City of Long Beach
- Mandate Type: Mandatory Recycling under AB 341 and Mandatory Organics under SB 1383, subject to authorized compliance alternatives and approved waivers.
- Applicability Thresholds:
- Multifamily Recycling: Residential properties with five or more dwelling units, regardless of weekly waste volume.
- Commercial Recycling: Businesses generating four cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week.
- Organics: Multifamily properties must participate in the applicable organic-waste program unless using an authorized alternative or an approved waiver.
- Capacity: Maintain sufficient receptacles and collection frequency under LBMC §8.60.020.
- Education: Provide sorting and service information annually and to new tenants before or within 14 days after occupancy.
- Authorized Alternatives: Depending on the applicable law and City approval, compliance may include permitted collection service, compliant self-hauling, processing through an authorized high-diversion system, or an approved de minimis or physical-space waiver.
- Key City Links: Long Beach Laws & Ordinances · Ordinance 21-0040 · LBMC Chapter 8.60 · SB 1383 Education
Unincorporated Los Angeles County
Regional reference only: This column does not apply to properties located inside the incorporated City of Long Beach.
- Mandate Type: Mandatory recycling under AB 341 and mandatory organics participation under SB 1383 for covered generators in unincorporated County territory and applicable County Garbage Disposal Districts.
- Applicability: Multifamily properties with five or more dwelling units are covered by AB 341. SB 1383 requires applicable organic-waste collection and participation, subject to authorized alternatives and waivers.
- Program Duties: Use the collection services or authorized compliance method applicable to the property; provide required tenant education; maintain adequate containers; and follow County or franchise-hauler contamination instructions.
- Helpful Links: LA County Commercial Franchise Program · LA County SB 1383 Capacity Planning · County Organic-Waste Requirements
Enforcement & Penalties Snapshot
Recycling and organics enforcement generally begins with education, an inspection or notice of violation, and a compliance deadline. The actual process and amount depend on the jurisdiction, type of violation, prior violations, applicable ordinance, and whether contamination is addressed through notices, processing charges, or administrative penalties.
City of Long Beach
- First violation: Generally $50–$100.
- Second violation: Generally $100–$200.
- Third violation: Generally $250–$500.
- Fourth or subsequent violation: Ordinance 21-0040 identifies a penalty of $500 per violation.
- Additional exposure: Monitoring, inspection, processing, or other compliance-related fees may apply when authorized.
- Local authority: Long Beach Ordinance 21-0040 and applicable provisions of LBMC Chapters 8.60 and 8.67.
Documentation tip: Retain service agreements, copies of tenant education, waiver approvals, self-hauling records when applicable, and notices or correspondence received from the City or hauler.
Unincorporated Los Angeles County
Regional reference only: County enforcement provisions do not apply to properties within incorporated Long Beach.
- Administrative penalty ranges: Generally $50–$100 for a first violation, $100–$200 for a second violation, and $250–$500 for a third or subsequent violation.
- Other remedies: County law may permit additional civil or administrative enforcement depending on the violation.
- County program: Commercial-franchise and SB 1383 compliance activities may include education, inspections, route reviews, contamination notices, and enforcement.
- County resources: LA County Public Works · Organic-Waste Requirements
Tip: Follow the property’s assigned hauler instructions and correct contamination issues identified through notices or inspections.
Long Beach Property Manager Compliance Checklist
| Task | Action / Requirement | Resources / Links |
|---|---|---|
| Required Collection Service | Maintain the applicable City refuse, recycling, and organics services, use a properly permitted private hauler when authorized, or use another approved compliance method. | Long Beach Laws & Ordinances |
| Recycling Applicability | Multifamily properties with five or more dwelling units must arrange recycling service regardless of weekly waste volume. The four-cubic-yard threshold applies separately to covered businesses. | CalRecycle — AB 341 |
| Organics Participation | Participate in the applicable organic-waste collection program unless the property uses another authorized method or has an approved waiver. Follow the City or permitted hauler’s accepted-material instructions. | SB 1383 Collection Standards · Long Beach Requirements |
| Containers & Capacity | Provide an adequate number, size, location, and collection frequency for property containers. Follow property-specific City or permitted-hauler instructions rather than assuming all three streams must be installed at every disposal point. | LBMC §8.60.020 · Ordinance 21-0040 |
| Tenant Education | Provide sorting, container-location, and service information to tenants annually and to new tenants before or within 14 days after occupancy. | SB 1383 Education & Outreach |
| Records | Retain service agreements, tenant-education materials, applicable waiver approvals, self-hauling records when applicable, and City or hauler notices. Formal route-monitoring logs are not presented as a universal multifamily-property requirement. | Long Beach Ordinance 21-0040 |
| Contamination Response | Investigate contamination notices, reinforce resident instructions, update signage where needed, and coordinate with the City or permitted hauler regarding corrective action. | SB 1383 Collection Guidance |
How National Doorstep Supports the Property
National Doorstep’s doorstep collection services can supplement the property’s required municipal or permitted-hauler program by helping residents move properly prepared materials from their doors to designated property collection areas.
Doorstep service does not replace required refuse, recycling, or organics service and does not independently establish regulatory compliance. Any doorstep organics program must transfer collected material into an authorized organics collection or recovery stream and follow the property’s approved service requirements.
Need an operational compliance review? Request a Free Compliance Audit for your Long Beach property. We can help evaluate container capacity, resident education procedures, doorstep operations, and service documentation for coordination with your municipal or permitted-hauler program.
This page provides general operational information and is not legal advice, an official determination of applicability, or a guarantee of regulatory compliance. Requirements, waivers, collection programs, enforcement procedures, and accepted materials may change. Property owners and managers should confirm current requirements with the City of Long Beach, CalRecycle, their permitted hauler, and qualified legal counsel when appropriate.
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