Trash, Recycling, and Organics Service in Outpost Estates
Keeping Outpost Estates clean and safe takes teamwork—and understanding how the City’s trash system works in our neighborhood is an important piece. Here’s what residents should know about service, bins, holidays, and contacts.
🗓 Weekly Pickup Day
Friday is trash day in Outpost Estates.
Service is provided by LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN).
Fees appear on your LADWP bill, but service requests go through LASAN or the MyLA311 website or app.
⏰ When to Set Out and Bring In Bins
Set out by the street curb: No later than 6:00 a.m. Friday (collection day).
Bring in: No later than 8:00 p.m. Friday (collection day).
Placement tips:
Place bins with wheels toward the curb, at least 3 feet apart.
Keep away from cars, mailboxes, and fire hydrants so the truck’s arm can safely reach.
Lids must close completely—overflowing bins may not be collected.
Picture of black, blue, and green bins set out on Outpost Drive for “Trash Day Friday.”
A picture of a green, blue and black trash bin issued by LA Sanitation & Environment (LSAN).
➕ Extra or Different-Size Bins
Standard size: 60-gallon.
Other sizes: 90-gallon (“extra capacity”) available by request; smaller sizes also possible.
Cost:
Extra black bin: $5 per month for every 30-gallon increment added to your standard allowance (billed on LADWP statement).
Extra blue bin: Usually provided at no additional charge for single-family homes, though limits apply.
Extra green bins: $2.50 per month for every 30-gallon increment added to your standard allowance (billed on LADWP statement).
How to request or replace bins:
Online/app:MyLA311
Phone: LASAN Customer Care Center — 1-800-773-2489
Call Monday to Friday between 7:30am and 4pm. Press Option 5, and ask for the billing department.
Notes:
Damaged containers are typically replaced at no charge.
Report lost/stolen bins through LASAN for replacement.
Exchanges (size changes) are available through MyLA311.
♻️ What Goes in Each Bin
Black (Trash / Landfill): Non-recyclable, non-compostable waste.
Blue (Recycling): Clean/dry paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, metal cans, rigid plastics. Do not put in plastic bags, film, food-soiled items, batteries, or e-waste.
Green (Organics): Yard trimmings and food scraps per LASAN’s citywide organics program.
📦 Delivery Boxes, Pallets, and Bulky Items
Getting frequent deliveries, or just moved in? Here is how to handle the extra cardboard, packaging, and oversized items that come with them.
Cardboard boxes:
Flatten every box before it goes in the blue bin. Cut large boxes down so the lid closes completely; overflowing bins may not be collected.
LA Sanitation & Environment (LASAN) does not collect loose cardboard stacked next to bins, and cardboard cannot be scheduled as a bulky item pickup.
Moving in and buried in boxes? Request an extra blue bin, usually provided at no additional charge for single-family homes, through MyLA311 or 1-800-773-2489. Or hold the overflow for the following Friday.
Pull out the packing material first. Clean foam blocks (Styrofoam) are accepted in the blue bin in the City of Los Angeles, but plastic film, bubble wrap, and air pillows are not; those go in the black bin.
Bulky items (furniture, mattresses, appliances):
LASAN picks up bulky items curbside at no charge for residents: furniture, mattresses and box springs, metal appliances, and large electronics such as TVs.
Schedule first, then set out. Request a pickup through the MyLA311 website or app, by dialing 311, or by calling the LASAN Customer Care Center at 1-800-773-2489. Placing items at the curb without a scheduled pickup is considered illegal dumping.
Set items at the edge of your property near the curb, clear of parked cars, mailboxes, and hydrants. On our narrow hillside streets, please keep items out of the roadway and off any walking path.
LASAN will not collect construction debris, automotive parts, hazardous materials, or commercial waste.
Pallets and crates:
Wood pallets and shipping crates that arrive with large deliveries can be scheduled as a bulky item pickup through MyLA311.
Better yet, ask the delivery or moving company to haul them away before the crew leaves. Many will if you ask up front.
Paint, batteries, and electronics:
Household hazardous waste and smaller e-waste go to a S.A.F.E. (Solvents/Automotive/Flammables/Electronics) Collection Center, open weekends. Details are on the LASAN website.
If you spot furniture or debris dumped on a neighborhood street, report it through MyLA311 and LASAN will remove it at no charge.
🎉 Holiday Schedule
If one of the following City holidays falls on a weekday, collection shifts by one day for the rest of that week.
For Outpost Estates (Friday pickup), service will move to Saturday during these weeks:
New Year’s Day (Jan 1)
Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day (first Monday in September)
Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
Christmas Day (Dec 25)
If the holiday lands on a weekend, service usually runs as normal.
💵 LASAN Service Rates
The City of Los Angeles is increasing trash hauling fees through LASAN. The monthly Solid Resources fee for single-family homes and duplexes are increasing from $36.32 to $55.94 beginning in 2025-26 — a 54% hike.
Additional increases are expected over the next few years, with rates projected to reach about $65.93 per month by 2029-30.
The City says the increase is necessary to cover rising costs (fuel, equipment, labor), reduce reliance on subsidies, and bring the service into financial sustainability.
For a typical household in Outpost Estates, that means an extra $19.62/month, or about $235/year in additional cost just for your regular trash, recycling, and organics service. If you currently pay for extra trash bins or upgraded (“extra capacity”) containers, those costs could increase proportionally under the new rate schedule.
🌳 Neighborhood Reminders and 📞 Helpful Links and Contacts
Please do your part to keep Outpost Estates safe and tidy:
Don’t set bins out too early.
Bring them in promptly after pickup.
Be especially mindful on our narrow hillside roads—clear bins keep streets safer for drivers, walkers, and emergency access.
Helpful Links & Contacts:
MyLA311 (service requests): website or mobile app
LASAN Customer Care Center: 1-800-773-2489
Organics & Recycling Guidelines: Check LASAN’s current list of accepted materials
