Landfill Collection

Before discarding, please consider reusing or donating. Remember: Reduce, Reuse, Rot or Recycle! Materials from a construction, demolition, or landscaping project do not belong in your carts. Contact PSSI to order a temporary debris box for these items.

PLEASE NOTE SERVICE CHANGES AS OF OCTOBER 2023:

— Personal garbage/landfill carts will not be serviced by PSSI. Please use the landfill collection cart provided by PSSI.

— “Concierge Backyard Service” will now be offered for a fee.*

To continue to have PSSI bring your landfill cart to the curb, you may opt-in for concierge backyard service for an additional fee*. Contact us for more information.

*Residents with existing medical exemptions will be exempt from the fee. A form is required. To request a medical exemption, fill out form found here or contact PSSI for information.

The PSSI Curbside Garbage/Landfill Collection Program Includes the collection of:

NON-RECYCLABLE GLASS SUCH AS:

  • Ceramics
  • Kitchenware, drinking glasses, and decorative glass
  • Pyrex®
  • Lightbulbs (no fluorescent)
  • Mirror, plate glass, and window glass

NON-RECYCLABLE PAPER SUCH AS:

  • Laminated items and plastic-lined paper products
  • Metallic wrapping paper
  • Paper used from cleaning (soiled)
  • Photographs

NON RECYCLABLES PLASTICS SUCH AS:

  • 6-pack rings (please cut)
  • Chip bags
  • Gloves
  • Non-recyclable food and snack packaging
  • Paper coffee cups (unless marked compostable)
  • Plastic plates, cups, and utensils
  • Plastic straws, and stir sticks
  • Records, tapes, and CDs
  • Snack packaging (granola bar & candy wrapper)
  • Tape (duct, packing, masking)

OTHER:

  • Balloons (latex and mylar)
  • Clothes hangers (metal and plastic)
  • Diapers
  • Personal hygiene products
  • Foam and Styrofoam®
  • Hose (garden or rubber)
  • Pet feces (bagged)
  • Rubber bands
  • Sponges (non-compostable)
  • Toothpaste tubes
  • Toys (try donating first)
  • Wood (painted or stained)
WHAT IS TREATED WOOD WASTE?
Treated Wood Waste (TWW) comes from old wood that has been treated with chemical preservatives. These chemicals help protect the wood from insect attack and fungal decay while it’s being used. Fence posts, sill plates, landscape timbers, pilings, guardrails, and decking, to name a few, are all examples of chemically treated wood. As of January 1, 2021, Treated Wood Waste (TWW) will be considered hazardous material and must be disposed of as such. For more information about treated wood waste and where to transport it, please click here.

NØ RECYCLABLES , COMPOSTABLES/ORGANICS, DIRT, SOD, BRICK, CONCRETE, HOT ASHES/COALS*, PRESSURIZED TANKS, NEEDLES/SHARPS, OR HAZARDOUS WASTE.

*Hot Ashes/Coals
Properly Dispose of Hot Ash and Coals

  • Place fireplace, stove, and barbecue ashes in a metal container with a tight-fitting lid.
  • Put the container with ashes outside – at least 10 feet away from your home and combustibles.
  • Wet ashes down. COLD ashes must be contained (in a bag or box), so they do not blow away during collection, and placed in your landfill cart.

For more information and additional fire safety tips:

PLEASE REMEMBER PROPER SORTING MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

Do your part and sort your recycling and compost/organics out of the garbage. It’s the law! California State Law SB1383 requires that all residents must have (and use) recycling and organics collection service.