Black Container (Trash)

Weekly collection begins at 6:00 a.m. (Monday-Friday). Containers should be placed at the curb by 6:00 a.m. and removed from street or alleys within 12 hours after collection.

Yes

• Pet waste, including cat litter
• Bathroom waste (tissues, diapers, baby wipes, etc.)
• Carbon paper
• Carpet, flooring
• Cigarette butts
• Clothes hanger
• Disposable bags, bubble wrap, & film
• Drapes and tarps
• Garden hoses
• Glass or ceramic plates/cups
• Hard shell food waste (clams, mussels, & oysters)
• Mirrors
• Palm fronds, cacti, and yucca leaves
• Pool covers
• Rags & sponges
• Toys
• Unusable fabric and textiles

No

• Automotive parts, tires
• Batteries
• Cleaning products
• Building materials
• Computer equipment
• Concrete
• Construction debris
• Fluorescent light bulbs or tubes/ LED lights
• Furniture
• Hazardous waste
• Large appliances
• Medical Waste
• Motor oil
• Paint or paint thinner
• Pesticides or Herbicides
• Pool Chemicals
• Radiological waste
• Thermometers/thermostats

Blue Container (Recycling)

Weekly collection begins at 6:00 a.m. (Monday-Friday). Containers should be placed at the curb by 6:00 a.m. and removed from street or alleys within 12 hours after collection.

Recyclable

• Aluminum foil/cans/tin cans
• Brochures
• Cardboard/beverage boxes
• Cardboard egg cartons
• Cereal boxes (lining removed)
• Computer & white paper
• Glass bottles/jars (no window glass)
• Junk mail/magazines, phone books
• Milk jugs/laundry bottles
• Newspapers/inserts/coupons
• Phone Books
• Plastic bottles #1-7

Non-Recyclable

• Batteries
• Building materials
• Clothing
• Carpet
• Computer equipment
• Food waste (goes in the Green Container)
• Green waste (goes in the Green Container)
• Glass or ceramic plates/cups
• Hazardous waste
• Liquid waste
• Oils, paints
• Soiled paper plates
• Styrofoam egg cartons
• Waxed paper, carbon paper
• Wood  (Untreated wood goes in the Green Container)
• Yard waste (Goes in the Green Container)

Green Container (Organics)

Weekly collection begins at 6:00 a.m. (Monday-Friday). The green container is for your organic waste and includes the following material: green waste (landscape and pruning waste) and food waste (including fats, oils, grease, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste).

Pomona residents should place both yard and food waste in the green waste container.  No bag is preferred. Food scraps may be placed loosely in the green waste container. If you use a bag to collect food waste it must be CLEAR or translucent green. You can also use newspaper or a paper bag to collect food scraps.

To collect your kitchen food waste, you can choose to use a portable, reusable pail-like container with a tight-fitting lid. It could be plastic, metal, or ceramic. Consider reusing a coffee canister, large yogurt or margarine tub, or juice pitcher. Kitchen pails will be available in early May 2023 and residents will be notified when they become available!

Check out the new City of Pomona SB1383 website, which provides more information on organics recycling programs.