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Gardena's residential trash hauler changed. WM took over collection for the City of Gardena effective May 1, 2026, on (310) 366-7600, which means any guide still telling you to call the previous contractor is out of date. Bulk pickup requests now go through WM. For anything the city program will not cover — garages, whole-property clear-outs, remodel debris, hazardous material, same-day work — Los Angeles Junk Removal & Hauling handles it at one flat volume-based price.
We flag the hauler change first because it wastes people's time. Older articles and third-party junk removal pages still list Gardena's previous contractor and its old bulky terms, and if you call those numbers you get nowhere. The current route is WM on (310) 366-7600, or the city's own recycling and trash page.
Beyond that, Gardena splits neatly. Residential jobs are small-lot houses and duplexes with garages and rear yards. Commercial jobs are the industrial belt: warehouses, auto shops, machine shops and yards, which generate metal, pallets, fixtures and fluids rather than furniture. We do both. See how our pricing works.
The City of Gardena's residential and commercial collection moved to WM effective May 1, 2026. Bulk item requests are made through WM directly, and residents should check the current WM residential service guide for the exact allowance rather than relying on the figures that circulated under the previous contract. We are deliberately not quoting a per-year number here, because the terms changed with the hauler and we will not publish a figure we cannot source to the current program. Call WM on (310) 366-7600, or start from the city's recycling and trash page, and confirm before you put anything out.
What has not changed is the shape of the thing. Municipal bulky collection anywhere in LA County is curbside, scheduled, and excludes hazardous material and construction debris. Nobody comes into your garage. So the decision is the same as it is everywhere: if it is one or two items you can get to the curb and you can wait, use the free service. If it is a garage, a yard, a rental turnover, a remodel or a shed, call a hauler.
| Who collects | WM, effective 1 May 2026 (City of Gardena franchise) |
|---|---|
| Contact | (310) 366-7600 |
| Where to check terms | City of Gardena recycling and trash page, or WM's Gardena residential service guide |
| Why it matters | Guides quoting the previous contractor's bulky terms are out of date |
| Always excluded | Household hazardous waste, construction and demolition debris |
| Collection type | Curbside, scheduled — not indoor removal |
| Local disposal fact | California Waste Services in Gardena is a City-certified C&D processor at 82.13% audited recycling |
Residential Gardena is mostly modest post-war houses and duplexes on compact lots, many with detached garages at the back of a long narrow driveway and a rear yard that has absorbed decades of storage. A truck can usually get partway down the drive, which cuts the carry, but the gates and side paths are narrow so larger items come apart before they move.
Gardena's other half is one of the densest light-industrial districts in the South Bay, along Rosecrans, Artesia, Western and Normandie. Auto shops, fabricators, distribution and small manufacturing. Those clear-outs are heavy on scrap metal, pallets, machinery, tires and fluids, and every one of those streams has its own legal route. Tires in particular: anyone transporting ten or more waste tires in California must be a CalRecycle-registered waste tire hauler carrying a trip log, and up to nine is unregulated. That trips up a lot of small operators.
One genuinely local advantage: California Waste Services, a City of LA certified mixed construction and demolition processor with an audited 82.13% recycling rate, is in Gardena. Debris from South Bay jobs does not have to travel far to be processed properly.
Our own crews on Los Angeles County jobs. The junk removal we run in Gardena looks like this too: side yards, narrow walkways and the back of the property is where the work actually is.
Usable goods go to donation. Scrap metal is recycled, which is a large share of a Gardena commercial load. Mattresses go into California's state-funded recycling program. Electronics are universal waste under California law and go to a certified handler. Automotive fluids, solvents, paint and pool chemicals go to a S.A.F.E. Collection Center — the nearest are Gaffey Street in San Pedro and Hyperion in Playa del Rey, both weekends 9 to 3, both free to LA County residents, both capped at 125 pounds or 15 gallons per visit, with business waste routed instead through the paid Very Small Quantity Generator program by appointment. Mixed construction debris goes to a certified processor, and California Waste Services in Gardena is one of the best-performing in the county.
Source: LA Sanitation, S.A.F.E. Centers and Household Hazardous Waste
We are on these streets constantly because we are already next door: Torrance, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Redondo Beach, El Segundo. If your job straddles two of them it is still one visit and one number. The full list is on areas we serve.
We are a service-area business with no yard or storefront, so there is nothing to drive to — the truck comes to you. The whole list is on areas we serve.
Back-lot garages, shop clear-outs and debris from South Bay remodels.
The whole garage in one visit. We sort, donate what is usable and sweep the slab.
COIs, after-hours dock slots and property-manager invoicing.
Drywall, lumber, tile and concrete, hauled to a certified C&D processor.
Fridges, washers and AC units. Refrigerant units are handled as universal waste.
Couches, sectionals, mattresses in the same trip, beds, desks and wardrobes carried down rather than dragged.
Booked and cleared the same day, most days, across LA County.
The hauler change causes most of the confusion.
WM, effective May 1, 2026, on (310) 366-7600. Any article or junk removal page still naming the previous contractor and its bulky item allowance is out of date. Check the City of Gardena recycling and trash page or WM's current Gardena service guide before you put anything out.
The terms moved with the hauler in May 2026, so we will not publish a number we cannot source to the current program. Call WM on (310) 366-7600 to confirm your current allowance. What we can tell you is that no municipal program in LA County takes hazardous waste or construction debris, or comes inside your garage.
Yes, that is a lot of our Gardena work. Scrap metal, pallets, fixtures, machinery and office contents, with insurance certificates provided and after-hours scheduling available. See commercial junk removal.
To a certified mixed C&D processing facility. California Waste Services is in Gardena and runs an audited 82.13% recycling rate, which is among the best in the county. See construction debris removal.
Yes, within the rules. California requires anyone transporting ten or more waste tires to be a registered waste tire hauler with a trip log. Up to nine is unregulated. Tell us the count and we will route it legally.
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