MALIBU
Palisades fire update
Universal Waste Systems will resume regular trash collection service on Monday February 10, 2025.
Please ensure that all commodities are separated into their designated containers:
- Blue cart – Recyclables
- Green cart – Organic waste
- Black cart – Trash
If you have large or bulky items, please contact our Customer Service team to schedule a bulk pickup:
Phone: 800- 631-7016 option 6
Email: customerservice@uwscompany.com
We appreciate the community’s patience and cooperation as we work to restore full service. Our thoughts are with the Malibu Community during this time. Please continue to check for updates as needed.
customer service
Our customer service team can be reached by email at: SGCustomerService@uwscompany.com, you can order additional containers, request exchanges, report service issues, and request bulky item collections. Please fill out the form below to submit a service request electronically!
more about recycling
Are you interested in learning more about recycling, and ways you can increase recycling at your home or business, please reach us via email at ZeroWaste@uwscompany.com and request an appointment our Zero Waste recycling team is ready to help!
2023-2024 South Gate Scholarship Program
Sponsored by Universal Waste Systems, Inc.
Five high school students residing in the City of South Gate will be awarded $2,000 scholarships. The essay contest subject is 'Environmental Sustainability and Me'.
Frequently Asked Questions
Green cart is for yard waste and kitchen scraps/food waste only. Organics waste can go in paper bags or a compostable plastic bag can be used as a liner.
- Call customer service at 562-334-3660 and make a payment over the phone.
- Go to epay.uwscompany.com and create an account to pay online.
- Sign up for auto pay.
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- Grass
- Weeds
- Plants
- Tree limbs
- Wood chips
- Dead plants
- Garden trimmings
- Leaves
- Rice
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Pizza
- Eggshells
- Cheese
- Coffee grinds including filters (no K-Cups)
- Chicken bones
- Bread
- Chips
- Fish
- Paper
- Shredded paper
- Cardboard
- Plastic to go food containers
- Plastic bags
- Plastic forks, knives and spoons
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Metal screws
- Aluminum cans
- Stainless steel
- Glass bottles
- Milk cartons
Place bins at the curb by 6am. Collections times are from 6am – 6pm.
UWS also offers 4 mail-in containers per account for sharps collection every year. Please call customer service at 562-334-3660 or email SGCustomerService@uwscompany.com for more information or to schedule a pickup.
- Household appliances
- Furniture – as long as it only takes two (2) people to lift
- Mattresses
- Rugs
- Bundled wood no longer than 4ft
- E-waste
- Call customer service at 562-334-3660 and make a payment over the phone.
- Go to epay.uwscompany.com and create an account to pay online.
- Sign up for auto pay.
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- Grass
- Weeds
- Plants
- Tree limbs
- Wood chips
- Dead plants
- Garden trimmings
- Leaves
- Rice
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Pizza
- Eggshells
- Cheese
- Coffee grinds including filters (no K-Cups)
- Chicken bones
- Bread
- Chips
- Fish
- Paper
- Shredded paper
- Cardboard
- Plastic to go food containers
- Plastic bags
- Plastic forks, knives and spoons
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Metal screws
- Aluminum cans
- Stainless steel
- Glass bottles
- Milk cartons
Place bins at the curb by 6am. Collections times are from 6am – 6pm.
- Household appliances
- Furniture – as long as it only takes two (2) people to lift
- Mattresses
- Rugs
- Bundled wood no longer than 4ft
- E-waste
Contact us today for a quote
UWS provides top of the line waste services across Southern California. Contact us today for a quote.
Counties We Service
Universal Waste Systems is proud to service the following counties in and around Southern California for the past 30+ years.
- Orange County
- Riverside County
- Los Angeles County
How to zero waste with uws
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The City of South Gate page is Coming Soon.
Thank you!