Athens to Exchange Trash Carts Soon

The city of Redondo Beach is reminding residents that Athens Services will be delivering and/or exchanging new gray and green carts to all single- and multi-family homes on their regular collection days from Feb. 6 through Feb. 17.

According to a flier posted on the city's website, residents should make sure they leave both their full and empty carts at the curb before 7 a.m. on their regular collection day. Residents should not put their carts away until they have been exchanged.

Gray carts are to be used for disposing non-recyclable materials like diapers, bathroom waste, cigarette butts, palm fronds, yucca leaves, succulents, kitty litter and other waste materials, according to Athens Services.

The green carts are part of the new curbside compost collection program. According to a previous notice from Athens Services, yard trimmings like grass clippings, leaves, brush, branches, tree-trimmings and other organic materials; food scraps like fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish, bones, rice, beans, pasta, bread, cheese and eggshells; food-soiled paper like waxed cardboard, napkins, paper towels and plates; milk cartons; tea bags and coffee grounds; and organics like sawdust, wooden crates and other compostable materials should be placed in the green carts.

Residents should not use plastic trash bags in the green compost cart; however, compostable or paper bags can be used. Additionally, palm fronds, yucca, cactus, succulents and tree trimmings larger than 4 inches in diameter or 8 feet in length should not be placed in the green carts.

The blue carts for recyclables will not be exchanged.