# Yard Waste & Green Waste Removal in Santa Monica URL: https://thejunkiez.com/services/yard-waste-removal/santa-monica/ Summary: Branches, brush, palm fronds, soil and green waste hauled to a composting facility — including brush clearance for fire season. Available same day in Santa Monica. Service: Yard Waste & Green Waste Removal Starting price: $225 Pricing: A quarter truck of green waste starts around $225–$300. Soil and gravel are quoted by weight. Area served: Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California Neighbourhoods: Ocean Park, Sunset Park, Wilshire-Montana, Mid-City, North of Montana, Pico District ZIP codes: 90401, 90402, 90403, 90404, 90405 Contact: 323-547-5879 — info@thejunkiez.com Last updated: 2026-08-28 The Junkiez provides same-day yard waste & green waste removal in Santa Monica. Branches, brush, palm fronds, soil and green waste hauled to a composting facility — including brush clearance for fire season. Green waste piles up faster than the green bin can take it, particularly after a windstorm or a serious garden overhaul. Palm fronds alone defeat most residential bins. We take it all to a composting or organics facility rather than a landfill, which is both better and, under California’s organics diversion law, increasingly what is required. ### Yard Waste in Santa Monica Santa Monica runs on rent-controlled apartment stock built between the 1920s and the 1970s, and that shapes almost every job here. Units turn over, tenants leave furniture behind, and buildings have narrow stairwells, no service elevator, and alley access that is frequently blocked by the neighbouring building’s bins. Owners and property managers are our most common callers. Santa Monica runs its own Resource Recovery and Recycling operation rather than contracting out, and street parking enforcement here is genuinely strict — we plan for permit zones and metered loading rather than gambling on a citation. For Ocean Park and the streets south of Pico, alley access is usually faster than the street frontage, and we will ask which you have. ### What we take - Tree branches, limbs and trunk sections - Palm fronds and yucca - Brush, ivy and overgrowth clearance - Grass clippings, leaves and garden waste - Soil, sod, sand and gravel - Old fencing, trellises and planters - Dead plants, stumps and root balls - Pool and patio debris ### Brush clearance for fire season If you are in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone — much of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Verdugos, the foothill communities and large parts of San Diego County — LAFD and CAL FIRE brush clearance inspections require defensible space cleared to a specified distance, and non-compliance means the city clears it and bills you at a rate well above ours. Inspection notices typically go out in late spring. If you have one, send it over; it states exactly what has to go. ### Getting a price in Santa Monica We quote free on site, before anything is loaded, and the number does not change afterwards. Our rates are the same everywhere we work — there is no Santa Monica surcharge, and stairs, long carries and disassembly are all included. We cover all of Santa Monica, including Ocean Park, Sunset Park, Wilshire-Montana, Mid-City, North of Montana and Pico District. ## Frequently asked questions **Do you take palm fronds?** Yes. They defeat most residential green bins, which is why we get asked constantly. **Can you do fire-season brush clearance?** Yes. Send us your LAFD or CAL FIRE inspection notice and we will clear to the specified distance. **Do you take dirt and concrete?** Yes, quoted by weight rather than volume since dense material fills a truck by mass long before it fills it by space. **Is green waste composted?** Yes — it goes to a composting or organics facility as a separate load, per California SB 1383.