Trash & Recycling in Hanford, CA (2026)

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(I)(3)

All customers whose containers or bins are required to be placed curbside for service shall...place their blue, green, and grey containers at the curb between the hours of seven p.m. the day prior to collection and four thirty a.m. the day of collection, and shall remove the empty containers from the curb and store...no later than midnight on the day of collection.

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(I)(3)

Curb Service Customers. All customers whose containers or bins are required to be placed curbside for service shall...place their blue, green, and grey containers at the curb between the hours of seven p.m. the day prior to collection and four thirty a.m. the day of collection, and shall remove the empty containers from the curb and store...no later than midnight on the day of collection.

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.060

The city may provide temporary bin service for residential accounts or areas upon application for such service, and upon a finding by the director that regular service would not be appropriate. Temporary service may be authorized for short-term, intermittent solid waste collection needs. Temporary service shall not be authorized to replace regular, minimum service. A. Priority. Temporary ser...

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(D)

One container for gray container materials, one container for recyclables, and one container for organic wastes shall be the minimum solid waste service for each single-family residence, unless otherwise authorized by the director. The director may authorize or require alternative automatic lift container services to be shared by two units of a single-family residence or mobile home park. E. ...

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.030(F)

Source Separation Required. All customers in the city, except those specifically exempted in this chapter or in writing by the public works director, must source separate their recyclable waste and organic waste, and place each type in a separate container designated for that specific type of collection. 1. Generators shall place source separated green container organic waste, including food...

Hanford Municipal Code § 12.24.100(C)

No person shall bring and leave refuse, furniture, or surplus material from another property, including home-based litter and refuse and/or business-related refuse, for the purpose of dumping it in any public property or private property. D. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited urine, fecal matter, or other bodily discharges on or at public property, with the exception of the nor...

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(I)(5)

Organic waste shall be separated by the customer from all other solid waste and shall be placed only in the green container, which is designated for organics in accordance with this chapter and resolutions of the city council. Tree trimmings and limbs too numerous or large to be placed in the green container will be collected as a special haul at an additional fee to the customer so long as the...

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(I)(8)

Bin Service—Commercial. For collection, the area surrounding the bins, the enclosure and the access path to the bins or enclosures must be cleared of obstacles that may block or impair the ability to service the bins. Bins must not be overfull or overweight. In addition, any access gates that would prevent servicing the bin must be opened or codes provided to the city. If locks are used, they s...

Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.030(A)

Any and all person(s) in possession or control of all places and premises within the city shall be required to use, and shall pay for solid waste collection and disposal services provided by the city, as found by the director to be necessary to allow for removal of all solid waste normally created, accumulated or produced on the premises during the intervals between regular collections. In the...