5 rules for unincorporated Alpine County, California.
Verified from official government sources
In Alpine County's serviced wastesheds (Markleeville/Woodfords, Bear Valley, Kirkwood), occupied premises must have refuse service and pay the franchise hauler (Code Sec. 13.12.040). Refuse must be collected at least weekly, with restaurants and campgrounds at least every three days. Douglas Disposal, Cal-Waste and KMPUD serve the three areas.
Alpine County Code Section 13.12.060 requires trash containers to be kept on the premises 'readily accessible' to the collector, and prohibits any receptacle from being placed or kept in a public street, sidewalk, footpath or other public place (except government-placed bins). Containers must be watertight, lidded and not exceed 32 gallons for residences.
Alpine County has no curbside bulky-item program. Bear Valley residents self-haul household waste to the Bear Valley Transfer Station, a 30-yard drop-box on Creekside Road restricted to assessment participants (Code Ch. 13.32). Elsewhere, Cal-Waste 'Handy Haulers' and debris boxes handle large loads and yard debris; household hazardous waste is excluded.
Alpine County has no curbside recycling; residents drop off at the free Woodfords/Diamond Valley Road Recycling Center (open weekdays 9-3). California's AB 341 makes recycling mandatory for businesses generating 4+ cubic yards of waste weekly and multifamily complexes of 5+ units. Code Ch. 8.44 requires recycling areas in new development projects.
As a low-population, high-elevation rural county, Alpine qualifies for CalRecycle's SB 1383 rural-jurisdiction exemption from mandatory organic-waste collection (14 CCR 18984+). It is NOT exempt from edible-food recovery: the County adopted Chapter 8.58 (Ord. 748, 2022) requiring commercial edible-food generators to donate surplus food. No curbside green-cart program exists.
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