5 rules for unincorporated Colusa County, California.
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Solid-waste service is mandatory in unincorporated Colusa County under Chapter 32 (Sec. 32-8(a)). Curbside garbage collection is provided by the County's franchise hauler, Recology Butte Colusa Counties. Garbage and other putrescible waste must be removed for disposal at least once every seven days (Sec. 32-3(a)).
Colusa County Code Section 32-2(j) requires refuse containers to be placed for collection at ground level on the property, or within a road's public right-of-way "so as not to interfere with traffic, maintenance, access, parking or drainage." Containers must be stored to prevent upset and spillage and never below ground level.
Colusa County Code Chapter 32 addresses bulky waste through size/handling rules and disposal sites. Bulky items unsuitable for containers must be boxed, bundled or tied and kept to size limits (no longer than 48 inches, no more than 24 inches in diameter, not over 60 pounds) under Section 32-2(d)(3). Large appliances and furniture are excluded from transfer-station drop bins.
Colusa County Code Chapter 32 authorizes recycling and salvaging at approved County facilities but does not impose a separate mandatory residential recycling-separation ordinance. Recology Butte Colusa provides a curbside recycling cart in unincorporated areas, and the Maxwell Transfer Station accepts recyclables; California's AB 341/AB 1826 commercial recycling laws also apply statewide.
California's SB 1383 mandates organic-waste recycling statewide, but Colusa County — population under 70,000 — is one of 19 counties that qualify for CalRecycle's rural/low-population exemption. As a result, unincorporated Colusa County is not required to provide a separate organics (green/food-waste) collection cart during the exemption period.
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