Trash & Recycling in Glenn County, CA (2026)
9 rules for unincorporated Glenn County, California.
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Pickup Rules & Schedules
Unincorporated Glenn County requires garbage, rubbish, and refuse from dwellings to be removed at least once a week. In the franchise area, weekly collection is provided by Waste Management; residential collection hours run 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with no service on Sundays or the recognized holidays.
Glenn County Trash Pickup Rules
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 7.08.590 (Hours of collection)
The hours of collection in the residential areas shall be from six a.m. to six p.m. daily, and no collections on Sundays and holidays, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and July 4th are recognized holidays.
Bin Placement Rules
Unincorporated Glenn County requires anyone whose property generates garbage or rubbish to keep it in a covered, leak-proof container approved by the hauler serving the premises. Hand-collected containers may not exceed 80 pounds filled, and crews are not required to service containers over 32-gallon capacity unless designed for mechanical emptying.
Glenn County Trash and Rubbish Container Requirements
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 7.08.460 (Size and weight of container)
As a health and safety measure, no collector shall be required to service containers of over thirty-two gallon capacity and shall not exceed eighty pounds weight when filled for removal, except when such container or containers are designed for mechanical emptying pursuant to regulations prescribed by the County.
Bulk Item Disposal
Glenn County does not advertise a routine curbside bulky-item pickup. Large and bulky metal objects such as auto and truck bodies, abandoned vehicles, and farm machinery must go to specially designated disposal areas or commercial scrap dealers. Residents typically self-haul bulky waste to the Glenn County Transfer Station near Artois.
Glenn County Bulky Item and Large-Waste Disposal
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 7.08.160 (Disposal areas—Auto bodies and scrap metal)
Automobile and truck bodies, abandoned motor vehicles, and other large and bulky metal objects such as farm machinery and equipment, shall be deposited in specially designated disposal areas only, or shall be disposed of through commercial scrap metal dealers.
Recycling Requirements
Commercial businesses and multi-family buildings with five or more units in unincorporated Glenn County must arrange recycling once they generate more than four cubic yards of solid waste a week. The county's SB 1383 ordinance gives them a choice of source-separating recyclables or subscribing to mixed-waste processing that gets the same diversion result.
Glenn County Mandatory Commercial Recycling
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 7.08.795.070
Commercial Businesses, including Multi-Family Residential Dwellings of five or more units, that generate more than four cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week shall arrange for recycling services and shall take at least one of the following actions: (a) Source separate recyclable materials from solid waste and subscribe to a basic level of recycling services that includes collection, se...
Mandatory Organics Recycling
In unincorporated Glenn County, single-family households are only encouraged, not required, to separate food scraps and yard waste from the trash can under the county's 2022 SB 1383 ordinance. The Board of Supervisors secured a state Rural Exemption that keeps mandatory organics collection service off the table for the unincorporated area through December 21, 2026.
Glenn County Organic Waste Separation Rule
Light RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 7.08.795.060
Single-Family Solid Waste Generators shall comply with the following requirements: (a) Shall comply with Glenn County's Solid Waste collection service(s) by placing designated materials in designated containers as described below and shall not place Prohibited Container Contaminants in collection containers. (b) Single-Family Solid Waste Generators are encouraged to manage their Organic Waste b...
Illegal Dumping
Dumping or depositing refuse or rubbish anywhere in unincorporated Glenn County, California, other than an approved disposal area is banned outright under Glenn County Code Section 7.08.120. That applies to public and private property alike, and to roadside right-of-way and watercourses under the companion Section 7.08.070.
Glenn County Illegal Dumping Ban
Heavy RestrictionsGlenn County Code Sec. 7.08.120
No person shall dump or otherwise deposit or allow to accumulate on any private or public property any refuse or rubbish, except as provided by this chapter or by order of the Board of Supervisors.
Yard Waste Collection
In unincorporated Glenn County, solid waste, green waste and recycling containers cannot sit in a front or side yard visible from the street for more than 48 hours. Glenn County Code Section 1.15.022(A)(7) makes prolonged container storage a public nuisance unless the planning director grants a hardship exception.
Glenn County Yard Waste Container Storage Limit
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 1.15.022(A)(7)
Storage of solid waste, green waste or recyclable containers, receptacles or bins in front or side yards that are visible from the public right-of-way in excess of 48 hours, unless the Director grants an exception because the layout or configuration of the premises would impose a substantial hardship upon the property owner seeking to comply with this section, with such determination not subjec...
Collection Schedule
Every dwelling and business in unincorporated Glenn County, California, must have its garbage, rubbish, and refuse removed at least once a week under Glenn County Code Section 7.08.060. Waste must sit in a standard closed container until pickup, and only the Director of the Health Department can approve a longer interval between collections.
Glenn County Weekly Garbage Removal Rule
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code Sec. 7.08.060
Unless special permission is granted by the Director of the Health Department or his or her duly authorized representative, all garbage, rubbish and refuse created, produced or accumulated in or about dwelling units situated anywhere in the County, shall be disposed of or removed from the premises at least once each week. All garbage, rubbish, and refuse created, produced or accumulated on all ...
Recycling Rules
New construction, additions, and alterations that need a Glenn County building permit must meet the CALGreen recycling-space and debris-diversion standards folded into the county's own code. Multi-family buildings of five or more units and commercial projects adding more than 30 percent of floor area trigger the strictest version of the rule.
Glenn County New Construction Recycling Rule
Some RestrictionsGlenn County Code § 7.08.795.120
Persons applying for a permit from Glenn County for new construction and building additions and alterations shall comply with the requirements of this section and all required components of the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11, known as CALGreen, as amended, if its project is covered by the scope of CALGreen... ... New construction of Multi-Family dwelling units of five...
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