5 rules for unincorporated Glenn County, California.
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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 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.
Glenn County's code does not fix a specific curb set-out time, but it requires covered, leak-proof, sanitary containers and limits hand-emptied containers to 80 pounds. The franchised hauler, Waste Management, instructs residents to place carts at the curb with wheels against the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day and remove them the same day.
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 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.
Glenn County's own code does not contain a separate residential recycling mandate; recycling is delivered through the County's Waste Management franchise and California state diversion laws. WM provides a recycling cart for dry bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard collected weekly, and stresses keeping recyclables loose (unbagged) and free of food and liquid.
California's SB 1383 generally requires residents and businesses to separate organic waste (food scraps, food-soiled paper, yard waste) for collection. As a rural, low-population county, Glenn County has a rural exemption from the SB 1383 organic-waste collection requirements through January 1, 2027 — so food waste and food-soiled paper can currently be placed in the regular trash cart.
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