Trash & Recycling in Madera County, CA (2026)

Madera County Code § 7.24.104(A)(6)

Collecting, transporting, and disposing of C&D debris and bulky waste placed in compactors or drop box containers for collection by roll-off collection vehicles.B.The franchise services shall be agreed upon in writing by the franchisee and the county.C.The board in its discretion may award franchises for the franchise services in each franchise area individually or in any combination that the b...

Madera County Code § 7.24.104(A)(2), (E)

Collecting, transporting, and disposing of source-separated recyclable materials and commercial fiber materials at a designated recycling facility;3.Collecting, transporting, and disposing of source-separated organic waste to any designated disposal facility or designated recycling facility;4.Marketing source-separated recyclable materials and commercial fiber materials;5.Providing containers t...

Madera County Code § 7.24.107(A)

All organic waste generators in SB 1383 Census Tracts shall comply with this chapter by either: 1.Subscribing to and complying with the requirements of the organic waste collection service provided by a county franchisee; 2.Self-hauling source separated organic waste in a manner that complies with the requirements of this chapter; 3.Managing organic waste on site at the generator's premises; or...

Madera County Code § 7.24.131(A)

It is unlawful and an infraction for any person or persons to place, deposit or dump or cause to be placed, deposited or dumped upon the right-of-way of any public highway, street, thoroughfare or upon any camping place or public grounds or on any premises or into any lake, stream, canal, irrigation ditch, waterway, dry water course or any other body of water within the unincorporated areas of ...

Madera County Code § 7.24.101

"Yard trimmings" or "yard waste" means those discarded materials that will decompose and/or putrefy, including but not limited to, green trimmings, grass, weeds, leaves, prunings, branches, dead plants, brush, tree trimmings, dead trees, and small pieces of unpainted and untreated wood (limbs, branches, trees and small pieces of wood material are limited to three inches in diameter and thirty-s...

Madera County Code § 7.24.109(A), (D)

Each franchisee shall establish and maintain collection routes in such manner to provide for the uniform and efficient collection from all residential premises on a Monday through Friday basis and commercial premises on a Monday through Saturday basis. The county shall have the right at any time to direct the franchisee to change, amend, modify or otherwise revise the baseline routing and colle...