Trash & Recycling in San Luis Obispo County, CA (2026)

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.12.230

(a)Each collection permittee shall provide a minimum regular collection schedule for his or her customers within the territory specified by permit. The schedule shall be set forth in the permit authorizing collection.(b)No collections shall be made in residential districts or at schools, churches, hospitals, offices, motels, hotels or commercial establishments adjacent to such residential distr...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.12.250(b)-(c)

Each solid waste container...shall be kept or placed entirely above ground level at a location which is convenient for access by collection personnel during the time for collection...Where collection occurs at an alley, waste containers shall be placed along side and within ten feet of the alley...Where collection occurs at the street, waste shall be placed along side and within ten feet of the...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.98.020

(a)All occupants of a single-family residential facility which receives solid waste collection service from a franchisee shall separate recyclable materials from garbage going to the landfill for disposal. The recyclable materials shall be placed in the curbside recycling containers provided by the franchisee or recycled by any other legal means that the occupant decides to utilize. ... (d)In t...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.99.030

(a)Except responsible parties of single-family premises that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.99.100 of this chapter, responsible parties of single-family premises shall comply with the following requirements:(1)Subscribe to and pay for three-container collection services for weekly collection of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste generated by the single-fami...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.12.920

(a)No person shall place or dump, or hire any person to place or dump, any solid waste or recyclables upon the right-of-way of any public highway, street, or thoroughfare, or upon the banks of any stream or dry watercourse, or upon the private property of any person, inhabited or uninhabited, within the county, except with the written permission of the health officer, and except that permission...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.99.030(a)(1)

Except responsible parties of single-family premises that meet the self-hauler requirements in Section 8.99.100 of this chapter, responsible parties of single-family premises shall comply with the following requirements:(1)Subscribe to and pay for three-container collection services for weekly collection of recyclable materials, organic materials, and solid waste generated by the single-family ...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.12.250(c)(1)

Each storage area serving any building or occupancy using solid waste bins shall be located within one hundred feet of the dwelling or building it serves. Containers or bins with a capacity of over one hundred gallons shall not be permanently located closer than twenty-five feet to any windows, doors or ventilation intake in any dwelling or other building... No can or bin shall be permanently l...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.12.220

Except as provided in subsection (b) below, the occupant of any dwelling, house or place of human habitation, including a business establishment, shall dispose of or remove from the premises, at least once each week, all solid waste created or produced or accumulated in or about the premises. All solid waste created, produced or accumulated at or about any restaurant, retail or wholesale market...

San Luis Obispo County Code § 8.98.020

(a)Single Family Residential Facilities. All occupants of a single-family residential facility which receives solid waste collection service from a franchisee shall separate recyclable materials from garbage going to the landfill for disposal. The recyclable materials shall be placed in the curbside recycling containers provided by the franchisee or recycled by any other legal means that the oc...