5 rules for unincorporated Tehama County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Garbage service is not mandatory in unincorporated Tehama County. Residents may subscribe to a private trash/recycling hauler or self-haul to the Tehama County/Red Bluff Sanitary Landfill (19995 Plymire Rd., Red Bluff), open Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sat-Sun 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Collection schedules are set by the private hauler, not a county-run route.
Because curbside collection is voluntary and not county-run in unincorporated Tehama County, there is no countywide ordinance specifying curb distance, bin spacing or set-out/retrieval times. Any set-out placement rules come from the private hauler's service terms. General garbage-storage (Ch. 9.04) and nuisance (Ch. 10.16) rules still apply.
Large/bulky items in unincorporated Tehama County are handled by self-hauling to the Tehama County/Red Bluff Sanitary Landfill and its Material Recovery Facility (19995 Plymire Rd., Red Bluff), or by arrangement with a private hauler. Tipping fees apply per the County's FY 25-26 schedule. Dumping bulky items on roadsides or vacant land is illegal.
Recycling in unincorporated Tehama County is shaped by California state law (AB 341 commercial recycling, AB 1826 commercial organics, and SB 1383). The County operates a Material Recovery Facility at the landfill, but because collection is voluntary, residents recycle via a private hauler or by self-hauling. The County emphasizes Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, with disposal as the last resort.
Tehama County Code Chapter 9.44 (Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Regulations) implements California SB 1383. As a rural county under 70,000 residents, Tehama holds a CalRecycle rural exemption (confirmed by AB 2902, signed Sept. 2024) from the organics-collection mandate until January 1, 2027. Edible-food-recovery and procurement requirements still apply now.
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