5 rules for unincorporated Trinity County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Trinity County runs its own Solid Waste Department. Residential curbside collection is offered in some areas (containers out by 6:00 a.m., bagged/tied, 33-gal and 50-lb limits), but most residents self-haul to County transfer sites such as Weaverville and Hayfork. There are no incorporated cities or private franchise — the County operates the system countywide.
For Trinity County curbside customers, the Solid Waste Department requires containers out and ready by 6:00 a.m. on the collection day, with trash bagged, tied and secured, in containers no larger than 33 gallons and no more than 50 pounds each. Most residents instead self-haul to transfer sites. No numeric placement spacing is published.
Trinity County residents dispose of bulky items by self-hauling to a County transfer site. Construction debris, piping, and wire must be cut to 4-foot lengths and bulky items reduced to minimum volume; treated wood is not accepted. Mattresses recycle free at Junction City and carpet free at Weaverville. There is no countywide scheduled curbside bulky pickup.
Trinity County accepts recyclables, yard waste, used oil and batteries at its transfer sites, and offers CRV redemption at the Hambro buy-back center in Weaverville. State law (AB 341) requires businesses generating 2+ cubic yards weekly and apartment complexes of 5+ units to recycle. Mattresses and carpet recycle free at designated sites.
California's SB 1383 mandates organic-waste recycling statewide, but Trinity County qualifies as a rural jurisdiction (a county under 70,000 people, Public Resources Code §42649.8) and received a CalRecycle Rural Exemption for counties, approved January 3, 2022. So there is no mandatory residential green-organics cart in the (all-unincorporated) county. Edible food recovery and other universal SB 1383 duties still apply.
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