5 rules for unincorporated Yuba County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Recology Yuba-Sutter is the exclusive franchised hauler for unincorporated Yuba County. Single-family homes must either subscribe to curbside garbage, recycling, and organics service or self-haul to an approved facility (with limited low-population census-tract waivers).
Recology Yuba-Sutter requires carts at the curb by 5:00 a.m. on service day (or the night before), at least 3 feet apart and 3 feet from cars or objects, so fully automated trucks can lift them. No separate County cart-screening ordinance was found.
Recology Yuba-Sutter provides unincorporated Yuba County residents four free annual bulky-item collections (limited to two cubic yards plus one large item), or free Transfer Station passes. Mattresses and carpets are accepted at the Marysville Transfer Station; appliance Freon fees apply.
Single-family homes in unincorporated Yuba County must keep recyclables out of the trash and place them in the correct cart (or self-haul) under the RWMA Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction Ordinance and SB 1383. Businesses face AB 341 mandatory commercial recycling.
Under California SB 1383 and the RWMA Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction Ordinance (No. 22-1), single-family homes in unincorporated Yuba County must separate food scraps and yard waste into the green organics cart or self-haul. Some low-population census tracts hold CalRecycle waivers.
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