Folsom, CA Landscaping Rules: Composting (2026)

32 and states the general rule first: no one may burn, bury or otherwise dispose of or process solid waste on any premises in the city. The only carved-out exception is composting organic waste, and it has to follow one of two named city standards: the solid waste division's Regional Recycling Backyard Composting Guide for residential backyard piles and bins, or the Commercial Composting and Mulching Operations Site Evaluation Criteria and Conditions for Approval for larger operations. 191(B)(1) reinforces that residents may manage their organic waste by preventing or reducing it at the source, composting it on-site, or using a community composting site, instead of relying solely on the city's organic waste cart, without losing their standing under the mandatory subscription rule.

005(G) caps "community composting" activity at no more than one hundred cubic yards and seven hundred fifty square feet of feedstock and compost on site at any one time, the line at which a compost operation would need to look to the commercial siting criteria rather than the backyard guide. 285.