Plumas County, CA Property Maintenance: Trash Bin Storage (2026)

Solid waste in unincorporated Plumas County is governed by Plumas County Code Title 6, Chapter 10 (Solid Waste Control), which is administered by the Solid Waste Division of the Plumas County Department of Public Works. The Code's definition of solid waste is broad, covering garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts, and discarded appliances. Because much of the County has no mandatory curbside collection, residents commonly store household refuse on their own property and self-haul it to County transfer stations. Where refuse accumulates rather than being properly disposed of, the condition can be cited as blight and a public nuisance through Code Enforcement under the same Title 1 penalty and abatement procedures used for other property-maintenance cases. Residents who do subscribe to curbside service through a franchised hauler (Feather River Disposal/WM or Intermountain Disposal) must follow that hauler's cart-storage and set-out instructions rather than a single uniform county container rule. The County does not publish a uniform residential cart-color or screening ordinance on its solid waste pages.