Redlands provides black (trash), blue (recycling), and green (organics/yard) carts through its municipal Solid Waste Division. Carts must be set out by 6:00 a.m. on collection day and removed from the street no later than 10:00 p.m. the same day. Storing carts as blight can trigger code enforcement.
The City of Redlands runs its own municipal solid waste collection through the Solid Waste Division under the Facilities and Community Services Department (customer service 909-798-7529), not a private franchise hauler. Each single-family home uses three city-issued automated carts: a black cart for refuse/trash only, a blue cart for recycling, and a green cart for green waste and food/organic waste. Carts must be placed curbside before 6:00 a.m. on the regular collection day, and collection occurs between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The city directs that trash containers be removed from the streets as soon as possible after collection and in any event no later than 10:00 p.m. on the day of service. Carts kept out of view between collection days is the practical expectation; carts or refuse left in a manner out of harmony with neighborhood maintenance standards can be addressed as a public nuisance by Code Enforcement under the city's nuisance code. Cross-contamination rules apply: no food waste, green waste, or recyclables in the black trash cart. These are city solid-waste rules, distinct from any San Bernardino County requirement, because Redlands operates its own collection system serving roughly 19,000 residential and 900-plus commercial accounts.
Refuse or carts stored so as to create a nuisance can draw a Notice of Violation with a 15-day cure period and escalating administrative citations of $100 / $200 / $500 per provision under RMC Chapter 1.22.060. Contaminated carts (wrong materials) may result in service or compliance follow-up by the Solid Waste Division.
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