Buena Park, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Buena Park Municipal Code Chapter 8.12 (Solid Waste Collection) makes it the duty of every person in charge of a residential unit or commercial premises to set out the wheeled containers for collection, source separation and disposal of solid waste. Containers must be placed in the street so the wheels of the container are positioned in front of the curb in front of the dwelling or commercial premises, or in the alley in the rear where applicable. The city further directs that residents place the carts 'with the arrows on the lid pointing toward the street,' and set green-waste containers a minimum of two feet away from trash carts so the automated truck can service each separately. Branches and limbs too large for the green cart are tied in twine bundles no longer than four feet and eighteen inches in diameter and placed next to the green container behind the curb. Importantly, except when temporarily placed for pickup, all such containers must be located or screened so as not to be in public view, meaning carts should be returned to a screened storage area on non-collection days rather than left at the curb. Leaving carts out long after collection can be cited as visual blight under the city's property maintenance standards.