Compton, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest curb set-out
- 12:00 noon, day before pickup
- Latest removal time
- 6:00 a.m., day after pickup
- Weight limit
- 65 pounds without automated trucks
- No collection hours
- 6:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m., Sundays, holidays
- Chapter 21 violation
- misdemeanor
Summary
Compton limits when trash carts and bins can sit at the curb: not before noon the day before pickup, and gone again by 6:00 a.m. the next morning. Municipal Code § 21-1.4(b) also caps a curbside container at 65 pounds unless the hauler uses automated trucks, and bars keeping bins visible from the street outside that window.
2. No person shall place a container adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection if the container and its contents weigh more than 65 pounds, unless the authorized collector is using automated collection equipment. 3. No person shall place a container or any bulky waste adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection service before 12:00 noon on the day preceding the regularly scheduled collection day. 4. ... Except during the time a container is placed for curbside collection, containers for residential premises shall not be visible from the public right-of-way. 5. Containers shall be removed from any location adjacent to a street or public right-of-way not later than 6:00 a.m. on the day following the regularly scheduled collection day.
Full Breakdown
the following morning. Outside that window, residential containers cannot be visible from the public right-of-way at all, meaning they have to be stored out of street view the rest of the week. Weight matters too: no one may set out a container that, with its contents, weighs more than 65 pounds unless the authorized collector's trucks use automated collection equipment designed for heavier loads. During the actual collection hours, the container has to sit where the hauler designated it and stay accessible for mechanized pickup, and once the hauler empties it, the crew is required to set it back upright in the same spot.
10(b) adds that nobody but the property owner, occupant, a City officer, or the authorized collector may move a container from where it was placed. 10(a) separately bars using any container other than the one the authorized collector supplied or the City approved, and bars letting solid waste pile up for more than six consecutive days. , or at all on a Sunday or holiday.
Violations & Fines
Setting a cart out too early, leaving it at the curb past 6:00 a.m. the day after collection, or exceeding the 65-pound curb weight limit each violate § 21-1.4(b). Chapter 21 makes any violation of its provisions a misdemeanor under § 21-1.11(d), enforceable by the City Manager, City code enforcement officers, or the Franchise Hauler reporting noncompliance for administrative follow-up.
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