Corona, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out window
- no earlier than 4 p.m. day before
- Removal deadline
- noon the day after pickup
- Collection hours
- 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Container upkeep
- clean, covered, leak-free (§ 8.20.260)
- Penalty
- misdemeanor, each day a separate offense
- Enforced by
- city franchisee and Public Works
Summary
Corona requires residential garbage, recycling and green-waste carts to stay off the curb, alley or right-of-way until 4:00 p.m. the day before pickup and to come back in by noon the day after. Collection itself runs only 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the franchisee can tag containers that are left dirty or uncovered.
No solid waste containers used for residential premises shall be placed out at the curb, alley, or right of way before 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to scheduled collection by the franchisee, and all containers shall be removed before 12:00 noon on the day following collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
, unless the franchise agreement says otherwise. 260 requires owners and occupants to keep every gray, green and blue container in a clean, sanitary condition, tightly covered at all times except while waste is being loaded, and secure against flies and leaks. 250 separately bars anyone other than the owner, agent or employee of the premises from placing material in, tampering with, or moving another household's container. Corona enforces bin placement and set-out timing through Public Works and its residential and commercial franchisee.
Violations & Fines
Corona Code of Ordinances § 8.20.420(A) makes any violation of this solid waste chapter, including the residential placement window in § 8.20.240, a misdemeanor; the code treats each day a container sits out too early or too late as a new, separate offense. Fee-related sections (§§ 8.20.270 and 8.20.310-8.20.390) are infractions instead, escalating to a misdemeanor on a second violation of the same section within two years. Chapter 1.08 sets the base penalty schedule the city applies.
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