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

050 sets the base placement rule: receptacles for solid waste, rubbish, or waste matter go at the alley in blocks served by a city alley, whether or not the occupant's property actually abuts it, and in blocks with no alley, the city designates a placement location on the premises. Residential curbside customers must place city-provided containers at the curb on the designated collection day, in a spot accessible to collection trucks. on the day of collection. Outside that roughly 29-hour window, the same section bars storing any such receptacle 'in such a manner that it is visible from the public right-of-way,' meaning containers must be screened from street view between collection days even on the resident's own property.

030 separately requires that containers be sized and numbered adequately to hold a household's or business's waste without overflowing between pickups, capped at 60 pounds each unless mechanical loading is used, and kept clean and structurally sound. A container found out of compliance can be condemned after inspection under Sec. 00 removal fee under Sec. 180.