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

Because curbside collection in unincorporated Plumas County is provided on a subscription basis by private franchised haulers rather than a single county-run route, container placement is governed by hauler instructions rather than a uniform county bin-placement section. Waste Management / Feather River Disposal instructs residential customers to place the cart on the street with the wheels against the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day and to remove it the same day, keeping the cart at least 3 feet from parked cars, mailboxes, and other obstacles so the automated arm has clearance. Intermountain Disposal instructs customers to make sure the container is visible and accessible on pickup day, placed curbside by 6 a.m., and notes that clearing snow in front of the container is the customer's responsibility — a meaningful rule in this high-elevation, heavy-snow county. Self-haul residents who use transfer stations have no curbside placement obligation at all. Separately, carts and containers left out long-term or stored so as to create a blight condition could be addressed through the County's general nuisance authority, but no specific numeric storage-setback ordinance is published in the County code excerpts.