Beaumont, CA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 8.12.520 of the Beaumont Municipal Code bars any person from placing bulky waste adjacent to or in a street or public right-of-way for collection or removal without first making arrangements with the appropriate solid waste franchisee. The arrangement comes first, and the curb comes second.

Section 8.12.020 defines bulky waste as solid waste that would not typically fit within a container, including large and small household appliances, furniture, carpets, mattresses, automobile tires, and oversized green waste such as tree trunks and large branches if no larger than two feet in diameter and four feet in length, and similar large items discarded from a residential premises.

Service comes through the franchisee. Under Section 8.12.230(B), the franchisee must provide on-call bulky-waste collection to its account holders, and the terms and conditions are arranged between the franchisee and the account holder, subject to the franchise the City Council granted. Section 8.12.550 limits who can collect or remove waste from any premises to the franchisee, self-haul permit holders, landscapers, and licensed contractors working within their licenses, so a neighbor or informal hauler with a truck does not qualify unless one of those categories fits. Single-family residents with a self-haul permit can carry bulky loads themselves, but the vehicle must be able to secure the material with a tarp if it is not enclosed.

Items left out do not stay legal just because pickup was requested. Section 8.32.230 declares abandoned or discarded furniture, appliances, play equipment or other household fixtures a public nuisance when stored so they are visible from the public right-of-way or from adjoining premises, and Section 8.32.210 does the same for lumber, junk, trash, debris and salvage materials. Hazardous, household hazardous and universal waste cannot go into franchisee containers at all under Section 8.12.530.