Buena Park, CA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Bundle length limit
- Four feet maximum
- Bundle diameter limit
- Eighteen inches maximum
- Brush section
- § 8.12.110(B), municipal code
- Special collection
- § 8.12.190(E), extra charge applies
Summary
Buena Park requires bundled brush and tree limbs no longer than four feet or thicker than eighteen inches at the curb, while oversized loads beyond normal limits need a special collection request.
Branches, tree limbs or other similar debris that are too large or heavy to fit into the organic waste green containers shall be tied with sturdy twine in bundles not exceeding four feet in length nor eighteen inches in diameter and shall be placed next to green containers behind the curb.
Full Breakdown
Under Buena Park Municipal Code § 8.12.110(B), branches, tree limbs, and similar debris too large for the green organics container must be tied with sturdy twine into bundles no longer than four feet and no thicker than eighteen inches, then placed next to the green container behind the curb. Separately, § 8.12.190(E) lets the city's permitted hauler schedule special collection, for an added charge, when a household's solid waste exceeds its normal container limits, subject to the occupant's prior approval.
Violations & Fines
Placing unbundled branches over four feet long or eighteen inches in diameter at the curb violates § 8.12.110(B); oversized loads beyond container capacity must go through the permittee's special collection process under § 8.12.190(E), not curbside dumping.
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