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

Cathedral City Municipal Code § 6.04.610 prohibits 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 rule is about sequence: call first, then set the items out. The Code defines bulky waste as solid waste that would not typically fit within a container, including furniture, carpets, mattresses, automobile tires, oversized green material such as tree trunks and large branches no larger than two feet in diameter and four feet in length, and similar large items discarded from a single-family dwelling.

Covered electronic devices such as televisions, radios, computers and monitors are not bulky waste. The Code treats them as universal waste governed by Department of Toxic Substances Control regulation. Section 6.04.620 also bars placing household hazardous waste or universal waste in any franchisee container or dumping it into the environment.

Section 6.04.320(B) explains how the service works. The City's franchisee can provide on-call collection of bulky waste and household hazardous waste to account holders, must provide debris boxes when requested, and must collect the box when the account holder no longer needs it. The terms and conditions are arranged between the franchisee and the account holder, subject to the franchise. Under § 6.04.330 the owner of a premises and the account holder are jointly and severally liable for services provided to the premises, including related fees, charges and penalties. Section 6.04.640 means only a franchisee, a landscaper hauling green waste, or a licensed contractor within license scope can collect solid waste from a premises, and § 6.04.650 declares it a public nuisance when a premises has no franchisee service arrangement.