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

Section 8.32.250 requires every bulky waste pickup to be secured by an appointment first; unscheduled piles are not routine service. Piles are capped at five cubic yards, sized at no more than seven feet by six feet by three feet, and must be set at the edge of the street, not in the gutter, on a sidewalk, or on private property, and no earlier than one day before the scheduled pickup and by 6:00 a.m. on that date. The program accepts only eight material categories: green waste, lumber and wood, furniture and mattresses, lawn mowers (gas and oil removed first), barbeques (propane tanks removed), metals, large appliances, and tires.

Material outside that list left curbside is treated as illegal dumping and subjects the responsible person to the penalties in Section 8.34.040 of the litter chapter, a separate track from the standard Chapter 8.32 fine schedule. Residents get two free service change requests for cart size or number in their first year under organics service per Section 8.32.260, with an administrative fee for additional requests; new residents get one free change in their first year. The bulky program sits alongside, not inside, the standard 96-gallon automated cart limits in Section 8.32.080, since oversized items by definition will not fit or close in an automated cart.