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

Large-item and bulk disposal in Alpine County is handled through transfer/drop facilities and on-call containers rather than a scheduled curbside bulky-waste pickup. In the Bear Valley area, Chapter 13.32 (Bear Valley Transfer Station, Ord. 565/679) governs a 'thirty-yard, metal drop-box, transportable facility located on Creekside Road, Bear Valley for disposal of household solid waste, excluding household hazardous waste' (Section 13.32.020). The right to deposit waste there is restricted to participants in the transfer-station assessment within County Service Area #1 and their guests; commercial operators, condominium owners and people from outside the area are barred (Section 13.32.030(A)). Only household solid waste may be deposited; household and other hazardous waste is prohibited at the station, its recycling facilities, or anywhere in the service area (Section 13.32.030(B)-(C)). Dumping or abandoning waste around the station is expressly prohibited (Section 13.32.030(D)). For larger cleanups, Cal-Waste offers 3.5-cubic-yard 'Handy Hauler' bins, plus 20- and 30-cubic-yard debris boxes, useful for pine-needle and defensible-space yard debris in the Ebbetts Pass/Bear Valley corridor. Countywide, Section 13.12.080 bars dumping or burying condemned solid waste on any lot, land, street, waterway or public place. Residents should arrange bulk loads through their area hauler rather than setting items at the road.