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

090 bars depositing tires or hard-to-handle waste in any refuse container without first making special arrangements with the solid waste collector, and separately bars knowingly dropping such material at a disposal site without arranging it with the site operator. 030 defines 'hard-to-handle waste' broadly: household furniture, appliances, tree stumps and large limbs, telephone poles and timbers, Styrofoam, transit pipe, large metal objects, cable, wire, and concrete pieces over 1,000 pounds or reinforced concrete, none of which fit in a standard container. The same definitions section separately defines 'bulky waste' to include discarded white goods, furniture, tires, carpets, mattresses, and similar large items that can't be placed in a covered container.

12, the 'special arrangements' the code requires mean calling the area's franchised hauler to schedule a bulky-item pickup, or contacting the transfer station or landfill operator directly if self-hauling. 090. 020 gives the Director of the Department of Transportation, which runs the county's Division of Solid Waste, authority to inspect collection containers and loads to confirm hard-to-handle waste and tires aren't slipped into regular refuse without the required arrangement.