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

300, "Clean-up campaign," governs Santa Clara's bulky-item and large-debris collection program. on the Monday of that week, a tight three-day placement window meant to limit how long bulky items sit on the curb. Concrete, asphalt, dirt, brick, rocks, drywall and sawdust must go in a bulk bag rather than being dumped loose on the street, since loose placement risks stormwater runoff pollution and is separately prohibited. Garbage, medical waste, liquids, paint, household and garden chemicals, cleaners, batteries, ammunition, explosives and fluid-filled auto parts are barred from the program entirely; none of that hazardous material can be set out for clean-up campaign pickup.

Placement is also location-restricted: unwanted material can go only in front of the residence that generated it, never in front of a neighbor's home, in an alley or private street, against a red-painted curb, or against fences, retaining walls, hydrants or landscaping. Subsection (e) closes off free-riding: residents and businesses that don't subscribe and pay for the clean-up campaign program can't place debris on the street for collection through it, regardless of whether they generated qualifying bulky waste.