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

Section 4312(d)(1) of the Tustin City Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 1519 in December 2021, carves special collection items out of the regular container rule. With the exception of self-hauled, back-hauled or on-site composted materials, municipal solid waste and divertable materials generally must go in containers the contracted hauler provides, but bulky items such as used furniture, appliances and mattresses, holiday trees, bundled residential yard trimmings, and household hazardous waste placed for curbside pickup must instead be set out in accordance with the terms of Chapter 3 or the City's Municipal Solid Waste and Divertable Materials Collection Contract with its contracted hauler.

Bulky items are separately identified in Section 4311's definition of "municipal solid waste," which describes them as items such as used furniture, appliances and mattresses that residents can divert through other City-offered diversion programs rather than putting out with the weekly trash. Because the specific pickup terms, such as how many special-collection pickups a household gets per year and how items must be bundled or tagged, live in the collection contract rather than printed in the Code itself, residents confirm the current schedule and any per-pickup limits directly with the City's contracted hauler before setting out large or hazardous items.