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

Bulky items follow a different track from weekly carts in the City of Yucaipa. Section 8.28.180(F) says dead animals and bulky waste shall not be set out for collection, and that bulky waste is collected only during annual cleanups or by contractual arrangements between the resident or business and the contractor. Section 8.28.240 backs that up: no one can place bulky waste adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection or removal without prior approval and arrangements with the collector.

Brush has its own preparation rule. Under § 8.28.180(G), tree trimmings and brush must be cut into four-foot lengths and tied in bundles not larger than twenty-four inches in diameter for ease in pickup. Yard waste, meaning leaves, cuttings and trimmings from trees, shrubs and grass, goes in a separate container specified by the city manager under subsection J; the definition excludes heavy or bulky articles such as trees, tree limbs or logs.

Special pickups run through the city council. Section 8.28.280 lets the council authorize, and subscribers to a refuse collection service request, special collections of discarded furniture, white goods, Christmas trees and other items too large to fit in standard containers, plus city-wide cleanups and household hazardous waste round-ups, subject to council approval and payment of rates the council sets by resolution.

There are self-help routes. Section 8.28.230(C) exempts any person removing large or oversized items of rubbish from their own premises from the ban on unauthorized collection, and § 8.28.270 exempts licensed nursery or gardening businesses and people hauling their own shrubbery and tree cuttings from the franchise. Waiting is not free: § 8.24.040 forbids letting refuse accumulate for longer than thirteen consecutive days within four hundred feet of a dwelling or commercial building, or four weeks beyond that distance, and § 8.28.260 bars burning refuse except in an approved incinerator or permitted device.