Dublin, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Dublin Municipal Code Ch. 5.32
- Minimum frequency
- At least once weekly
- Notice to start service
- 15 days after written notice
- Pickup location authority
- Set by City Council resolution
- Violation class
- Infraction, Gov. Code § 36900
Summary
Dublin, California requires its franchised hauler to pick up discarded materials from every residence and business at least once a week, and Dublin Municipal Code Section 5.32.080 lets the Director order more frequent service when needed. Skipping that minimum, unless a property qualifies for a narrow exemption or self-haul permit, is an infraction under Section 5.32.360.
All discarded materials created, deposited, kept, produced, or accumulated in, on or about any dwelling, premises, lot or parcel of land, whether public or private, shall be delivered to the collector, or removed by the waste generator where permitted by Sections 5.32.130 and 5.32.150, at least once each week or more often if required by the Director unless and to the extent specifically exempted in Section 5.32.050 and the Alameda County Waste Management Authority's (WMA) Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance (ORRO) 2021-02 Section 6.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
050 or the Alameda County Waste Management Authority's Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance 2021-02 apply. 080(B) requires the city to send the property owner written notice; if the owner does not start the required service within fifteen days of that notice, the city can direct the collector to begin and continue service itself, billing the owner. 120, while collection at other premises is negotiated between the hauler and the generator. Together these sections make weekly collection the enforceable floor, not just a hauler's marketing promise, for every Dublin address.
Violations & Fines
Failing to maintain at least weekly collection service, or ignoring the city's fifteen-day notice to start service, is an infraction under Section 5.32.360, enforceable by the Director or the Alameda County Health Officer and punishable as provided in Government Code Section 36900. The city can also direct the franchised collector to begin service involuntarily and bill the noncompliant owner for it under Section 5.32.080(B).
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Sources & Official References
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