Folsom, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Subscription requirement
- Mandatory (FMC 8.32.020(B))
- Garbage/organics pickup
- Weekly
- Recycling pickup
- Every other week
- Nonpayment remedy
- Service discontinuance (8.32.180)
- First-offense fine
- $50-$100
Summary
Folsom Municipal Code 8.32.020(B) requires every residential dwelling and commercial business to subscribe to the city's waste hauling service for garbage and recycling, and Section 8.32.191(A) sets the pickup rhythm: garbage and organic waste collected weekly and recyclables collected every other week. The city finance department can shut off service for nonpayment under Section 8.32.180.
A. The person responsible for any premises or commercial business in the city shall accept solid waste collection service sufficient to remove garbage and organic waste generated by or accumulating weekly from the premises and recyclables generated by or accumulating every other week from the premises. ... B. All residential dwellings and commercial businesses shall subscribe with the city's waste hauling services for garbage and recycling, and the city or a city-approved hauling service for organic waste.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 1369, passed April 28, 2026).
Full Breakdown
045 can opt out of recycling and organics collection. 191 fixes the actual service frequency: every premises must carry service sufficient to remove garbage and organic waste generated weekly and recyclables generated every other week, and the public works director can order additional service, at the customer's expense, if capacity looks inadequate. Residential customers must also subscribe specifically to the organic waste program and place designated materials in the designated cart. 180 lets the city discontinue solid waste service entirely for nonpayment, on top of any other collection remedy.
Violations & Fines
Failing to subscribe to city waste service, or falling behind on the resulting bill, is enforced under Chapter 8.32's penalty scheme in Section 8.32.285: a first violation carries a base penalty of fifty to one hundred dollars, escalating to one hundred to two hundred dollars for a second and two hundred fifty to five hundred dollars for a third, with each day of a continuing violation counted separately, and the city can discontinue service outright for nonpayment under Section 8.32.180.
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