Livermore, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

030(A) makes hauler service mandatory, not optional: the owner or occupant of every premises must contract with the city's franchisee for removal of solid waste, recyclable materials and compostable materials, and pay the rates set under the franchise agreement and approved by the city council; if an owner shifts that duty to a tenant and the tenant fails to arrange or pay for service, responsibility falls back on the owner. Subsection B sets the minimum pickup frequency at once a week for both residential and commercial premises, and lets the Alameda County health department order more frequent collection if needed; each day a property goes without complying is treated as a separate violation.

A narrow set of exceptions in subsection C lets a franchisee waive regular service for a premises with no food preparation or consumption and no waste generated at all, but the exempted property must stay sanitary, allow city inspection to keep the exemption, and resume regular service the moment circumstances change. Subsection D requires source-separated recyclables and compostables to be collected at least weekly as well, and lets a generator sell those materials for their fair market value instead of using franchisee collection, provided the city can demand proof no fee was charged.

Subsection E makes clear that once waste or recyclables are set out in a franchisee container, they become the franchisee's property, and subsection F bars anyone but the franchisee from collecting recyclables or compostables from residential premises, dumping waste on a street, alley or vacant lot, or scavenging from someone else's collection container without the occupant's permission. Subsection G makes it unlawful to hinder, threaten, impede or obstruct the franchisee while it performs its collection duties.