Moreno Valley, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum pickup frequency
- Once weekly, all classes
- Food establishments
- Twice weekly minimum
- Delinquency threshold
- 60+ days unpaid
- Late penalty
- 10% plus 1.5%/month interest
- Delinquency report filed
- By August 10th annually
Summary
Moreno Valley requires every occupied property to carry solid waste collection service through the city's contracted hauler, picked up at least once a week (twice for food-handling businesses). Unpaid fees over 60 days become delinquent and can land on the property tax roll with penalty interest.
The city shall provide for and furnish services relating to collection, transfer and disposal of solid waste within and throughout the city...By appropriate resolution or contract, the city council may determine that all or part of the solid waste collection...services shall be provided within the city...and may mandate as to all or less than all of such classes that each member of the class shall make appropriate arrangements for regular solid waste collection services...Delinquent and unpaid fees or charges shall mean those fees and charges for which services have been rendered but which have not been paid for more than 60 days after the billing date.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4887234; v10 updated 2026-04-07).
Full Breakdown
030 makes the city responsible for furnishing solid waste collection citywide, either directly or through an exclusive contract, and lets the city council mandate that entire classes of property owners or occupants make regular collection arrangements. Anyone with that duty is liable for the service fees regardless of whether they actually signed up, and occupants and owners are jointly and severally liable once fees go unpaid. 030(E)(1). The city clerk must file the delinquency report with the county auditor by August 10th each year. 060 sets the actual pickup rhythm: every residence, whether single-family, multifamily, commercial or industrial, must have solid waste removed not less than once a week, rising to twice weekly for food handling establishments, and every account must carry enough container capacity and collection frequency to avoid overflow. 040 regardless of who was supposed to sign up. 090.
Violations & Fines
Occupying a property without active, paid-up collection arrangements is a public nuisance under Section 6.02.040, and the resulting fee delinquency triggers a 10% penalty plus 1.5% monthly interest under Section 6.02.030(E)(1) before it's added to the county tax roll. General violations of the chapter are infractions or misdemeanors under Section 6.02.140, punished per Sections 1.01.230(A) and (B).
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