Murrieta, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Subscription required
- Yes, three-container service
- Containers
- Gray, green, blue
- Legal basis
- SB 1383 / AB 1826 / AB 341
- Contamination penalty
- Processing fee or enforcement
- Opt-out path
- Only via self-hauler status
Summary
Murrieta requires every single-family household to subscribe to and pay for the city's three-container organic waste collection service for all solid waste generated, sorting materials into gray, green and blue containers under Chapter 8.28.
Single-family organic waste generators shall comply with the following requirements, except single-family generators that meet the self-hauler requirements of this code: A. Subscribe to and pay for the city's organic waste three-container collection service for all solid waste generated, including organic waste... B. Participate in the city's organic waste collection service by placing designated materials in designated containers... It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter to place contamination in a collection container.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-23: A Codification of the General Ordinances of the City of Murrieta, California through Ord. 634-26, passed 7-7-2026).
Full Breakdown
050, adopted to implement California's SB 1383 organic waste rules, requires single-family organic waste generators, meaning residential households, to subscribe to and pay for the city's organic waste three-container collection service for all solid waste generated, including organic waste, unless the household separately qualifies as a self-hauler under the code's self-hauler provisions. The city may review the number and size of a household's containers to evaluate whether capacity is adequate for each type of collection service and can require a household to adjust its service level.
Generators must place food waste and other source-separated green container organic waste in the green container, source-separated recyclables in the blue container, and remaining waste in the gray container, and are barred from placing gray-container materials into the green or blue containers. 010 traces the requirement to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, AB 341, AB 1826, and SB 1383's Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act, which together push the city to run a mandatory three-stream residential collection program rather than an opt-in one.
Violations & Fines
Placing prohibited contaminants in a collection container, such as gray-container trash in the green or blue container, is unlawful under Section 8.28.050(B) and can subject the generator to a contamination processing fee or other enforcement action under Section 8.28.170. Failing to subscribe to the required three-container service is itself a failure to comply with Section 8.28.050(A).
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