Pico Rivera, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- No-collection window
- 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Governing section
- PRMC Section 8.12.260
- Rates/schedule authority
- Set by council resolution (Section 8.12.210)
- Truck inspection frequency
- Twice yearly, CHP + county health
- Max misdemeanor fine
- $1,000 (Chapter 1.20)
Summary
In the City of Pico Rivera, refuse trucks cannot collect garbage or rubbish between six p.m. and five a.m., and the actual rates, pickup days and schedules for each area are set by city council resolution rather than printed in the code itself. Public Works administers the collection contract.
Such trucks shall be operated so as to offer the least possible obstruction to the public peace and quiet. Collection of rubbish or garbage shall not be made between the hours of six p.m. and five a.m.
Full Breakdown
Pico Rivera Municipal Code Section 8.12.260 requires that collection trucks be operated so as to offer the least possible obstruction to the public peace and quiet, and it flatly prohibits collection of rubbish or garbage between the hours of six p.m. and five a.m. citywide. The specific rates, hours of collection and collection-day schedules for each neighborhood are established separately: Section 8.12.210 delegates that authority to the city council, which sets and can change rates, hours and schedules from time to time by resolution rather than fixing them permanently in the municipal code.
The city council is the body authorized under Section 8.12.030 to operate, maintain and manage the collection and disposal system, and Section 8.12.060 lets the council contract with a private hauler for that service; Pico Rivera currently manages residential and commercial refuse through such a franchised contractor rather than city crews. Section 8.12.090 gives that franchised contractor the exclusive right to gather, collect and remove refuse from any premises covered by the agreement, which is why unauthorized haulers cannot legally service accounts inside city limits.
Truck operators are further required by Section 8.12.230 to have their vehicles inspected twice a year by the California Highway Patrol for mechanical condition and by the Los Angeles County health department for sanitation, with certification filed with the city manager each June and December.
Violations & Fines
A hauler that collects outside the six p.m. to five a.m. curfew, or otherwise operates in violation of Chapter 8.12, is subject to the chapter's misdemeanor penalty under Section 8.12.500, which is punishable as set out in Chapter 1.20: a fine of up to one thousand dollars, up to six months in jail, or both, with escalating infraction fines of one hundred, two hundred and five hundred dollars for first, second and third violations if the case is charged as an infraction instead.
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