Roseville, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- RMC § 9.12.020(A)
- Collection right
- Exclusive to city/authorized hauler
- Curbside deadline
- 6:00 a.m. on collection day
- Container removal window
- Within 12 hours of pickup
- Enforcement
- Administrative citation, infraction
Summary
Roseville reserves the exclusive right to collect garbage citywide, and it's unlawful for anyone but the city or its authorized hauler to gather trash under Municipal Code Section 9.12.020(A). Containers go out no earlier than the evening before collection and no later than 6:00 a.m., and must come off the curb within 12 hours of pickup under Section 9.12.130(A).
The city, its duly authorized agents, servants or employees, shall have the exclusive right to gather and collect garbage within the city and it is unlawful for any person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to collect or gather garbage within the city. The city council, however, is empowered to grant permission to any person to collect or gather garbage. ... Each container subject to this chapter shall be placed on the curb or parkway or in the alley for collection, not earlier than the evening preceding and not later than 6:00 a.m. on the day of regular collection. Those containers shall be removed from the curbs, parkways or alleys within 12 hours after the refuse has been collected therefrom.
Full Breakdown
020(A) gives the city and its duly authorized agents the exclusive right to gather and collect garbage within city limits, making it unlawful for anyone else to do so unless the city council grants specific permission. The exclusivity carries narrow self-haul carve-outs: contractors, handymen or repair persons removing construction and demolition debris as an incidental part of their service (not as a dedicated hauling business), gardeners or landscapers removing yard waste incidentally to their landscaping work, and anyone who sells or donates recyclables directly to a collector rather than paying a third party to haul them.
060, more often if a tenant, occupant or lessee requests it, delivering everything to the authorized solid waste management facility. 130 require curbside-frontage residences to set containers with wheels in the gutter and handle facing the house, at least three feet from cars, fences, mailboxes or other obstructions, and clear of pedestrian access; alley-access residences place containers on private property adjacent to the alley line. , and pulled back within 12 hours after collection. 080. 170.
Violations & Fines
Anyone other than the city or a city-authorized hauler who collects garbage within city limits violates Section 9.12.020(A). Leaving a container at the curb before the evening preceding collection, past 6:00 a.m. on collection day, or for more than 12 hours after pickup violates Section 9.12.130(A). Violations are enforceable by administrative citation under Chapter 2.50 and prosecuted as infractions with penalties no lower than the state minimums set under 14 CCR Section 18997.2, per Section 9.12.170.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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