Sacramento, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Garbage service
- Mandatory for residential owners, § 13.10.210
- Minimum frequency
- At least once per week
- Standard container
- 32-gallon automatic-lift cart
- Curb window
- Out 12 hrs before, in 12 hrs after pickup
- Residential collection hours
- 6 a.m.-7 p.m. (8 p.m. DST)
Summary
Sacramento requires every residential property owner to subscribe to city garbage collection at least once a week, sets exact carts-out and pickup-hour windows, and fines residents whose containers sit at the curb outside those windows.
All owners of residential property and residential mixed-use property in the city where garbage is created, generated, accumulated, or produced shall subscribe to garbage collection service provided by the city in the manner and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 13.12, unless the solid waste manager determines that service is not feasible for a specific property. ... Garbage collection service shall not be less than once per week.
Full Breakdown
12, unless the solid waste manager finds service infeasible for a specific property; commercial owners instead subscribe through a city franchisee. 050) gets one 32-gallon automatic-lift container or equivalent, and "garbage collection service shall not be less than once per week," with the solid waste manager able to adjust service levels and container counts to ensure proper collection. 230 layers on a duty to subscribe to whatever type and frequency of service is necessary, in the solid waste manager's opinion, to prevent garbage from accumulating on the property longer than a week.
100(B) allows containers to be set out no earlier than 12 hours before the scheduled collection day and requires removal no later than 12 hours after it, with containers otherwise placed within two feet of the curb, at least three feet from obstructions like cars, fences, or mailboxes, and positioned for unimpeded collector access. m. m. m. 110. 070 for nonpayment or other cause specified there.
Violations & Fines
Setting a container out early, leaving it at the curb late, or placement that blocks a doorway or the right-of-way violates § 13.10.100 and is an infraction under subsection (E). Beyond specific infractions, § 13.10.150 makes any Chapter 13.10 violation a public nuisance carrying civil penalties of $250 to $25,000 per violation per day and potential misdemeanor liability under Cal. Government Code § 36900, pursued through Chapter 1.28 administrative penalty proceedings.
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Sources & Official References
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