Truckee, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum service
- once weekly, all properties
- Dual-use parcel
- must use commercial service
- Single-family bundle
- solid waste + recycling + yard waste
- Multi-family
- solid waste + recycling weekly
- Commercial add-on
- must include organic-waste recycling
- Shared accounts
- allowed via Primary Responsible Party
Summary
Every Truckee resident and business must subscribe to solid waste collection at least once a week from the Town's franchised hauler. Truckee Municipal Code § 6.01.050 sets minimum-service rules for single-family, multi-family and commercial accounts, and a property with both residential and commercial uses must carry commercial service.
A.Collection Service Mandatory To protect public health, safety, and well-being against the growth and spread of vectors, all persons residing or maintaining businesses or other premises in the Town of Truckee shall make arrangements to receive solid waste collection service at least one time per week from the Town's franchisee. Should a property have both residential and commercial uses, the property must subscribe to commercial services. ... C.Multi-Family Units1.Owners of multi-family units shall subscribe to solid waste and recycling services, collected at least once per week and more frequently if required to handle the waste stream of the premises where the containers are located.
Full Breakdown
050(A) makes weekly collection mandatory town-wide to protect public health, safety, and well-being against the growth and spread of vectors: every person residing or operating a business or other premises in Truckee must arrange for solid waste service at least once a week from the Town's franchisee. A parcel that combines residential and commercial use must subscribe to commercial service rather than residential. Subsection (B) requires single-family occupants to subscribe to solid waste, recycling and yard-waste curbside service collected at least weekly, or on whatever schedule the franchise agreement sets, though the code allows geographically close residents to combine into a single 'Collective Multi-Family Customer' account with Town and franchisee approval, with one 'Primary Responsible Party' handling billing and communication for the group.
Single-family residents who share a parcel with a commercial use are excused from separately subscribing if the commercial account already covers the property. Subsection (C) requires multi-family owners to subscribe to solid waste and recycling service at least weekly, and more often if the waste stream demands it. Subsection (D) requires commercial premises to subscribe to solid waste, recycling and organic-waste recycling service as required by the chapter and by California Public Resources Code § 42649, with the more stringent of Town or state rules controlling in a conflict.
Violations & Fines
Section 6.01.130 gives a regulated customer a warning on a first violation of the collection chapter, then applies the Municipal Code's general Chapter 1.02 penalty scale to later violations: infraction fines of $100, $200 and $500 for a first, second and third offense within a year, escalating to misdemeanor penalties, up to $1,000 and six months in jail, for continued noncompliance with the same requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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