Union City, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum frequency
- At least once weekly
- Provider
- City's solid waste franchisee
- Container
- Franchisee-supplied container required
- Penalty
- Infraction, per-day violation
Summary
Union City requires every residential property to subscribe to weekly solid waste collection through the City's franchisee, and failing to do so is a punishable infraction.
All solid waste created, produced or accumulated in or about a dwelling, house, or residential premises in the City shall be placed for collection by the occupant of the respective premises in the container provided by the solid waste franchisee. All solid waste created, produced or accumulated at businesses, hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses or other commercial and industrial premises situated in the City shall be placed for collection by any person generating solid waste at, or who has control over operations conducted at such premises. Solid waste shall be collected from premises and disposed of at least once each week by the City's solid waste franchisee, unless excepted by Section 7.04.170. The Alameda County Health Department may require a greater number of collections per week. It is declared to be unlawful and an infraction, for the occupant of any of the above-described premises to fail or neglect to provide for the collection and disposal of solid waste pursuant to this chapter. Each day's violation of this section shall be treated and considered as a separate and distinct offense.
B. Illegal Disposal of Solid Waste. It is unlawful for any person in the City to deposit solid waste container(s) upon any street, alley, gutter, parkway, or upon any lot or vacant area or other public place or way unless such solid waste is placed for collection subject to this chapter.
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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4940544; v16 updated 2026-06-23).
Full Breakdown
Section 7.04.040(A) of the Union City Municipal Code requires occupants of every dwelling and residential premises to place solid waste for collection in the container supplied by the City's solid waste franchisee, which must collect and dispose of it at least once each week per § 7.04.062(A). Occupants of commercial and industrial premises are collected up to five times weekly by separate arrangement. Failing or neglecting to provide for lawful collection and disposal is declared unlawful and charged as an infraction, with each day of noncompliance treated as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Failing or neglecting to arrange for weekly solid waste collection and disposal is an infraction under § 7.04.040(A); each day the violation continues counts as a separate offense.
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