Vallejo, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Under Section 7.48.010, unless the city council approves something different, the franchisee must collect solid waste, recyclables, and green waste from every residential and commercial or industrial premises no less than once each calendar week, always on the same day of the week except around holidays, or at whatever frequency the health department or public works director requires for a given property type. The public works director approves the actual pickup schedule, which lays out the collection routes and the day of the week assigned to each collection district in the city, so the exact pickup day depends on which district a property sits in rather than a single citywide day.

Section 7.44.130 layers a citywide quiet-hours rule on top of the frequency requirement: no solid waste, bulky goods, green waste, or recyclables may be collected or transported through Vallejo's streets, lanes, alleys, or highways in a single-family residential district between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., so haulers cannot run predawn or late-night routes through residential neighborhoods except in a declared emergency under Section 7.52.020. Both sections sit in the franchise-based solid waste system created by Ordinance 1595 N.C. (2d) in 2007, with Section 7.44.130 later amended by Ordinance 1849 N.C. (2d) in 2021.