Ventura, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum pickup frequency
- Once per week
- Earliest truck start
- 7:00 a.m.
- Latest truck end
- 5:00 p.m.
- Collection days
- Monday-Saturday (no Sunday)
- Extra frequency authority
- Ventura County health department
Summary
Residential and commercial waste in the City of Ventura must be removed from a property at least once a week under Municipal Code § 6.500.130(B), and the county health department can require more frequent pickup. Trucks may only run between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, under § 6.500.420, meaning no Sunday collection.
B. In accordance with, and as provided in further detail in Article 5 of this chapter, commencing with Section 6.500.510, all solid waste created, produced or accumulated in or about residential premises in the city, including single-family dwellings, shall be removed from the premises and disposed of at least once each week, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.500.550(C). All solid waste created, produced or accumulated at commercial businesses, including multifamily dwellings, hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses or other places of business situated in the city shall be removed from the premises at least once a week, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.500.550(C). The Ventura County health department may require a greater number of collections per week. Each day’s violation of this section shall be treated and considered as a separate and distinct offense. ... The collection of solid waste, green waste and recyclable materials from residential ... premises and commercial premises up to 100 feet from residential premises shall not occur before 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-008, passed May 12, 2026).
Full Breakdown
550(C) for properties on the city's three- or four-container organics program. The Ventura County health department can order more frequent collection than the weekly floor, and the code treats every day a property goes without required removal as a separate, distinct offense. , and only Monday through Saturday, which rules out Sunday routes citywide. 130), carried forward and restated by Ord. No. 2021-012 on November 8, 2021.
Violations & Fines
Each day a property fails to have its solid waste removed on the required weekly schedule is treated as its own separate violation under § 6.500.130(B). Collection outside the 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-through-Saturday window set by § 6.500.420 is likewise a code violation enforceable against the franchisee running the route.
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Sources & Official References
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