Oxnard, CA Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)

Oxnard Code of Ordinances Section 19-160(C) requires single-family generators to subscribe to the city's two- or three-container collection service and to place organic material, including bagged food waste, in the designated organics container rather than the refuse or recycling containers. Section 19-160(D) and (E) extend the same source-separation duty to multi-family generators and commercial businesses, who must likewise subscribe to three- or two-container service, sort organic material into the organics container, and allow city inspection of containers and enclosures. Section 19-194(D) sets the specific organics threshold: commercial businesses and multi-family dwellings of five units or more that generate more than two cubic yards of solid waste per week are required to subscribe to organics collection service under Section 19-160(D) and (E).

9(c), or self-haul recyclables to the city's drop-off center. Commercial edible food generators face added duties under Section 19-160(F): they must arrange for recovery of edible food that would otherwise be thrown out, contract with a food recovery organization or service, and keep records of every food recovery contract and the pounds of food recovered each month. Multi-family and commercial properties must also give new tenants written notice, within 14 days of move-in, of the separation rules and container locations under Section 19-160(D)(10) and (E)(10).