Carson awards an exclusive solid-waste / residential-recycling franchise under Carson Municipal Code Article 5, Chapter 2 (Collection of Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials). Waste Resources is the current franchised hauler for all residential, multi-family and commercial accounts in the city; using any other paid hauler is a code violation. Standard 1-4 unit service includes a 96-gallon black-lid trash cart, 96-gallon blue-lid recycling cart, and 96-gallon green-lid organics cart, with weekly curbside collection on an assigned day.
Carson Municipal Code (CMC) Article 5, Chapter 2 prohibits any person from collecting or disposing of solid waste in the City without a solid-waste collector franchise, and separately prohibits any person from collecting residential recyclables without a residential recycling franchise. The City has executed that franchise with Waste Resources (customer service (310) 366-7600). Standard residential (1-4 unit) service is one 96-gallon black-lid trash cart, one 96-gallon blue-lid recycling cart, and one 96-gallon green-lid organics cart per dwelling unit. Holiday rule: when a holiday falls on a weekday, collection for the rest of that week pushes one day later (Thursday holiday → Thursday route moves to Friday, Friday route moves to Saturday). State frame: California Public Resources Code §40059 reserves to cities the right to determine aspects of solid-waste handling (including exclusive franchises). SB 1383 (PRC §42652 et seq., effective Jan 1 2022) requires every California jurisdiction to provide organic-waste collection to all single-family and multifamily residences — Carson satisfies that mandate through the green-lid organics cart.
Using an unfranchised hauler is a CMC Article 5 Ch. 2 violation enforced by Carson Code Enforcement and prosecuted as a misdemeanor or infraction under CMC general penalty provisions (Article 1 Ch. 1). Setting out trash without contracting for franchised service can also trigger nuisance abatement and administrative fines.
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