Plumas County, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Plumas County's solid waste program operates under Plumas County Code Title 6, Chapter 10 (Solid Waste Control), administered by the Solid Waste Division of Public Works through franchise contracts with two haulers. In much of the rural unincorporated county, there is no universal mandatory curbside collection; residents commonly self-haul household waste to County-operated transfer stations such as Chester, East Quincy, Greenville, Graeagle, Delleker, and La Porte. Where curbside service is offered, Feather River Disposal (a Waste Management company, (530) 283-2004) and Intermountain Disposal ((530) 832-4879, serving Eastern Plumas County, the City of Portola, and Sierra County) provide it on a subscription basis. WM's residential service is weekly curbside with 64- or 96-gallon carts; WM instructs customers to place the cart at the curb with wheels against the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day and remove it the same day. Intermountain instructs customers to have the container visible and accessible, placed curbside by 6 a.m. on pickup day, with the customer responsible for clearing snow in front of the container. Transfer stations are closed on major holidays and many run reduced winter (snow-season) hours.