Hanford, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest curb placement
- 7 p.m. day before pickup
- Cart removal deadline
- midnight on collection day
- Alley customers
- same schedule, at property line
- Legal basis
- Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(I)(3)
Summary
Hanford limits when carts can sit at the curb: no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before pickup, and they must be back off the street by midnight on collection day.
All customers whose containers or bins are required to be placed curbside for service shall...place their blue, green, and grey containers at the curb between the hours of seven p.m. the day prior to collection and four thirty a.m. the day of collection, and shall remove the empty containers from the curb and store...no later than midnight on the day of collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4873707; v4 updated 2026-03-17).
Full Breakdown
Under Hanford Municipal Code § 13.12.040(I)(3), curb-service customers may place their blue, green, and gray containers out between 7 p.m. the day before collection and 4:30 a.m. on collection day, and must pull the emptied containers back off the curb and into storage by midnight that same day. Alley-service customers follow the same schedule but place containers at the property line in the alley instead. Late placement can mean the cart goes unserviced that week, or extra fees if the city accommodates a late pickup request.
Violations & Fines
Containers put out too early or left at the curb past midnight risk not being serviced, or the customer may be charged an additional fee if the city agrees to a late service request.
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Sources & Official References
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