Palm Springs, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Curbside window
- 5 p.m. day before to 8 p.m. collection day
- Where allowed
- Only in proper containers, not loose in street
- Subscription
- Mandatory for every property owner/occupant
- Schedules/rates
- Set by city council resolution
- Enforcement
- City manager under Section 6.04.245
Summary
Palm Springs bars putting trash, recycling or organic waste out in the street, alley or sidewalk except in proper containers, and only within a set window: from 5 p.m. the day before collection to 8 p.m. on collection day itself. The city council sets the actual collection rates and pickup schedules by resolution.
No person shall place or deposit any Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials, or Organic Waste in or upon any public place, street, alley, sidewalk or footpath in the City except in proper Containers for the purpose of Collection by the collectors and between the hours of 5 p.m. on the day before and 8 p.m. on the day when the City or its authorized agent collects from particular premises. ... The City Council shall, by resolution, from time to time, establish rates and pickup schedules for collection and disposal of waste accumulated or produced within the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4923139; v14 updated 2026-06-24).
Full Breakdown
on the day the city or its authorized agent collects from that particular premises. curbside window to Green Waste placed in green containers. 190 gives the city council authority to establish, by resolution, the rates and pickup schedules for waste collection and disposal, and lets the council delegate to the city manager the authority to set collection schedules and rates for commercial and industrial premises. 200 separately makes subscription to the city's collection service mandatory for every owner or occupant of real property in the city, and it is a public nuisance to occupy property without keeping that service in force and paid.
120 further bars any business from using a container placed on the public street for pedestrian use as its own disposal point; a business has to contract separately for its own container service rather than dumping into street-side public bins meant for pedestrians.
Violations & Fines
Setting waste out before 5 p.m. the day before collection, leaving containers out past 8 p.m. on collection day, or depositing waste directly in the street, alley or sidewalk outside a proper container violates Section 6.04.110. Occupying property without a paid, active collection subscription is a public nuisance under Section 6.04.200(b). The city manager enforces Chapter 6.04 under Section 6.04.245, and violations otherwise default to the citywide misdemeanor-or-infraction penalty structure in Section 1.01.140.
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