Redwood City, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

31's council-set rates, unless a waiver under subsection (B) applies. To get a waiver, a resident or business applies to the City's Health Officer, or the Health Officer's designee, stating the reason service should not be required. The Health Officer can only grant it after finding that the City's sanitation and public health will not suffer, and for organics or recyclables specifically, the applicant has to demonstrate the materials are already being diverted in a manner consistent with State statutes and regulations, not simply left uncollected.

The Health Officer may conduct an on-site review before ruling. If the application is denied, the applicant has an appeal right: a written appeal must be filed with the City Manager within seventy-two hours or two City working days, whichever is longer, and the City Manager must set the matter for a hearing within forty-eight hours. After that hearing the City Manager can reverse, affirm or modify the Health Officer's decision, and that ruling is final with no further administrative appeal. 24 sets the collection floor: refuse collectors may never provide service less often than once a week. on weekends, holidays excluded in both cases. 10.