Riverside provides weekly curbside trash, recycling, and green waste collection. Residents receive city-issued carts for each waste stream. Collection days are assigned by neighborhood. Carts must be placed at the curb by 6:00 AM on collection day. California's SB 1383 requires organic waste diversion, which Riverside implements through its green waste and food waste collection program.
Riverside contracts with waste haulers or operates municipal trash collection on a weekly schedule. Residents receive assigned pickup days. Bins must be placed curbside by the designated morning time, typically 6 to 7 AM. Holiday delays shift pickup one day. Contaminated recycling bins may be skipped. Oversized or overweight bins will not be collected. Contact Riverside public works for schedule changes or missed pickup reports.
Failure to follow schedule may result in missed pickup. Repeated violations of bin rules may incur $50 to $200 fines from code enforcement.
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