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

Solid waste service in unincorporated Shasta County operates under County franchise agreements: Waste Management (USA Waste) serves the inner/urban zone around Redding and Burney Disposal serves outlying communities. Despite the franchise structure, Shasta County Public Works confirmed that residential garbage service is not mandatory - Principal Engineer Don Renz stated, 'Shasta County does not require mandatory garbage service at your residence so you can certainly cancel the service if you feel it is too inconvenient or expensive.' For subscribers, Waste Management provides weekly trash collection, with the specific service day depending on the customer's address. To accommodate the new SB 1383 organics program, the County 'reduced the recycling down to every other week so we could provide this organics can once a week pick up,' meaning recycling is now collected biweekly and organics weekly. Holiday delays push the rest of the week's collections back one day. Reported monthly rates for the urban/organics service area rose from roughly $37.99 to just over $50 after organics service began (service started October 6, 2025; carts distributed September 15, 2025). Customers who decline service must dispose of waste lawfully, such as self-hauling to the County-owned West Central Landfill or a transfer station. These arrangements apply to unincorporated Shasta County, not to Redding, Anderson, or Shasta Lake.