Sunnyvale, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Weekly garbage, recycling, organics
- Find your day
- 'How to Get Rid of Anything' tool/app
- Holiday shift
- One day later that week
- Bulk pickup
- Two free on-call/year
- Set-out time
- Carts out by 6 a.m.
Summary
Sunnyvale collects garbage, recycling, and organics weekly on the same day. Look up your day with the city's 'How to Get Rid of Anything' tool or the Sunnyvale Recycles Right app. On Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's weeks, collection slides one day later.
SB 1383, Lara. Short-lived climate pollutants: methane emissions: dairy and livestock: organic waste: landfills. ... The bill also would establish specified targets for reducing organic waste in landfills. ... The bill would require the department, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve the specified targets for reducing organic waste in landfills. The bill would authorize local jurisdictions to charge and collect fees to recover the local jurisdiction's costs incurred in complying with the regulations. ... methane emissions reduction goals shall include the following targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics: (1) A 50-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020. (2) A 75-percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.
Full Breakdown
Garbage, recycling, and organics (food scraps and yard trimmings) are collected weekly on your assigned day, serviced by Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling (SSWR). Find your schedule and set reminders with the city's 'How to Get Rid of Anything' lookup or the Sunnyvale Recycles Right app. Collection starts at 6:00 a.m., so have carts at the curb by then. There is no collection on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day; when one falls on a weekday, all collections for the rest of that week move one day later. Single-family residents get two free on-call bulky-item pickups per year, schedule via the 'On-Call Pickup' tab and set items out only on the approved date. Missed pickups: SSWR at 408-565-9900.
Violations & Fines
No monetary penalty specified; carts must be at the curb by 6:00 a.m., and bulky items may be placed out only on an approved on-call date. Set-out rules are governed by Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapter 8.16.
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