Upland, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- UMC § 13.28.500
- Cart sizes
- About 35, 65, or 95 gallons
- Prohibited
- Cardboard boxes, paper or plastic bags
- Automated collection
- Only collector-issued carts allowed
- Unauthorized container
- Declared a nuisance (§ 13.28.460)
Summary
Upland requires households to use the standard cart the authorized collector supplies for solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste. Municipal Code Section 13.28.500 bars cardboard boxes, paper bags, plastic bags, or any other fragile container, and once automated collection starts in an area only collector-issued carts are allowed.
The authorized collector shall provide standard residential solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste containers to each residential householder. No cardboard box, paper or plastic bag, or other similarly fragile container, may be used as a container for solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste. Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, upon the commencement of automated collection in the city, only containers provided by the authorized collector may be used for residential solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
500 states that 'the authorized collector shall provide standard residential solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste containers to each residential householder. No cardboard box, paper or plastic bag, or other similarly fragile container, may be used as a container for solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste. 460, backs this up from the other direction: no cardboard box or paper or plastic bag may be used as a receptacle, and no one other than the authorized collector may place a container for collection in the city; any container placed in violation is declared a nuisance subject to abatement.
Violations & Fines
Placing waste in an unauthorized cardboard box, bag, or fragile container, or setting out a container the authorized collector did not supply, is declared a nuisance under Section 13.28.460, subject to abatement under the city's nuisance procedures. Absent a specific fine in the chapter, the general Title 1 penalty applies: a misdemeanor under Section 1.16.010 punishable by up to $1,000.00 or six months in jail, or the city can cite it as an infraction under Section 1.22.040, capped at $100.00 to $500.00 across repeat offenses in a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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