Vacaville, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Garbage, recycling, organics weekly
- Find your day
- Recology collection calendar
- Holiday shift
- Only Christmas & New Year's
- Bulk pickup
- One annual curbside cleanup
- Hauler
- Recology Vacaville Solano
Summary
Vacaville's franchised hauler, Recology Vacaville Solano, collects garbage, recycling, and organics weekly on one service day. Look up yours on Recology's collection calendar. Only Christmas and New Year's Day shift service - Monday customers move to Tuesday those weeks.
39730.6. (a) Consistent with Section 39730.5, 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. ... 42652.5. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals for 2020 and 2025 established in Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code.
Full Breakdown
Vacaville contracts residential collection to Recology Vacaville Solano. Enter your address on Recology's collection calendar at recology.com/recology-vacaville-solano/collection-calendar to find your service day. Every home gets three carts - gray garbage, blue recycling, and green organics - all serviced weekly on the same day. Recology only suspends service on Christmas Day and New Year's Day; when those fall on a Monday, Monday customers are collected the next day and the week shifts accordingly. Bulky pickup is a single annual curbside cleanup: choose two bulky items, two cubic yards of bagged material, or three e-waste items. Call Recology at 707-448-2945 with questions.
Violations & Fines
No monetary set-out penalty is specified in the collection guidance. Bulky service is one annual curbside cleanup of two large items, two cubic yards of bagged material, or three e-waste items.
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