Yuba City, CA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

01 and sorts it into three categories. Organic waste must be accepted at the collector's approved organics processing facility, and food waste or animal feces must be thoroughly drained and securely wrapped to prevent leakage, odor, and access by flies and animals. Solid waste follows the state Public Resources Code Section 40191 definition, with feathers, ashes, and vacuum sweepings required to be dampened or wrapped. Recyclable materials include newspaper, mixed paper such as magazines and cardboard, glass containers, aluminum beverage containers, pie tins, tin cans, bi-metal containers, and plastics numbered 1 through 7, excluding bags, film plastic, packaging peanuts, and foam.

13 then bans a separate list of materials from being set out at all unless the Sutter County Health Officer grants written approval: ammunition, explosives, industrial wastes, chemicals, pathological, toxic, and radioactive waste, acids, drugs, medicines, unwrapped feces, and items too large or damaging for the equipment such as large metal pieces, machine parts, logs, and tree stumps. 16 separately requires construction and demolition debris to be hauled away by the owner, contractor, or builder rather than placed in regular refuse containers, with materials separated for recycling under CALGreen standards where possible.