Kings County, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Mid Valley Disposal provides every unincorporated Kings County household a recycling container alongside the trash and organics carts. Per the hauler's published list, the recycling cart accepts commingled recyclables such as mixed paper, clean and flat cardboard, aluminum and tin cans, glass jars and bottles, and recyclable plastics #1, #2 and #5 bottles and containers. Items such as Styrofoam, clothes, shoes, plastic bags, bathroom waste and diapers belong in the trash, not the recycling cart. Recycling in California is mandatory, not optional: the statewide Mandatory Commercial Recycling law (AB 341) requires businesses and multifamily complexes generating defined volumes of waste to arrange recycling service, and SB 1383 (effective January 1, 2022) requires all residents, businesses and multifamily properties to separate recyclables and organics from trash, either by subscribing to collection or self-hauling to an appropriate facility. Recyclables collected in the county are processed through the Kings Waste & Recycling Authority (KWRA). Commercial recycling questions in the county are handled through the County Public Works / commercial-recycling program. Contamination, putting non-recyclables in the recycling cart, undermines diversion and can trigger corrective notices under the SB 1383 framework. Residents should rinse containers, keep recyclables loose (not bagged), and confirm accepted plastics with Mid Valley Disposal.