Chino, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Required containers
- Blue, green and gray, three-container service
- Blue container use
- Source separated recyclable materials
- Contamination
- Unlawful; fee or enforcement action
- Penalty schedule
- $100 / $200 / $500, escalating
- Effective date
- January 1, 2022
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 2021-014, § 5(exh. A), 2021
Summary
Every single-family household in Chino must subscribe to a three-container collection service, a blue container for recyclables, a green container for organics and a gray container for trash, and keep materials sorted correctly. Cross-contaminating a container is unlawful and can bring a processing fee or an escalating fine starting at $100.
Single-family generators shall subscribe to a three-container collection service that includes a blue container, green container, and gray container, and shall comply with the following requirements, except those single-family generators that meet all applicable self-hauler requirements in the Chino Municipal Code: A.Shall subscribe to, and pay for, city's collection services for all discarded materials generated as described in Section 8.18.070(B)... B.Shall participate in the city's collection service(s) by placing designated materials in designated containers as described below, and shall not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
070(A) requires that "single-family generators shall subscribe to a three-container collection service that includes a blue container, green container, and gray container," unless the household qualifies as a self-hauler under the chapter's self-hauler rules. The city or its designee may review the number and size of a household's containers to confirm adequate capacity and can require the household to adjust its service level. 2(a)(5). 180. 180(E)). 180(D)(4)). 110. The chapter implements a chain of state recycling mandates, including AB 939 (1989), AB 341 (2011) and AB 1826 (2014), was adopted by Ord. 2021-014, § 5(exh. 200.
Violations & Fines
Placing the wrong material in a blue, green or gray container is unlawful under Section 8.18.070(B) and can bring a contamination processing fee or a notice of violation under Section 8.18.180. Administrative fines escalate: $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second, and $500 for a third or later violation, with a right to appeal under Section 1.15.110.
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