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

There is no standalone recycling chapter in the Glenn County Code's Title 7 (Health and Safety); the chapter that governs collection (Chapter 7.08) is framed around garbage, rubbish, and refuse handling and hauler permitting. Residential recycling instead comes from two sources. First, the County's franchise with Waste Management: residents in the franchise area receive a recycling cart collected weekly, and WM's Glenn County guidance lists acceptable recyclables as 'dry bottles, cans, paper and cardboard,' with plastic and paper to-go cups now accepted. WM instructs residents to keep recyclables loose — 'no loose plastic bags or film, and no bagged recyclables' — and to keep food and liquid out, because bags and contamination undermine the recycling stream. Second, California's statewide diversion laws apply regardless of any county ordinance: AB 939 set the 50% diversion goal, AB 341 established a statewide 75% recycling goal and mandatory commercial recycling, and AB 1826 requires many businesses to recycle organic waste. These state mandates, administered by CalRecycle, control where the County has not adopted its own recycling ordinance. Residents should follow their hauler's accepted-materials list and contact Glenn County Public Works Solid Waste & Recycling for current programs.