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

Recycling in Alpine County is built around drop-off rather than curbside collection. Douglas Disposal notes that curbside recycling is not available; instead, recyclables go to free drop-off locations. The County's Recycling Center at 50 Diamond Valley Road, Markleeville (the Community Development office, in the Woodfords/Diamond Valley area) operates Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., accepting aluminum cans, flattened cardboard, catalogs, cleaned glass, magazines, motor oil, newspaper, cleaned/flattened plastic containers, tin cans and white paper; users sort and stack materials by type, and revenue from materials funds the program. Mandatory recycling obligations come largely from California state law. Under AB 341 (mandatory commercial recycling), businesses and public entities generating more than four cubic yards of solid waste per week, and multifamily dwellings of five or more units, must arrange recycling, which the County's solid-waste page reflects. The County Code adds Chapter 8.44, Recycling Areas in Development Projects, implementing the California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act: it requires that development projects provide adequate, accessible areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials, noting that diverting fifty percent of solid waste 'requires the participation of the residential, commercial, industrial and public sectors.' New construction is also subject to CALGreen (Title 24, Part 11) waste-diversion requirements.