San Jacinto, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

The separation duty sits in § 8.32.020(C) of the San Jacinto Municipal Code and reaches every person in charge of a residence, a commercial or industrial building or space, or a construction site in the City of San Jacinto. Recyclable materials and green waste must be kept apart from each other and from the refuse stream, and the separated loads must leave the premises not less than once per week. Chapter 8.32 defines recyclable materials as newsprint, paper, cardboard or other paper products, glass, aluminum cans, tin cans, plastic containers, and green waste.

Subsection (D) adds a service mandate. Commercial or industrial buildings, and multifamily complexes that consist of five or more units, that generate four cubic yards or more of solid waste per week, regardless of type, must arrange green waste recycling services through the permittee. The city manager can grant exemptions to specific customers as Public Resources Code Section 42649.82(e)(3) permits.

The code does not force a customer to route recyclables through the hauler. Section 8.32.120 states that no provision of any franchise requires a customer to dispose of recyclable materials, or prohibits a customer from recycling or redeeming them at any facility equipped to recycle or collect them. Section 8.32.080 bans burning or burying recyclable materials within the city. Any franchise that collects solid waste in San Jacinto must also comply with Chapter 8.33, which puts single-family homes and commercial businesses into the blue, green and gray three-container system. Collection and recycling charges are placed on the water bill for the premises under § 8.32.150, and the property owner and the account holder are jointly and severally liable for them.