Upland, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- UMC § 13.28.290
- Applies to
- Residential and commercial/industrial premises
- Mandatory
- Use of the city's authorized collector
- Fee-based haulers
- Only the authorized collector may charge
- Narrow exception
- Occasional self-haul, § 13.28.220
Summary
Every occupied property in Upland, residential or commercial, must subscribe to the city's authorized collector for solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste. Municipal Code Section 13.28.290 bars anyone else from collecting or hauling waste for a fee within city limits, apart from limited self-haul exceptions elsewhere in the chapter.
All solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste collected from residential or commercial/industrial premises for a fee, service charge or other consideration shall be collected by an authorized collector, subject to the exclusions set forth in Article V of this chapter, and the limited rights granted collectors with collection permits pursuant to this chapter. ... Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each residential householder and commercial/industrial business owner shall utilize the services of the authorized collector for the collection of solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste from the residential or commercial/industrial premises held or occupied by such householder or owner and shall pay for such services the fees set by the collector and authorized by the city council. No residential householder or commercial/industrial business owner shall enter into an agreement for solid waste, recyclables, and organic waste collection services with any person other than the authorized collector, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
290 states in three parts. 220: a residential householder may still haul an occasional load of their own solid waste, compost their own organic waste, or sell or give away their own recyclables, but that does not replace the underlying obligation to subscribe to the authorized collector's service. 350.
Violations & Fines
Contracting with, or acting as, an unauthorized hauler collecting solid waste, recyclables, or organic waste for a fee violates Section 13.28.290(B) directly. With no chapter-specific fine listed, it defaults to the Title 1 penalty scheme: a misdemeanor under Section 1.16.010 punishable by up to $1,000.00, six months in jail, or both, or an infraction-level administrative citation under Section 1.22.040 running $100.00 to $500.00 across repeat violations within a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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