Anaheim, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

10 implements the state's mandatory organics and recycling law (SB 1383) locally. 090 requires Responsible Parties of Single-Family Premises to subscribe to and pay for the Franchisee's Three-Container System, covering weekly collection of Recyclable Materials, Organic Materials and Solid Waste, and to place designated materials in the correctly designated container. Households must place Source Separated Organic Materials, including food waste, in the Organic Materials Container, Source Separated Recyclable Materials in the Recyclable Materials Container, and only true Solid Waste in the trash container; residents may not direct anyone to place Prohibited Container Contaminants in any collection container or to place recyclables or organics in the Solid Waste Container.

The City Manager or Designee can review the number and size of a generator's containers and require a household to adjust its service level. 040, giving the City Manager authority to require a change in service level for noncompliance. 080 makes it unlawful to place contaminated materials or Prohibited Container Contaminants into a Refuse, Recyclable Materials or Organics Materials container not designated for them, and equally unlawful to dump recyclables or organics into the Solid Waste Container instead of the correct bin. 060 delays enforcement of provisions tied to SB 1383 until the compliance dates that state law requires, so the mandate phases in on the schedule California set rather than an earlier city-only deadline.