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

05, adopted by Ordinance No. 22-02 on February 9, 2022, governs how Eastvale residents and businesses handle recyclable materials day to day. Sec. 400 sets the ownership rule: once non-organic recyclables are placed at a designated recycling collection point, or in a container furnished by the city's solid waste franchisee, they become the property of the recycler or franchisee by operation of state law. The same section preserves a resident's or organization's right to donate, sell or otherwise dispose of recyclables it has segregated itself, as long as it does not pay the buyer or donee any fee for collecting, processing, transporting or brokering the material; charge for those services and the arrangement falls outside the exemption.

Sec. 110 layers on the mechanics every premises must follow for any container, recycling or otherwise: keep enough containers on site to hold a week's worth of waste without spilling or emitting odors, place materials in the proper container required by the chapter, and never leave a container in the public right-of-way more than 24 hours before scheduled pickup or more than 24 hours after collection. Outside of collection day, no container may be visible from the right-of-way at all. These rules apply on top of the franchise system created by Sec.

200, under which the city council awards exclusive or non-exclusive hauling franchises and makes it a violation for anyone else to collect solid waste or recyclables within the city.