Simi Valley, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

32 governs how recyclable commodities move through the City's collection system. Subsection (a) protects a property owner's right to transport their own recyclable commodities as long as they meet the chapter's health and sanitation standards. Subsection (b) makes it unlawful for a recyclables collector to charge a residential, commercial or industrial owner for removing or recycling recyclable materials, a rule the City frames as necessary to protect its regulatory authority over solid waste collection. Subsection (c) requires anyone collecting or transporting recyclable commodities to minimize noise and follow the City's general noise code, and subsection (d) obligates the recyclables collector to supply containers, bins or roll-off boxes to commercial customers who set recyclables out for pickup.

16, which makes scavenging, taking or appropriating any discard already placed out for collection, unlawful for anyone other than the licensed or franchised collector, whether the material sits in a standard container or not. Together these sections keep recycling collection exclusive to the City's franchisee: nobody may charge extra to pick recyclables up, and nobody but the franchisee may take them once they are set at the curb. 33 sets the penalty framework for the whole chapter, treating a violation as an infraction with a fine set by City Council resolution, or as a misdemeanor, with unpaid fines recoverable under Title 1, Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code.