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

Woodland Municipal Code Chapter 13.36 puts the State's commercial recycling mandate into local rules. Section 13.36.030 requires every commercial business, defined to include any commercial or public entity, any property complex containing two or more commercial entities, and any multifamily residential property with five units or more, to source-separate recyclable materials from its solid waste and organic waste, maintain at least a basic level of recycling service, and either sign a service agreement with an authorized contractor or complete a self-hauling/exemption form. Businesses must post one or more signs at the collection point listing what materials require separation and how they're collected, though a business is not liable if the contractor or an alternative recycler fails to deliver separated material to a recycling center.

Section 13.36.040 lets the Community Development Director grant an exemption when there is no feasible on-site storage space for recycling containers or compliance would violate the City's zoning parking standards, and Section 13.36.050 requires any self-hauling business to certify, in writing, the types and quantities of material it hauls and the name of the recycling center it uses. A denied exemption can be appealed first to the Community Development Director and then to the City Manager, whose decision is final. Section 13.36.070 makes every violation of the chapter a strict-liability offense: it may be prosecuted as an infraction or misdemeanor under Section 1.08.070, or the Community Development Director can issue an administrative citation under Chapter 9.20, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense.