Carson, CA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Requires
- 3-container service: blue/green/gray
- Green container
- yard waste + food scraps
- Legal basis
- SB 1383 (Ord. 21-2121)
- Fines
- $100 / $200 / $500 escalating
- Exempt
- qualifying self-haulers, CMC § 51110
Summary
Every Carson home must subscribe to three-container trash service and put yard trimmings and other green waste in the green organics container, not the trash or recycling bin.
Organic waste generators shall subscribe to a three (3) container collection service which includes a blue container, green container and gray container... Generator shall place source separated green container organic waste, including food waste, in the green container; source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container.
Full Breakdown
CMC § 51104, part of Carson's SB 1383 organics ordinance (Chapter 11, Ord. 21-2121), requires single-family organic waste generators to subscribe to a three-container collection service, blue, green, and gray, unless they meet the Code's self-hauler requirements. Source-separated green container organic waste, which includes yard and green waste along with food waste, must go in the green container; recyclables go in blue and everything else in gray. The City or its designee can review a household's container sizes to ensure adequate capacity, and residents composting on site or using a permitted community composting site are treated as complying.
Violations & Fines
Noncompliance draws a notice of violation and escalating fines under CMC § 51150(E): $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second, and $500 for a third or later violation within the same calendar year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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