Los Banos, CA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest curb placement
- 6:00 p.m. day before collection
- Removal deadline
- 11:59 p.m. on collection day
- Applies to
- garbage, recycling, and green waste cans
- Enacted by
- Ordinance 918, effective April 18, 1997
- Default penalty
- $50-$250 infraction fine, § 1-2.01
Summary
Los Banos regulates when residents may set out garbage and green waste containers for collection. Municipal Code § 6-3.23 bars placing any can or container, including green waste, at the curb earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before pickup and requires the empty container back out of public view by 11:59 p.m. on collection day.
All persons occupying or in possession of any premises which do not abut an alley shall place all containers and cans for garbage disposal, including green waste, at the street curb edge no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the day of the scheduled collection of such waste materials and shall remove the empty container(s) no later than 11:59 p.m. on the day of scheduled collection. No container(s) shall be stored in any area visible from a public street except on the day of the scheduled collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4356507; v3 updated 2025-03-05).
Full Breakdown
23, enacted by Ordinance 918 effective April 18, 1997, sets the curbside timing rule that governs the green waste can households use for yard trimmings, grass clippings, and food waste under the City's collection service. on the day of collection itself. Outside that overnight-before/day-of window, the code bars storing any container anywhere visible from a public street, with no seasonal exception written in for yard cleanup or extra green waste volume. 2, adopted in 2022, so the same curb-timing and storage limits that apply to the gray garbage can and blue recycling bin apply equally to the green waste container: there is no separate schedule, larger overnight window, or setback distance written for yard waste alone.
A resident generating more green waste than the container holds must still work within this same placement window rather than leaving extra bags or bundles at the curb outside the permitted hours.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 3 does not write a fine schedule specific to § 6-3.23, so a violation of the curb-timing rule falls under the Municipal Code's general penalty clause at § 1-2.01: it is punishable as a misdemeanor or infraction, with an infraction fine capped at $50 for a first conviction, $100 for a second conviction within a year, and $250 for a third or later conviction within a year, or by up to six months in jail if charged as a misdemeanor.
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Sources & Official References
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