Oxnard, CA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard green/organics cart
- 96 gallons, weekly service
- Minimum service tier
- 64-gallon refuse + 96-gallon organics
- Free bulky pickup
- Up to 5 items per year
- Curbside placement window
- No earlier than 12 hours before pickup
- Multi-family organics threshold
- Over 2 cubic yards/week
Summary
Single-family homes and mobile homes in Oxnard must receive a 96-gallon green and organics waste container serviced weekly, alongside separate refuse and recycling carts. Minimum service is a 64-gallon refuse cart with the same 96-gallon organics cart, per Oxnard Code of Ordinances Sec. 19-203(A).
(A) Residential minimum service requirements. Single family dwellings, single family dwellings with less than three units, and mobile homes shall each receive a 96-gallon refuse container, a 96-gallon recycle container, and a 96-gallon green/organics waste container that will be serviced once a week. The minimum service requirements for residential and mobile home type dwellings listed herein shall be a 64-gallon refuse container, a 96-gallon recycle container, and a 96-gallon green/organics waste container that will be serviced once a week. Each residential service includes one curbside bulky item collection (up to five household items) per year at no additional charge.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Contains Supplement current through 1-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
Sec. ' The section also allows a reduced minimum tier of a 64-gallon refuse container paired with the same 96-gallon recycle and 96-gallon green/organics containers, still serviced weekly, and includes one free curbside bulky item pickup of up to five household items per year. 76 after an October 14, 2025 rate adjustment. Placement rules apply citywide under Sec. 19-192: containers must go out no earlier than 12 hours before the scheduled pickup time and must be pulled back from the curb or alley after collection; nothing may be placed for collection outside city-established days or left within a street or alley without the city manager's authorization.
Multi-family properties of five units or more that generate more than two cubic yards of solid waste weekly must separately subscribe to organics collection service under Sec. 19-194(D), which functions as the multi-family analog to the single-family green waste cart.
Violations & Fines
Placing green waste, recyclables or refuse for collection outside the designated days, times or containers violates Sec. 19-192 and is enforceable under Sec. 19-201, which allows infraction or misdemeanor prosecution, civil action, and administrative citations; the city may also assess contamination processing fees after repeated instances of prohibited materials in a container under Sec. 19-201(C)(2).
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