Temecula, CA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

410(F) of the waste management chapter sets a specific preparation standard for tree trimmings and brush placed out for pickup: material must be cut into four-foot lengths and tied into bundles no larger than twenty-four inches in diameter, a rule the code states exists for ease in pickup by the collection crew's equipment. This is a distinct, older local ordinance (dating to Ord. 90-27) from the city's newer SB 1383 organic waste container program; it governs how brush and trimmings must be physically bundled rather than which colored cart they go in.

010's definitions establish an alternate collection method for larger volumes: an 'uncontainerized green waste and yard waste collection service,' also called an 'uncontainerized service,' is a collection service that picks up green waste and yard waste placed in a pile or bagged at the curb in front of a house or business, for transport to a facility that recovers source-separated organic waste, consistent with the state definition at 14 CCR Section 18982(a)(75). Residents with more yard debris than fits in the standard cart can use this piled or bagged method on the appropriate service day rather than force everything into four-foot bundles. 410.