Truckee, CA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Cart size
- 96-gallon, franchisee-provided
- Bundled with
- solid waste + recycling service
- Minimum frequency
- can run less than weekly
- Placement
- next to refuse container on service day
- Self-haul option
- Eastern Regional Landfill / drop-off event
Summary
Truckee residents who sign up for yard-waste service must use a franchisee-provided 96-gallon cart under Truckee Municipal Code § 6.01.040(A)(3), and single-family customers subscribe to that service alongside trash and recycling under § 6.01.050(B). Yard-waste carts go out next to the regular trash cart on the scheduled service day, which can run less often than weekly.
3.Occupants of single-family units who participate in the curbside residential Yard waste program must place all acceptable Yard waste material in franchisee-provided 96-gallon Yard waste carts. ... B.Single-Family Units1.Occupants of single-family units shall subscribe to solid waste, recycling, and Yard waste curbside service, collected at least once per week, or according to a schedule of services provided in a franchise agreement with a waste hauler. ... Carts for Recyclable, Yard waste, and organic materials shall be placed next to the refuse container on the designated day of service which may be less frequent than weekly.
Full Breakdown
040(A)(3) requires occupants of single-family units who take part in the curbside residential yard-waste program to place all acceptable yard waste in a franchisee-provided 96-gallon yard-waste cart; this sits alongside the same subsection's rule that recycling goes in a 64-gallon cart or a tied 30-gallon blue bag. 050(B)(1) folds yard waste into the standard single-family subscription: occupants of single-family units subscribe to solid waste, recycling and yard-waste curbside service together, collected at least once a week or on whatever schedule the Town's franchise agreement with the hauler sets.
050(E) then governs where the cart sits on service day: carts for recyclable, yard-waste and organic materials go out next to the regular refuse container on the designated day of service, which the code notes may be less frequent than weekly for yard waste specifically, unlike the weekly minimum for garbage. 070. Residents who instead self-haul can bring yard trimmings to the Eastern Regional Landfill or a yard-waste drop-off event as an alternative to the curbside cart.
Violations & Fines
Yard waste falls under the same Chapter 6.01 enforcement scheme as the rest of solid waste service: Section 6.01.130 gives a customer a warning for a first violation, then applies Chapter 1.02's general penalty schedule, infraction fines of $100, $200 and $500 for a first, second and third offense within a year, and misdemeanor penalties beyond that.
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