Yuba City trash & recycling schedule
Trash is picked up weekly; your day depends on your ZIP.
At a glance
| Trash | Residential weekly garbage in gray landfill cart — sizes 32 / 64 / 96 gal (pay-by-volume). Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com, yubacity.gov |
|---|---|
| Curbside | Not yet confirmed Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com |
| Recycling | Weekly blue recycling cart, same day as garbage (separate truck/time OK). Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com, yubacity.gov |
| Bulk | Contact the city for bulk pickup details. Bulk page Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com |
| Hauler | Recology Yuba-Sutter (franchise). |
| Contacts | Recology 530-743-6933; City garbage services pointer. Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com, yubacity.gov |
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
Where
Curb; carts ≥3 ft apart and ≥3 ft from cars/objects for automated arm; nothing on top of or beside carts (except allowed extra recycle/green bags).
Limits
Lid closed / do not overstuff gray cart; extra garbage only with prior office arrangement + fee; extra recycle/green free beside carts.
Not allowed
Fluorescent bulbs not in gray cart (household hazardous waste facility); thin plastics/film, ceramics, broken glass typically landfill; household hazardous waste/sharps not in carts.
Brush
Green organics cart weekly — leaves, grass, branches, weeds, food scraps, food-soiled paper. Excess green waste: bag or bundle beside cart.
Fees and fines
Contamination tags/driver notes; specific municipal citation dollars.
Not yet confirmed: When, Bags.
Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com
Find your pickup day
Verified 2026-10-15 · recology.com
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Full details for Yuba City: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- Franchise Recology Yuba-Sutter (city directs residents to Recology). Residential weekly garbage in gray landfill cart — sizes 32 / 64 / 96 gal (pay-by-volume). Day by address — Recology customer service 530-743-6933; many Yuba-Sutter addresses have a service-day change starting week of Oct 12, 2026 — use Recology “Find your new collection day” tool. Extra bags: call office ≥1 day before service day (per-bag fee). Household hazardous waste: Yuba-Sutter household hazardous waste Facility 134 Burns Dr, Yuba City.
- Recycling
- Weekly blue recycling cart, same day as garbage (separate truck/time OK). Accepts paper, cardboard, glass bottles, aluminum/tin cans, hard plastics — no plastic bags/thin film. Extra recyclables bagged next to carts free, no prior call. Rinse containers; loose only. WhatBin.com / Recology sorting guides for edge cases.
- Bulk pickup
- Schedule Bulky Item Pickup via Recology (530-743-6933) or dispose excess via advance bag arrangements / transfer station. Transfer Station & Buy-Back Center on Recology site for drop-off rates.
- Curbside: when
- Not yet confirmed
- Curbside: where
- Curb; carts ≥3 ft apart and ≥3 ft from cars/objects for automated arm; nothing on top of or beside carts (except allowed extra recycle/green bags).
- Curbside: limits
- Lid closed / do not overstuff gray cart; extra garbage only with prior office arrangement + fee; extra recycle/green free beside carts.
- Curbside: brush
- Green organics cart weekly — leaves, grass, branches, weeds, food scraps, food-soiled paper. Excess green waste: bag or bundle beside cart.
- Curbside: not allowed
- Fluorescent bulbs not in gray cart (household hazardous waste facility); thin plastics/film, ceramics, broken glass typically landfill; household hazardous waste/sharps not in carts.
- Curbside: bags
- Not yet confirmed
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Contamination tags/driver notes; specific municipal citation dollars.
- Holidays
Not yet confirmed. Check your city.
- Hauler
- Recology Yuba-Sutter (franchise)
- Contacts
- Recology 530-743-6933; City garbage services pointer https://www.yubacity.gov/how_do_i/garbage_services.php
- Find your day
- Recology collection-day lookup / phone
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: recology.com, yubacity.gov
Bulk: recology.com
Holidays: recology.com
Curbside: recology.com - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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