Trash and recycling carts in Antioch: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Antioch Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Required collection service	Subscribe to the city's three-container service for trash, recyclable materials and organics. Applies: Single-family organic waste generators. § 6-3.02 · code text Shall subscribe to the city’s three-container collection services for trash, recyclable materials, and organics. Subscribe with the contractor for collection of trash, organics and recyclable materials. § 6-3.02 · code text Every person, firm or corporation that generates and that is required by this chapter to dispose of trash, organics, and recyclable materials shall subscribe with the contractor for the collection of trash, organics, and recyclable materials.
Sorting organics and green waste	Put source separated organic waste, including food waste, in the organics container. § 6-3.02 · code text The generator shall place source separated organic waste, including food waste, in the organics container; source separated recyclable materials in the recycling container; and trash in the trash container.
When carts must come back	At the end of the day on the scheduled collection day. Applies: Residential accounts. § 6-3.03 · code text All containers shall be removed from the city right-of-way at the end of the day on the scheduled collection day.
When carts may go to the curb	Not earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before the scheduled pickup. Applies: Residential accounts; wheels against the curb. § 6-3.03 · code text It shall be the duty of every residential subscriber to place the containers in the street, with the wheels against the curb, not earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before the scheduled pickup.

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When can trash carts go out to the curb in Antioch?

Antioch's code: Subscribe to the city's three-container service for trash, recyclable materials and organics. (Single-family organic waste generators.) (§ 6-3.02); Subscribe with the contractor for collection of trash, organics and recyclable materials. (§ 6-3.02).

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