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Trash and recycling carts in Commerce

Commerce's own rules on trash and recycling carts, with the code text for every value.

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

What Commerce's code says

Commerce code What Commerce's code adds
Required collection service
  • Residents must use the city's automated collection system.
    Applies: Applies unless the city or its franchise hauler allows otherwise.
    § 6.06.110 · code text
    All residents shall utilize the city's automated collection system except those permitted otherwise by the city or its franchise hauler.
When carts must come back
  • Put containers back on private property on the day of collection.
    § 6.06.130 · code text
    These containers may be placed out for collection on the evening prior to trash/recycling collection day and shall be placed back onto private property on the day of collection.
When carts may go to the curb
  • Containers may be put out on the evening before collection day.
    § 6.06.130 · code text
    These containers may be placed out for collection on the evening prior to trash/recycling collection day and shall be placed back onto private property on the day of collection.
Where carts are kept
  • Containers must be kept on private property, though not necessarily out of public view.
    Applies: Applies to premises served by automated refuse and recycling containers.
    § 6.06.130 · code text
    For premises serviced with automated containers for refuse and recycling, all containers shall be placed on private property, but not necessarily out of public view.
  • Containers may not be placed within the right-of-way of an alley.
    § 6.06.130 · code text
    These containers shall not be placed within the right-of-way of an alley.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Commerce's code: Residents must use the city's automated collection system. (Applies unless the city or its franchise hauler allows otherwise.) (§ 6.06.110); Put containers back on private property on the day of collection. (§ 6.06.130).

General information, not legal advice.

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