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Trash and recycling carts in Firebaugh

Single-family lots: set containers out no earlier than noon the day before collection and remove them within 12 hours after collection.

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Trash carts: Single-family lots: set containers out no earlier than noon the day before collection and remove them within 12 hours after collection.

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

What Firebaugh's code says

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Required collection service	Every occupied property must receive garbage, green waste, recycling and rubbish service from the city or its collector. § 13-2.4 · code text It shall be mandatory for every occupied property within the City to receive garbage, green waste, recycling and rubbish collection service from the City or its designated collector.
Sorting organics and green waste	Separate all green waste from garbage and recyclables and put it in a separate green container. Applies: Applies to every solid waste collection customer. § 13-2.7 · code text Each customer shall separate all green waste from garbage and recyclable material prior to pickup of solid waste, shall obtain and use a separate suitable container, meeting the requirements of paragraph a of this subsection and green in color, and, except as provided in paragraph e of this subsection, shall place all green waste only in such container for collection.
When carts must come back	Remove empty containers no later than 12 hours after collection. Applies: Applies to single-family residential lots. § 13-2.8 · code text The empty containers shall be removed from within the front yard curbline no later than 12 hours following the actual collection.
When carts may go to the curb	Not before noon on the day before the scheduled collection day Applies: single-family residential lots § 13-2.8 · code text All garbage and rubbish, green waste and recyclable material containers for all single-family residential lots, whether or not adjacent to a public alley, shall be placed within the curbline in the front yard of such lot no sooner than noon of the day preceding the scheduled day of collection, and no later than prior to the scheduled time of collection on the scheduled day of collection.
Where carts are kept	Store containers on the lot no closer than the front yard setback line required under Chapter 25, Zoning. Applies: Applies to single-family residential lots, at times other than collection. § 13-2.8 · code text At all other times garbage and rubbish, green waste and recyclable material containers for single-family residential lots shall be stored at a location on the lot no closer than the front yard setback line as required under Chapter 25, Zoning. Containers must be screened from view of the street and adjacent lots. Applies: Applies to single-family lots when containers are stored in the front or side yard. § 13-2.8 · code text Any garbage and rubbish, green waste or recyclable material container stored in the front yard area or side yard area of such lot shall be screened from view of the street and adjacent lots.

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Single-family lots: set containers out no earlier than noon the day before collection and remove them within 12 hours after collection.

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