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Trash and recycling carts in Mill Valley

Mill Valley'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 Mill Valley Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Mill Valley's code says

Mill Valley code What Mill Valley's code adds
Required collection service
  • You must subscribe to solid waste collection service.
    § 7.04.120 · code text
    Every person subject to this chapter shall subscribe to the level of solid waste collection service as required under Section 7.04.040 or Section 7.04.050.
  • You are not required to subscribe.
    Applies: The person shows they meet the self-hauler requirements or has a waiver.
    § 7.04.120 · code text
    unless the person demonstrates they meet the self-hauler requirements of this Code in Section 7.04.180 or have a waiver pursuant to Section 7.04.170 of this Code
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Separate organic materials, including food waste, and place them in the green container.
    § 7.04.120 · code text
    Generators shall place source separated organic materials, including food waste, in the green container; place source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and place garbage in the gray/black container.
When carts must come back
  • Within 24 hours of the day of collection.
    § 7.04.060 · code text
    but shall be removed within 24 hours of the day of collection.
When carts may go to the curb
  • On the day(s) designated for collection.
    § 7.04.060 · code text
    collection containers may be placed on the day(s) and in the designated collection locations for removal and emptying of said collection containers
Where carts are kept
  • Keep carts on the premises, in a location and manner not visible from the public street.
    § 7.04.060 · code text
    but shall be maintained on the premises in a location and manner so as not to be visible from the public street and where they will not be a public nuisance or in any degree offensive.

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Mill Valley?

Mill Valley's code: You must subscribe to solid waste collection service. (§ 7.04.120); You are not required to subscribe. (The person shows they meet the self-hauler requirements or has a waiver.) (§ 7.04.120).

General information, not legal advice.

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