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Trash and recycling carts in Monrovia

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

What Monrovia's code says

Monrovia code What Monrovia's code adds
Required collection service
  • Customers must arrange for collection and proper disposal of solid waste
    Applies: Residential premises where solid waste is accumulated
    § 8.08.030 · code text
    Therefore, every person in possession of or having control over the day-to-day activities at a residential premises (the “customer”) where solid waste is accumulated shall provide for the collection and proper disposal of such solid waste as defined in this chapter.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Place green waste in the residential green waste container or bin provided under the city's collection contract
    § 8.08.040 · code text
    Customers shall place green waste in the residential green waste container or bin provided by the person having a contract with the city for the collection and processing of residential green waste.
When carts must come back
  • Remove containers by sunset on the day of collection
    § 8.08.050 · code text
    Such containers shall be removed by sunset on the day of collection.
When carts may go to the curb
  • Containers can go out only after sunset on the day before your regular collection day
    § 8.08.050 · code text
    No residential solid waste containers or bins, green waste barrels, or recycling containers or bins shall be placed for collection until after sunset on the day prior to the customer's regular collection day.

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

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

Monrovia's code: Customers must arrange for collection and proper disposal of solid waste (Residential premises where solid waste is accumulated) (§ 8.08.030); Place green waste in the residential green waste container or bin provided under the city's collection contract (§ 8.08.040).

General information, not legal advice.

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