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Trash and recycling carts in Salinas

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

What Salinas's code says

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Sorting organics and green waste
  • Organic waste goes in the separate receptacle from the exclusive franchisee, not in the garbage receptacle
    § 14-01.02 · code text
    Recyclable materials, and organic waste shall be placed in the appropriate separate receptacles provided by the exclusive franchisee and shall not be placed in receptacles designated for garbage.
When carts must come back
  • Carts and bins must not stay at the curb after the day of collection
    § 14-01.03 · code text
    No bin, cart, or bulky waste items shall be placed for collection at a curb sooner than the day preceding the day of collection nor be allowed to remain after the day of collection.
When carts may go to the curb
  • No sooner than the day before the day of collection
    § 14-01.03 · code text
    No bin, cart, or bulky waste items shall be placed for collection at a curb sooner than the day preceding the day of collection nor be allowed to remain after the day of collection.
Where carts are kept
  • On the premises, readily accessible for removing and emptying, not in any street or public place, and not a nuisance
    § 14-01.03 · code text
    All such receptacles shall be at all times kept in a sanitary condition by the property owner, tenant, lessee, customer, or occupant, and shall be located in such place on the premises as to be readily accessible for removing and emptying the same, but shall not be placed within the limits of any street, or other public place, in the city, or in such a place or manner as to constitute a nuisance.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Salinas's code: Organic waste goes in the separate receptacle from the exclusive franchisee, not in the garbage receptacle (§ 14-01.02); Carts and bins must not stay at the curb after the day of collection (§ 14-01.03).

General information, not legal advice.

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