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Trash and recycling carts in Winters

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

What Winters's code says

Winters code What Winters's code adds
Required collection service
  • Every owner of a premises must subscribe for solid waste service
    § 8.04.050 · code text
    Every owner of a premises whether at a residential, commercial, industrial location or otherwise shall subscribe for and pay the collector for solid waste service at such rates as may be approved by the city council from time to time.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Green waste must be placed in green containers or in a pile.
    Applies: Green waste placed out for collection.
    § 8.04.110 · code text
    For green waste placed out for collection, the material must be placed either: 1. In green containers subject to the time restrictions specified in Section 8.04.100; or 2. In a pile no longer than five feet in the street
When carts must come back
  • By 8 p.m. on the scheduled collection day
    § 8.04.100 · code text
    between the hours of five p.m. on the day before and eight p.m. on the scheduled collection day
When carts may go to the curb
  • Not before 5 p.m. on the day before
    § 8.04.100 · code text
    between the hours of five p.m. on the day before and eight p.m. on the scheduled collection day
  • Not earlier than four days before the scheduled collection day
    Applies: green waste placed in a pile
    § 8.04.110 · code text
    In a pile no longer than five feet in the street and no earlier than four days before the scheduled collection day.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Winters's code: Every owner of a premises must subscribe for solid waste service (§ 8.04.050); Green waste must be placed in green containers or in a pile. (Green waste placed out for collection.) (§ 8.04.110).

General information, not legal advice.

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