Single Family Residential Garbage

 
Attention: New Compost and Recycling Law

Effective January 1, 2022, a new California law (SB 1383) requires that compostable materials, be kept out of landfills—including food scraps, paper, cardboard, and plant trimmings—to prevent the production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In Alameda County, the law is implemented under the Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance.

Residents are required to subscribe to curbside composting and recycling collection service and sort materials into the correct containers.
A man in a residential neighborhood pulling his garbage bin to the sidewalk to have it emptied

Garbage

Service is provided on a weekly basis, Monday through Friday, except for Holidays (see Holiday information).

If you have extra trash you need picked up, please call us at least 24 hours in advance of your service day so we may notify the driver.

To ensure your pickup please place your cart in the street at the curb the night before your scheduled pickup. Please place carts with at least three feet between each cart.

Residential garbage, recycling, and compost collection carts on a street shown at three foot spacing
Please place carts with at least three feet between each cart.

Gray Lid Garbage Cart

Follow these guidelines to ensure proper residential garbage collection in the gray lid cart:

  • Personal protective equipment (PPE) MUST be placed in the gray-lid garbage carts, not recycling.
  • Plastic bags and other flimsy plastics MUST be placed in the gray-lid garbage carts, not recycling.
  • Please do not place syringes (“sharps”) or needles in the garbage bin. The “bleach-bottle” method of disposal is not acceptable.
  • Compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs cannot be placed in the garbage or recycling carts.
  • For more information on garbage collection, please download our How-to-Guide.
Gray bin is for flimsy plastic, face mask, and gloves, but not syringes or Compact fluorescent bulbs
Gray bin: flimsy plastic, face mask/gloves, but not syringes or Compact fluorescent bulbs

Gray lid cart used for garbage collection shown with the Amador Valley Industries logo
Examples of types of items accepted for residential garbage collection such as diapers and pet waste

Accepted materials

  • Plastic bags, plastic wrap, and other flimsy plastics
  • Cartons
  • Polystyrene
  • Pet waste and diapers
  • Plastic straws and cutlery
  • Broken glassware and ceramics
Warning!

It is illegal to dispose of hazardous materials in garbage or recycling containers (see below for prohibited items). Improperly disposing of hazardous and toxic waste can result in serious harm to the health of people, pets, wildlife, and our environment. Containers found to have these materials will not be collected until such materials are removed.

Alameda County offers free drop off locations for hazardous and/or universal waste. For more information, please visit the StopWaste.org Household Hazardous Waste for Residents website, or call 1-800-606-6606.

You can also check the City of Dublin Household Hazardous Waste Programs for local disposal options.
Fluorescent tubes or CFL light bulbs with a big red circle and line through them
No fluorescent tubes or CFL light bulbs
Syringe or needle with a big red circle and line through it
No syringes or needles (sharps)
Different sized batteries with a big red circle and line through them
No batteries of any kind or size
Paints, solvents or other toxic chemicals with a big red circle and line through them
No chemical cleaners, paints, solvents or other toxic chemicals
Computer monitor and microwave oven with a big red circle and line through them
No appliances, computers, monitors, TV’s or electronics/eWaste