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Cart Service Guidelines

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Cart Set-Out Requirements:

  • Allow 2 feet of clearance on all sides of your carts. Obstructions such as cars, fences, poles, overflow trash, large items out for collection or other collection containers may prevent the automated trucks from emptying your cart.
  • Bag all of your trash, do not bag recycling.
  • Be sure to set your cart away from any garage overhangs or obstructions above the cart.
  • Keep your cart lid closed whenever possible.
  • Use your cart to full capacity, but do not overfill the cart.
  • Do not place unacceptable items in your trash, recycle, or compost carts. Please see FAQ pages for more information (located in the column on the right).
  • Only one collection per household on day of service.

Curb Set-Out:

Place your cart in the street adjacent to the curb in front of your house. The front of the cart should face the street.

Alley Set-Out:

Do not block access to your neighbor’s driveway, gate, garage or property.

Place your cart at least four feet away from any trash containers, fences, cars or other obstructions.

Make sure the front of the cart faces the alley.

Holidays

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Service will be delayed one day following the holidays listed below:

2026

New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1

Memorial Day: Monday, May 25

Independence Day (Observed): Friday, July 3

Labor Day: Monday, September 7

Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 26

Christmas Day: Friday, December 25

When service falls on or after a holiday, your collection will be delayed one day for the rest of that week only. There will be no delays for city holidays that do not impact collection schedules.

For example, for a Monday holiday, collections will be on Tuesday, Tuesday’s collection on Wednesday, etc., with Thursday’s collections on Friday for that week only.

In 2026, the following will be working holidays; set your cart out on your regular collection day:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 19

Presidents’ Day: Monday, February 16

César Chávez Day: Monday, March 31

Juneteenth: Friday, June 19

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Monday, October 12

Veterans Day: Wednesday, November 11