Waste Pickup
Helpful link regarding what you can and
cannot recycle and where items should be
taken for disposal.
City of Sacramento

County of Sacramento
Helpful link regarding your garbage pickup
Municipal Services Agency  Waste
Management & Recycling
Garbage, Recycling and Lawn

Picked up days varies depending on your street












Garden refuse-street Cleaning

Swept Monthly
  • January:      Christmas Trees: Collection 2nd full week of January

  • February:     Pruning Season: Collection last full week of February

  • May:              Pruning Season: Collection last full week of May

  • October:      Leaf Season: Collection last full week of October

  • November:  Leaf Season: Collection every other week in November

  • December:  Leaf Season: Collection every other week in December

Please ensure the pickup area is clear of vehicle(s).  Sweep all debris away from the
curb at all times.  Cleaning the debris helps in keeping a clear path for water runoff
and prevents the sewer drains from becoming clogged.

For further information, please refer to the City of Sacramento Solid Waste website.

When you plan NOT to can your yard waste, these are the ONLY days that you may
place your yard waste on the street for pick up.

       2012
  • May 28-31,
  • October 22-26
  • November 5-9 and 19-23
  • December 3-7 and 17-21
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Tree Trimming  (916) 732-5854 - "SMUD tree trimmers will visit, access the need for
pruning trees away from power lines, and perform the trimming."

Wood Chips (916) 732-5854 -"Bring containers and a shovel and take away as many
free wood chips as you can use for mulch at home.  Wood chips loads in pick-up
trucks must be covered before driven onto the highway."
Garbage               Recycling                Lawn
Green                       Blue                 Dark Green
Please place cans out no earlier than noon the day prior to pick up and
remove cans no later than the morning a day after.
Allied Waste Services
"Recycling means good business"
Mixed Recycling Program
(916) 631-0600
www.disposal.com
FREE pickup of household batteries, fluorescent lamps, used oil and filters
call 311 or (916) 264-5011 or www.cityofsacramento.org/utilities
Household batteries, fluorescent lamps, used oil and filters