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Trash and recycling carts in Covina

Covina's own rules on trash and recycling carts, with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Covina Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Covina's code says

Covina code What Covina's code adds
Required collection service
  • Arrange for collection of all refuse, green waste, and recyclables at least weekly
    § 8.08.040 · code text
    It is mandatory for any occupant of an occupied residence, commercial unit, or industrial unit within the city to arrange for the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of all refuse, green waste, and recyclables on at least a weekly basis and pay the related charges described in CMC § 8.08.180.
  • More frequently than once weekly.
    Applies: Applies when weekly collection, transport, processing and disposal is insufficient to prevent a prohibited accumulation.
    § 8.08.040 · code text
    If a residence, commercial unit, or industrial unit generates refuse, green waste, and/or recyclables at a rate such that weekly collection, transport, processing and disposal is insufficient to prevent an accumulation that violates subsection (A) of this section, the city may require an occupant to arrange for such collection, transportation, processing and disposal more frequently than once weekly, as determined by the city manager.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Use a separate green-waste container.
    § 8.08.120 · code text
    Separate residential containers, including but not limited to residential refuse, green waste, and recyclable material containers, shall be furnished to each occupant by the city or its approved collector for green waste, recyclables, and all other residential refuse, unless otherwise exempted by this chapter or specifically approved by the city manager.
  • It is unlawful to put refuse, green waste or any other non-recyclable material in a container for recyclables.
    § 8.08.120 · code text
    It is unlawful for an occupant to introduce residential refuse, special waste materials, green waste, or any materials which are not recyclables into a container designed for recyclable materials.
  • It is unlawful to put green waste, recyclables or any other non-refuse material in a refuse container.
    § 8.08.120 · code text
    It is unlawful for an occupant to introduce green waste, special waste materials, recyclables, or any materials which are not refuse into a container designed for refuse.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Covina's code: Arrange for collection of all refuse, green waste, and recyclables at least weekly (§ 8.08.040); More frequently than once weekly. (Applies when weekly collection, transport, processing and disposal is insufficient to prevent a prohibited accumulation.) (§ 8.08.040).

General information, not legal advice.

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