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Trash and recycling carts in Menlo Park

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

What Menlo Park's code says

Menlo Park code What Menlo Park's code adds
Required collection service
  • Each owner and occupant must make sure the premises have solid waste collection from the authorized collector.
    Applies: Unless the premises self-haul all solid waste.
    § 7.04.070 · code text
    Except for permitted self-haulers who self-haul waste all solid waste generated on the premises in accordance with the self-hauling requirements of Section 7.04.130, each owner and occupant of any premises in the city shall ensure that such premises are subscribed to solid waste collection services from the authorized collector.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Separate solid waste into the containers the authorized collector designates for organic waste, recyclables and remaining solid waste.
    § 7.04.070 · code text
    Every person depositing solid waste for collection with authorized collector shall source separate their solid waste and place materials in the appropriate collection containers designated by the authorized collector for collection of organic waste, recyclable materials, and remaining solid waste.
Where carts are kept
  • Keep solid waste in an enclosed, durable container; do not let it attract vectors, smell or be a nuisance.
    § 7.04.040 · code text
    No person shall store or accumulate any solid waste on any premises except for in an enclosed, durable storage container designed for such purposes, nor store or accumulate solid waste on any premises in a manner that would promote the propagation, harborage or attraction of vectors, create foul odors, or otherwise create a nuisance.

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Menlo Park?

Menlo Park's code: Each owner and occupant must make sure the premises have solid waste collection from the authorized collector. (Unless the premises self-haul all solid waste.) (§ 7.04.070); Separate solid waste into the containers the authorized collector designates for organic waste, recyclables and remaining solid waste. (§ 7.04.070).

General information, not legal advice.

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