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Trash and recycling carts in Whittier

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

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

What Whittier's code says

Whittier code What Whittier's code adds
Required collection service
  • must subscribe to additional container service
    Applies: weekly garbage, trash or refuse generation regularly exceeds container capacity
    § 8.12.110 · code text
    If weekly garbage, trash or refuse generation regularly exceeds container capacity is shall be the duty of the resident or property owner to subscribe to additional container service.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • must not place refuse, recyclables, hazardous waste, biohazardous waste, universal waste, or other materials which are not organic waste in an organic-waste container
    Applies: organic-waste container
    § 8.12.110 · code text
    It is unlawful for any person to introduce refuse, recyclables, hazardous waste, biohazardous waste, universal waste, or any other materials which are not organic waste into a container designated for organic waste.
Where carts are kept
  • on their private property, but not necessarily out of public view; not within the right-of-way of an alley
    Applies: premises served by an alley
    § 8.12.132 · code text
    For premises served by an alley: all residences served with the three-container system for solid waste and recycling shall place these containers on their private property, but not necessarily out of public view. These containers shall not be placed within the right-of-way of an alley.
  • on private property, out of public view from the public right-of-way
    Applies: premises not served by an alley
    § 8.12.132 · code text
    For premises not served by an alley: solid waste containers shall at all times remain on private property, out of public view from the public right-of-way, except when placed at approved locations for collection.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Whittier's code: must subscribe to additional container service (weekly garbage, trash or refuse generation regularly exceeds container capacity) (§ 8.12.110); must not place refuse, recyclables, hazardous waste, biohazardous waste, universal waste, or other materials which are not organic waste in an organic-waste container (organic-waste container) (§ 8.12.110).

General information, not legal advice.

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