Trash and recycling carts in Woodlake: the local rules

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

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Required collection service	Subscribe to the refuse/recycling and the green waste collection service provided through the city. § 8.16.090 · code text The occupant, tenant, or lessee of any house, dwelling, flat, apartment building, hotel, restaurant or other place of business or residence within the city and any contractor or person engaged in the erection, demolition or repair of a building where excess building materials, garbage and/or rubbish is produced or accumulated shall subscribe to the refuse/recycling and the green waste collection service provided through the city
Sorting organics and green waste	Residential customers must sort green waste, garbage and recyclables from each other before putting refuse out. § 8.16.060 · code text It is unlawful for a residential customer to put out refuse for collection and fail to have sorted each of the following listed components from each of the other listed components: green waste, garbage and recyclables.
When carts must come back	No later than six-thirty p.m. of the same collection day Applies: containers excluding bins § 8.16.050 · code text The container shall be removed from the curbside no later than six-thirty p.m. of the same collection day and placed in such a location so as not to be visible from the public right-of-way.
When carts may go to the curb	Containers must be out by six a.m. on the scheduled collection day Applies: containers excluding bins § 8.16.050 · code text Containers (excluding bins) shall be placed adjacent to the curb or alley by six a.m. on the scheduled collection day.
Where carts are kept	A location not visible from the public right-of-way. Applies: Containers excluding bins. § 8.16.050 · code text The container shall be removed from the curbside no later than six-thirty p.m. of the same collection day and placed in such a location so as not to be visible from the public right-of-way.

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

Woodlake's code: Subscribe to the refuse/recycling and the green waste collection service provided through the city. (§ 8.16.090); Residential customers must sort green waste, garbage and recyclables from each other before putting refuse out. (§ 8.16.060).

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