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Refuse Collection

The City picks up solid waste on all holidays. Please have your toter out by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day. If you have solid waste collection problems please call 324-2604.

Items that can be placed in the gray cart include:

Food Scraps
Soiled Paper
Styrofoam
Broken Glass
Cactus
Clothing
Palm Fronds
Bagged Animal Waste

Items not allowed in any cart:

Hot coals

Concrete

Rocks

Tires

Toxic Chemicals

Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Batteries

Asphalt

Roofing Material

Treated Wood

Automobile Additives

Garden Sprays

Televisions

Computer Monitors

Laptop Computers

Cell phones

Recycling and Greenwaste

Recycling and greenwaste collection in the City is provided by a contract service with Allied Waste. If you have problems with your recycling or greenwaste collection service please contact them directly at 275-1551. If they cannot resolve your problem please contact the City at 324-2604.

Collection Schedules and Rules

Community Clean-up Schedule

This document has the Community Clean-up Schedule map, Refuse and Greenwaste rules, and the Street Sweeping schedule. Adobe .pdf document (2MB)

Recycling, Refuse, and Greenwaste Schedule Map

A map showing what day of the week Recycling, Refuse, and Greenwaste collection occurs in your neighborhood. Adobe .pdf document (275KB)

Green Waste - Christmas Trees - Used Oil

GREENWASTE

Green waste material shall be placed in the green cart. Acceptable greenwaste material shall be as follows:

Grass clippings
Prunings
Wood
Other organic materials normally resulting from landscape maintenance
Green waste material shall not exceed 3 inches in diameter or 3 feet in length

CHRISTMAS TREES

The stand and all decorations must be removed from the Christmas trees. If possible, the trees should be cut and placed in the greenwaste cart. Otherwise, they should be placed at the curb. Christmas trees that are placed at the curb will be collected the first two weeks of January.

USED MOTOR OIL

Up to 1 gallon of used motor oil per week per single-family residence will be collected. It should be placed in a plastic container(s) with a secure lid(s) adjacent to the recycling containers, and should be clearly identified as motor oil.

Recyclable Material

The City of Clovis employs the "single stream" method of recycling in which all recyclable material other than green waste goes into the blue toter. Some of the types of material to include in the blue toter are:

Newspaper (including inserts, advertisements, and coupons)
Office paper
Computer paper
Magazines
Junk mail
Catalogs
Telephone books
Brown paper bags
Colored paper
Construction paper
Paperboard
Shoe boxes
Cereal and similar food boxes
Paper milk cartons
Paper egg cartons
Corrugated cardboard
Beverage boxes
Glass bottles of any color
Aluminum (including beverage containers, foil, and food containers)
Tin or bi-metal cans
Small pieces of scrap metal weighing less than 10 pounds and fitting in container
Plastics number 1 through 7
Lids or caps should be removed from all recycled containers, and all recycled materials should be rinsed clean of food residue.

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Contact Us

Public Utilities Department - Solid Waste Division

155 N. Sunnyside Avenue, Clovis, CA 93611 (559) 324-2600