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Tulare’s Municipal Code requires all residents within the city limits of Tulare to have a trash service account.
Blue and Green containers are serviced on either Monday or Tuesday depending on your address and the Brown or Gray container is serviced on either Thursday or Friday depending on your address.
All residential containers: Blue, Green and Brown or Gray, must be out for service before 6:00 a.m. on your day of service and removed the same day of service.
Additional Services:
- Additional service on the green, blue, brown or gray container is available at a cost of $22.03 per container per service.
- Additional green, blue or trash containers are available at $8.69 per month. A form must be completed before delivery of the additional containers. You may pick up the form at City Hall at 411 E Kern Ave., Tulare, CA, at the utility payment window or the City Corporation Yard at 3981 S K St., Tulare, CA at the front office. You may contact Solid Waste at (559) 684-4325 and we can mail you the form if needed.
- Damaged green, blue, brown or gray containers may be repaired, cleaned, or replaced by contacting Solid Waste at (559) 684-4325. Some charges may apply for replacements and cleaning.
- Carry out service is available at no charge with a prior approved application with a doctor’s note.
- Temporary rental bins are available to residential customers.
- Recycling Services
- Battery Collection
- Christmas Light Recycling
- Christmas Tree Recycling Revised 2021
- E-Waste Recycling Flyer
- Food Scraps - Residential
- Household Hazardous Waste - Front - English
- Household Hazardous Waste - Back - English
- Household Hazardous Waste - Front - Spanish
- Household Hazardous Waste - Back - Spanish
- Paint Care
- Residential Recycling
- Sharps Disposal - English
- Sharps Disposal (Spanish)
- Tree Trimming and Organic Green Container 2022