To ensure your carts are serviced properly, please follow these guidelines:
- Place your carts at the curb by 5:30 a.m. You may place carts curbside the night before your collection day. Please remove your carts from the curb by 5:30 p.m.
- Place carts (3) three feet apart from one another and (5) five feet from parked cars, mailboxes, or other obstructions; place carts (2) two feet from fences in alleys.
- Cart handles and wheels should face toward your home.
- Place bagged food scraps in your organics cart along with your yard waste.
- Carts may not be serviced if they are over-filled or exceed maximum container weight, are inaccessible, or contaminated with unacceptable material.
Click the link below to view the Oxnard’s trash collection schedule:
Residential Carts
Oxnard residents have a choice of two sizes of curb carts (64-gallon/96-gallon) for the three-bin waste collection system. Follow the guidelines linked in the cart description above to take full advantage of the services available.
- Use the blue lid for recyclables (glass, plastic, metal, paper, cardboard, etc.)
- Use the gray or black life for trash (non-recyclable, non-organic solid waste)
- Use the green lid for green waste (yard clippings, grass, branches and bagged food scraps)
Holiday Schedule
Trash, recycling and organic waste cart collection services will delayed by one day following these holidays:
| New Year’s Day | January 1, 2024 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | January 15, 2024 |
| Presidents Day | February 19, 2024 |
| Cesar Chavez Day | April 1, 2024 |
| Memorial Day | May 27, 2024 |
| Independence Day | July 4, 2024 |
| Labor Day | September 2, 2024 |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2024 |
| Thanksgiving | November 28, 2024 |
| Christmas | December 25, 2024 |
Rates and Fees
The City of Oxnard Environmental Resources Division is responsible for the safe and efficient collection, processing, transfer, and disposal of all solid waste, recycling, organics, and special wastes. There are different rates depending upon what service is required.
Resources
Sign up for Utility Services
Contact the Department of Billing and Licensing to request form to start or stop utility services for Oxnard residents.
Web Link
Report a Trash Collection Issue
You can report a problem with service, request a replacement for missing or damaged containers, or receive answers to your trash collection questions.
Web Link
Project Assist
Oxnard’s utility rate assistance program.
Web Link