Sonora Service Guidelines
Sonora Sacramento Service Guidelines
Residential Service
Recycling
Green Waste
We offer one to six can service, plus bin and debris box rentals. To schedule service, please contact our main office at (209) 532-1413.
To help us provide you with the best possible service, please follow these guidelines:
Trash Containers: Trash should be put in either metal or plastic cans with handles and lids, or in heavy plastic trash bags. No container should exceed 32-gallons of capacity or weigh more than 40 pounds when full. Airtight lids and regular rinsing of garbage cans will help prevent flies and other pests.
Extra Refuse: If you have extra cans or bags to be picked up, we will pick it up and charge accordingly. Contact our office for additional can costs. You may also be charged for any container found to be overweight or with refuse above the top of container.
Time of Service: Refuse should be placed out by 5:00 am on the day of service. Containers must be in a readily accessible area free of any obstacles or hazards in order to be serviced. Trash can must not be more than 3 feet away from curb.
Household Hazardous Wastes: Household hazardous waste may NOT be put in your garbage or left separately for pickup. These wastes are dangerous, and those who illegally dispose of them will be prosecuted. If you have hazardous waste items to dispose, please call our office or Tuolumne County Environmental Health Department (209) 533-5588 for instructions on proper disposal methods.
Medical Waste: For people who routinely check their own blood levels or give themselves daily medical injections, please follow safe methods of disposal. Hypodermic needles cannot be placed in the trash, per California state law. Please call the Transfer Station for disposal instructions (209) 536-1719. Vistit MedWaste TrackerSM for more information.
Large Bulky Items: We do not pick up large bulky items. Large items are accepted at the Cal Sierra Transfer Station. For more information on appliance and construction debris, contact our office.
Dog or Cat Droppings: Droppings must be double bagged.
Ashes: Ashes are accepted only if they are COMPLETELY cold and are placed in a double bag. Remember, one small ember can start a fire in our truck and put lives in danger.
Severe Weather Conditions: In the event of inclement weather, refuse pick-up may be delayed until your next scheduled pick up day.
Holidays: There is normal collection on all holidays except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. You will be notified in advance on your billing statement as to the alternate pick up day.
Gifts/Payments: Drivers are not allowed to accept alcoholic beverages or payments.
Discontinuing Service: It is the customer’s sole responsibility to notify the office if they are discontinuing service for any reason. You will be charged for service until the office is notified.
Our Blue Bag Recycling Program makes it easy for you to recycle and help reduce the amount of waste going into landfills. You are not required to have garbage service to participate in the Blue Bag program.
If you have residential garbage service, place your Blue Bags next to your garbage can by 5:30am on your garbage pick up day. Our drivers collect the recyclable items in the Blue Bags at the same time they collect your trash.
If you do not have residential garbage service, call your local trash company to find out which day to put out the Blue Bag for collection.
In order for our employees to distinguish between bagged recyclables and bagged trash, only material in the approved Curbside Recycling Blue Bags* is considered recyclable.
Due to the difficulty in working with mixed waste and recyclables; bagged material that is not in the official Blue Bags is considered trash and not collected unless the customer calls our office for an extra trash pickup.
Acceptable Materials for Blue Bag Recycling
Blue Bags with items other than those listed below will not be collected.
- Tin and Aluminum Cans – It is not necessary to remove labels. Please rinse cans.
- Glass Bottles and Jars, All Colors – Remove lids and metal neck rings. No broken glass. Please rinse glass.
- Plastic Bottles: Milk, Water, Soda, Juice, etc. – Look on the bottom of the bottle; #1 and #2 inside the recycling triangle are acceptable.
- Newspaper – advertising inserts are acceptable.
Other Recyclables
You are welcome to bring cardboard, office paper, magazines, other plastic bottles, other metals, as well as the items listed above to our Recycling Center located at 14959 Camage Avenue in Sonora from Tuesday through Saturday 8:00am to 4:45pm.
Blue Bag Distribution
Blue Bags are free and are available throughout the County at the following locations.
Sonora
Cal Sierra Disposal
14959 Camage Ave
Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm
County Public Works
Francisco Building
48 W Yaney Ave
Mon-Fri 8:00am-3:00pm
Mother Lode Answering Service
71 S. Shepherd St
Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm
Pak –N-Save
1291 Sanguinetti Rd
7 days 6:00am-1 pm
Save Mart Supermarket
Timberhills Shopping Center
1045 Mono Way
7days 6:00am-midnight
Save Mart Supermarket
130 Stockton St
7 days 7:00am-10:00pm
Senior Center
540 Greenley Rd
Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:00pm
Senior Lounge
125 N. Washington St
9:00am-3pm – Mon-Fri
Sheriff’s Community Services
Junction Shopping Center
Mono Way
M-F 9am-5pm
Sonora Fire Department
201 S Shepherd
7 days a week
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Rd
Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm
Tuolumne Utilities District
18885 Nugget Blvd
Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm
Union Democrat
84 S Washington St
Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm
Wal-Mart
1101 Sanguinetti Rd
7 days a week
M-Sat 6-11 pm
Sun 8-10 pm
Twain Harte
Sheriff’s Community Services
22968 Meadow Dr
Mon 9:00am-5:00pm
Tues 1:00pm-5:00pm
Wed 9:00am-1:00pm
Thurs-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm
Twain Harte Chamber of Commerce
22997 Joaquin Gulley
Mon-Sat 10:00-2:00
Twain Harte Market
18711 Tiffany Dr
Mon-Sat 8:00am-9:00pm
Sun 8:00am-8:00pm
Mi Wuk
Mi-Wuk Ranger District
24695 Hwy 108
Mon-Sat 8:00am-4:30pm
Mi-Wuk/Sugar Pine Fire District
20747 Hwy 108
Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm
Pinecrest
Summit Ranger District
Summit Ave
Mon-Sat 8:00am-5:00pm
7 days/week after Memorial Day
Chinese Camp
Chinese Camp School
13444 Red Hills Rd
Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:00pm
Columbia
Columbia State Park
11255 Jackson St
Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm
Don Pedro/La Grange
Don Pedro Owner’s Association
5182 Fuente de Flores
Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm
Closed Thurs
Sheriff’s Community Service
2290 Highway 132
Call for hours 852-9140
Tri County Real Estate
3317 Hwy 132
7 days 8:00am-5:00pm
Jamestown
National Hotel
18183 Main St
Sheriff’s Community Services
18250 Main St
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4:00pm
Tuolumne
Burns Refuse Service
18433 Chestnut Ave
Mon-Thu 9:00am-3:30pm
Fri 9:00am-1:00pm
Sheriff’s Community Services
18394 Bay St
Mon 9:00am-5:00pm
Tues closed
Tuolumne Indian Rancheria
19595 Mi-Wuk St
Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm
Groveland Area
Coldwell Banker
18687 Main
Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm
Custom Rentals
18731 Main
Mon-Sat 9:00am-5:00pm
Sun 10:00am-4:00pm
Groveland Community Service District Office
18966 Ferretti Rd
Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm
Hetch Hetchy Admin Building
1 Shore Dr
Moccasin
Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm
Moore Bros. Scavenger
11111 Scofield St
Big Oak Flat
Mon-Fri 9:00am-4:00pm
Closed noon-1:00pm
Pine Mountain Lake
Association Office
19228 Pine Mountain Dr
Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm
Re-Max
18583 Hwy 120
7 days 9:00am-5:00pm
Sheriff’s Community Services
12740 Par Court
Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:00pm
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