For Your Home
Richmond Sanitary Service provides waste removal and recycling services for more than 65,000 households in West Contra Costa County. For specific information regarding service in your area, please click on the link to your community on the left column of this page.
Our drivers are on the roads servicing your residential community starting at 6:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. Your household waste and recyclables are safely collected and responsibly removed to various disposal locations and facilities by our residential collection workers. We start early in the morning, and don't leave until all your neighborhood waste carts are empty. You can depend on us.
Automated Service You Can Rely On
Our automated collection system improves efficiency and keeps costs in check. Automation also makes handling household trash easy, neat, and hassle-free for our residential customers. Automated trucks have a mechanical arm that wraps around a trash cart, and empties the cart's contents into the top of the truck.
Your household waste removal needs will usually be straightforward, and we strive to provide residential waste collection service that "just happens" week after week. When you have out- of-the-ordinary needs, RSS is here to help. Whether you need to dispose of an old appliance, yard waste, or some demolition debris, our workers are equipped to take care of your need.
Collection Day
Carts must be placed at the curb, with the wheels up against the curb, by 6:00 a.m. on collection day. Collection may not necessarily be made at the same time on collection day each week. If containers are not put out on collection day, customers have the option to wait until the next week for pickup or to request a "call back" pickup. Such a call back service is subject to an additional charge. Carts that are not placed out for collection are not eligible for credit. Empty containers should be removed by customers and out of public view by 7:00 p.m on the day of collection.
Scavenging Hurts Us All!
The illegal collection of recyclables has become a growing problem. Before RSS trucks can collect recyclables, the most valuable materials (primarily aluminum cans) often are stolen from the blue recycling carts. This hurts our customers because part of the cost of the recycling program is funded through the sale of the recyclable materials. This thievery can result in higher charges to our customers to offset the cost of the stolen materials. West County residents should report incidents of scavenging to their local police department.
Illegal Dumping & Unpermitted Haulers
Illegal dumping messes up the neighborhood, causes blight, damages property values and costs you money for its clean-up!! Unpermitted haulers contribute significantly to illegal dumping problems. Richmond Sanitary Service is the only permitted hauler for the unincorporated areas of West Contra Costa County (including Crockett-Port Costa-Tormey, Rodeo, Tara Hills, Bay View, Montalvin Manor, Rollingwood, El Sobrante, East Richmond Heights, North Richmond and the Cities of Hercules, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo). If you live in any of those areas, do not pay for hauling or debris box services by anyone other than Richmond Sanitary Service. RSS offers a full range of residential, commercial, industrial and temporary debris box services for regular waste and recycling collection as well as construction, home renovation and clean-up projects. For assistance, please call (510) 262-7100.
Do your part – report illegal dumping!!
If you see someone dumping trash on the side of the road or in our creeks: Call your Police or Sheriff Department.
If illegally dumped material is in a public street or right-of-way:
Call 1-800-NO DUMPING or (800) 663-8674
For illegally dumped materials or trash accumulations on private property: Call Contra Costa County Environmental Health at (925) 646-5225