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City collection Lincoln has no bulky item list of its own because the regional facility takes mixed refuse by volume. A load of furniture, mattresses or general junk is charged by the cubic yard at the public scale houses, and a household with an active utility account can also apply for a temporary 3-yard bin from the city. From $25.25 per cubic yard of general refuse at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a minimum, and per ton pricing for larger loads, dumping trailers and dump trucks. Any customer bringing waste to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Most residential customers and non dumping trailers are charged by the cubic yard after measuring at the public scale houses, while larger commercial customers and customers with dumping trailers or dump trucks are weighed and charged by the ton.
City collection Lincoln has no bulky item list of its own because the regional facility takes mixed refuse by volume. A load of furniture, mattresses or general junk is charged by the cubic yard at the public scale houses, and a household with an active utility account can also apply for a temporary 3-yard bin from the city. From $25.25 per cubic yard of general refuse at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a minimum, and per ton pricing for larger loads, dumping trailers and dump trucks. Any customer bringing waste to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Most residential customers and non dumping trailers are charged by the cubic yard after measuring at the public scale houses, while larger commercial customers and customers with dumping trailers or dump trucks are weighed and charged by the ton.
City collection Appliances have their own published per item rates at the Materials Recovery Facility, with refrigerated units costing more than non refrigerated ones. From $11 per non refrigerated appliance at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a refrigerated appliance charged $46.50 each. Any customer bringing an appliance to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Both rates are published line items, so the charge follows the unit rather than the size of the load.
City collection The city collects household garbage from its own cans and bills for the service on the utility account. A second can is available on request, and a can that is missed on collection day can be rescheduled for a fee. $38.58 per month for one can, with a second can charged an additional $17.12 a month. City of Lincoln utility accounts. A second can is arranged through Utility Billing on (916) 434-2430, and a missed set out is rescheduled through the Public Services Request Form for $42.00 a can.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Lincoln collects its own garbage, so the city is both the hauler and the billing office. A can carries a published monthly charge and a second can adds another, both arranged through Utility Billing, and the city answers collection questions on (916) 434-2450. Three routes carry everything the can will not. Green waste has its own bi weekly run, split into blue and yellow zones served on alternating weeks, with a published list of what the bin takes. Electronics are the easiest of all: items with a circuit board and a plug are collected free at the curb every Wednesday once Public Works is called, and the city also takes them at the Materials Recovery Facility, where household chemicals are free from Placer County residents every day. Everything else, from a sofa to a truck tire, goes to that same facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, which publishes a rate for each stream and charges most households by the cubic yard at the scale.
The city collects household garbage from its own cans and bills for the service on the utility account. A second can is available on request, and a can that is missed on collection day can be rescheduled for a fee.
City cost & eligibility
$38.58 per month for one can, with a second can charged an additional $17.12 a month. City of Lincoln utility accounts. A second can is arranged through Utility Billing on (916) 434-2430, and a missed set out is rescheduled through the Public Services Request Form for $42.00 a can.
When & how
Put the can out for the household's collection day. Weekday holidays do not change the schedule, because the city services cans as normal on those days.
Get it ready
Keep the load to household garbage, because the city routes electronics, household chemicals, green waste and oversized items through their own services rather than the can. Call Public Works on (916) 434-2450 before an unusual pickup so the right crew is sent.
Lincoln has no bulky item list of its own because the regional facility takes mixed refuse by volume. A load of furniture, mattresses or general junk is charged by the cubic yard at the public scale houses, and a household with an active utility account can also apply for a temporary 3-yard bin from the city.
City cost & eligibility
From $25.25 per cubic yard of general refuse at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a minimum, and per ton pricing for larger loads, dumping trailers and dump trucks. Any customer bringing waste to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Most residential customers and non dumping trailers are charged by the cubic yard after measuring at the public scale houses, while larger commercial customers and customers with dumping trailers or dump trucks are weighed and charged by the ton.
When & how
Take the load to the Materials Recovery Facility, open for disposal Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The facility opens every day of the year with limited hours on certain holidays. A household that would rather not haul can apply to the city for a temporary 3-yard bin.
Get it ready
Separate the load before arriving, because clean separated recyclables such as cardboard and mixed paper are taken free while the same material mixed into refuse is charged as general refuse. Keep household hazardous waste and electronics out of the refuse load entirely, since both are free at the same site and are barred from the garbage bin by state law.
Appliances have their own published per item rates at the Materials Recovery Facility, with refrigerated units costing more than non refrigerated ones.
City cost & eligibility
From $11 per non refrigerated appliance at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a refrigerated appliance charged $46.50 each. Any customer bringing an appliance to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Both rates are published line items, so the charge follows the unit rather than the size of the load.
When & how
Take the unit to the Materials Recovery Facility during disposal hours, Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, secure the doors, and keep it out of the garbage can, where large items do not belong. A unit holding refrigerant is charged the higher line and should arrive whole so the facility can handle the refrigerant rather than the resident.
Electronics are treated as household hazardous waste under state law, so they never go in the garbage bin in Lincoln. The city collects them free at the curb every Wednesday for items that carry both a circuit board and a plug, and the facility takes e-waste free every day.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free on both routes: the city's Wednesday electronic and universal waste pickup has no charge, and the Materials Recovery Facility states that e-waste is free for residents to drop off every day. Automotive fluids and used cooking oil are collected on the same city arrangement.
When & how
Call Public Works on (916) 434-2450 to book the Wednesday curbside collection, or take the items to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue, open for disposal Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Check that the item has both a circuit board and a plug before booking the curbside pickup, because that is the test the city publishes for the Wednesday round. Wipe personal data before anything leaves the house, keep electronics out of the garbage can, and keep batteries and mercury containing items separate, since those are household hazardous waste too.
Green waste has its own bi weekly curbside run in Lincoln, split into blue and yellow zones that alternate weeks, with a published list of what the bin takes and what it refuses.
City cost & eligibility
From $20 per cubic yard of green waste delivered to the Materials Recovery Facility, with per ton pricing for weighed loads. Lincoln households in the blue and yellow green waste zones for the curbside bin, which is collected bi weekly on the household pickup day. A load taken to the Materials Recovery Facility is charged the published green waste rate instead.
When & how
Find the household's zone on the city map, because the blue and yellow zones are served on alternating weeks, and put the green waste can out on the pickup day for that week. The facility also takes green waste daily, Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Put only grass clippings, leaves, prunings under two feet long and under two inches in diameter and unflocked Christmas trees cut to those dimensions in the bin. Keep trash, food waste, palm fronds, animal waste, lumber, cardboard, dirt, sod, rocks and treated or painted wood out of it, and note that palm fronds belong in the trash.
Tires have a published rate for each size class at the Materials Recovery Facility, from a single passenger car tire up to a per ton rate for bulk loads.
City cost & eligibility
From $5.25 per car tire at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a truck tire at $25.25, a tractor tire at $99.75 and bulk tires at $248.75 a ton with a minimum. Any customer bringing tires to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. The rate follows the tire class, so the charge is known before the trip.
When & how
Take the tires to the Materials Recovery Facility, open for disposal Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Sort the tires by class before arriving so the right line is charged, and keep them out of the garbage can and out of the green waste bin. A load large enough to be weighed is charged the bulk rate by the ton instead of per tire.
Cardboard does not ride the garbage can in Lincoln. It is taken free at the Materials Recovery Facility, which accepts clean separated cardboard and mixed paper at no cost, and the city also runs two neighborhood cardboard locations.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Clean separated cardboard and mixed paper are free to drop at the Materials Recovery Facility. Glass, plastic and aluminum CRV beverage containers are refunded there, with a 100 pound daily limit on redemption.
When & how
Take flattened cardboard to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue, open daily, or to either of the city's two cardboard locations at Joiner Park and behind the Twelve Bridges library.
Get it ready
Break boxes down and keep the load clean and dry, because the free rate applies to separated recyclable material rather than cardboard mixed into refuse. Keep cardboard out of the green waste bin, which refuses it, and out of the garbage can if the household wants the free route.
Scrap metal has no dedicated city drop, but the authority does take clean and sorted material. The Western Placer Waste Management Authority states that it accepts clean and sorted materials such as steel, cardboard, newspaper and mixed paper at the Materials Recovery Facility for free, with no cash refund, so separated steel can be dropped with the other recyclables. Metal that is not clean and sorted, or that arrives mixed into a refuse load, is outside that route and has to be confirmed first.
City cost & eligibility
The authority publishes the free clean and sorted route but no scrap metal price of its own, so call the city on (916) 434-2450 or the Materials Recovery Facility before hauling loose or mixed metal and ask how it is handled.
When & how
Sort the metal before the trip so the clean material can go in with the separated recyclables, and confirm first if the load is loose or mixed.
Get it ready
Separate clean metal from any wood, plastic, refrigerant or hazardous component before the trip, so the clean and sorted material can go in with the other recyclables, because mixed material is charged as refuse and hazardous components are barred from a refuse load. Keep metal out of the garbage can and out of the green waste bin.
Household hazardous waste is free for Placer County residents at the Materials Recovery Facility, every day, with a per drop-off cap on how much can be brought at once.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free for Placer County residents dropping household hazardous waste at the Materials Recovery Facility, with a limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds per drop-off. A household may also use the free curbside hazardous waste pickup where the program runs, but only with an appointment from the hauler.
When & how
Take the material to the household hazardous waste drop-off at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Get it ready
Keep the load inside the 15 gallon or 125 pound cap, keep products in their own containers and never mix them, and put sharps in a rigid container. The accepted streams include aerosols, antifreeze, batteries, drain cleaners, electronics, cooking fats oils and grease, glues, cleaners, medications, oven cleaners, paints, pesticides, pool cleaners, solvents, used oil, asbestos containing waste and mercury containing items such as fluorescent lights.
Two services need a call first. Electronic and universal waste is collected free at the curb on Wednesdays once Public Works is called on (916) 434-2450, for items that carry both a circuit board and a plug, and automotive fluids and used cooking oil ride the same arrangement. A household that would rather not haul its own refuse can apply to the city for a temporary 3-yard bin while holding an active utility account.
The green waste bin runs on a bi weekly schedule, on the household pickup day, and the city splits collection into blue and yellow zones that are served on alternating weeks. Find the household's zone on the city map before setting the bin out. Grass clippings, leaves, prunings under two feet long and under two inches in diameter and unflocked Christmas trees cut to those dimensions are what the bin takes.
The facility charges most households by the cubic yard at the public scale houses and charges larger loads, dumping trailers and dump trucks by the ton. Clean separated recyclables such as cardboard and mixed paper are free, and household hazardous waste and e-waste are free for residents, while the same material mixed into refuse is charged as general refuse. Separate first and a trip can cost a fraction of a mixed load.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Lincoln Public Services Department with the Western Placer Waste Management Authority at the Materials Recovery Facility
Self haul to the Materials Recovery Facility
A Lincoln household with furniture, mattresses, mixed junk, green waste, tires, appliances or cardboard that the can and the green bin will not take.
Cost & conditions
From $25.25 per cubic yard of general refuse at the public scale houses, with green waste at $20.00 a cubic yard, appliances from $11 each, car tires at $5.25 each and separated recyclables free. Any customer bringing waste to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln. Most residential customers and non dumping trailers are charged by the cubic yard, while larger commercial customers and customers with dumping trailers or dump trucks are weighed and charged by the ton.
Arrange it
Sort the load before arriving, then drive to 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, open for disposal Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The facility is open every day of the year but runs limited hours on certain holidays, household hazardous waste is capped at 15 gallons or 125 pounds per drop-off, and CRV beverage container refunds are capped at 100 pounds a day.
City of Lincoln Public Services Department with the Western Placer Waste Management Authority at the Materials Recovery Facility
Book the free Wednesday curbside electronics pickup
A Lincoln household with a television, monitor, computer or other electronic item that has both a circuit board and a plug.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free. The city collects electronic and universal waste at the curb every Wednesday for items containing both a circuit board and a plug, and automotive fluids and used cooking oil can be collected the same way.
Arrange it
Call Public Works on (916) 434-2450 to schedule the pickup, then put the items out as directed for the Wednesday round.
The published test is a circuit board and a plug together, so an item that does not meet it has to go to the Materials Recovery Facility instead, where e-waste is free for residents every day.
City of Lincoln Public Services Department with the Western Placer Waste Management Authority at the Materials Recovery Facility
Apply for a temporary 3-yard bin
A Lincoln household with an active utility account and a cleanup load too big for the cans.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no bin rate and directs residents to the Request for Utility Services bin information, so confirm the charge and the delivery terms with the city before ordering.
Arrange it
Apply through the city's Request for Utility Services page while holding an active utility account, and review the bin information the city publishes there.
The bin is a temporary arrangement for account holders rather than a standing service, and household hazardous waste and electronics still have to go through their own free routes instead of the bin.
City of Lincoln Public Services Department with the Western Placer Waste Management Authority at the Materials Recovery Facility
Drop household chemicals at the facility
A Placer County household with paint, solvents, batteries, fluorescent lights or other household chemicals.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free for Placer County residents, with a limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds per drop-off.
Arrange it
Take the material to the household hazardous waste drop-off at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The drop-off is closed on New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, the per drop-off cap is enforced, and a free curbside pickup is available only where the program runs and only with an appointment.
Western Placer Waste Management Authority Materials Recovery Facility and Landfill
3195 Athens Avenue, Lincoln, CA 95648
General refuse and construction and demolition material, inert material, green waste, wood waste, treated wood waste, refrigerated appliances, non refrigerated appliances, car, truck, tractor and bulk tires, household hazardous waste, e-waste and clean separated recyclables such as cardboard and mixed paper, with glass, plastic and aluminum CRV beverage containers refunded.
Household hazardous waste is capped at 15 gallons or 125 pounds per drop-off and the drop-off is closed on New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. CRV redemption is capped at 100 pounds a day. Most residential customers and non dumping trailers are charged by the cubic yard at the public scale houses while larger commercial customers and dumping trailers or dump trucks are weighed and charged by the ton. The facility opens every day of the year but runs limited hours on certain holidays.
Disposal Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Household hazardous waste daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Recycling buy-back and compost sales Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
From $5.25 per car tire as the lowest published line item, with general refuse and construction and demolition material at $109.25 a ton or $25.25 a cubic yard with a minimum, inert material at $65.50, green waste at $85.00 a ton or $20.00 a cubic yard, wood waste at $60.00 a ton or $17.50 a cubic yard, refrigerated appliances at $46.50 each, non refrigerated appliances at $11 each, truck tires at $25.25, tractor tires at $99.75 and bulk tires at $248.75 a ton with a minimum. Any customer bringing waste to the facility. Household hazardous waste, e-waste and separated recyclables are free for residents, clean separated cardboard and mixed paper are free, and the rates are published effective July 1, 2025.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
What does garbage service cost in Lincoln?+
The city bills one monthly solid waste charge for a single can and a smaller additional charge for a second can, both arranged through Utility Billing on (916) 434-2430, and a return pickup after a missed set out carries its own fee. Weekday holidays are serviced as normal, so the schedule only changes when the city says so.Official guidance
Where do large household items go in Lincoln?+
To the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, where a mixed load is charged by the cubic yard after measuring at the public scale houses, with per ton pricing for larger commercial loads, dumping trailers and dump trucks. The facility is open for disposal Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A household with an active utility account can also apply to the city for a temporary 3-yard bin.Official guidance
Where do old televisions and computers go in Lincoln?+
Two ways, both free. Call Public Works on (916) 434-2450 and the city will collect electronic and universal waste at the curb on a Wednesday, for items that contain both a circuit board and a plug, and automotive fluids and used cooking oil go the same way. Or take the items to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, where e-waste is free for residents every day. Electronics are household hazardous waste under state law and never go in the garbage can.Official guidance
What goes in the green waste bin in Lincoln?+
Grass clippings, leaves, prunings under two feet long and under two inches in diameter, and unflocked Christmas trees cut to those same dimensions. Keep trash, food waste, palm fronds, animal waste, lumber, cardboard, dirt, sod, rocks and treated or painted wood including wood chips and tanbark out of the bin, and put palm fronds in the trash. The bin is collected bi weekly, on the household pickup day, in blue and yellow zones that alternate weeks.Official guidance
Does cardboard go in the Lincoln green waste bin?+
No. The green waste bin refuses cardboard, and the free route is the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, which takes clean separated cardboard and mixed paper at no cost during its daily opening hours. Break boxes down and keep the load clean and dry, because the free rate applies to separated material rather than cardboard mixed into a refuse load.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Lincoln?+
The City of Lincoln Public Services Department. Lincoln is one of the few cities in western Placer County that collects its own waste rather than contracting it to a private hauler, and collection questions, doorstep pickup appointments and dumpster rentals all go to the city on (916) 434-2450 or public.services@lincolnca.gov. Everything the city collects is taken to the Western Placer Waste Management Authority's Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln.Official guidance
What does waste service cost in Lincoln?+
One garbage can costs $38.58 a month and a second can adds $17.12 through Utility Billing on (916) 434-2430, a missed can is rescheduled for $42.00, and walk-out service for a household that cannot move its own cans costs a one-time $30 application fee plus $15 a month with a doctor's certification. A trip to the facility is separate: a mixed load is charged by the cubic yard at the scales, green waste is $20.00 a cubic yard, a non refrigerated appliance is $11, a refrigerated one is $46.50, a car tire is $5.25 and separated cardboard and mixed paper are free.Official guidance
How do I get rid of an old television or computer in Lincoln?+
Two free routes. Call Public Works on (916) 434-2450 and the city collects electronic and universal waste at the curb on a Wednesday for items containing both a circuit board and a plug, and it will collect automotive fluids and used cooking oil the same way. Or take the item to the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, where e-waste is free for residents every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Electronics are household hazardous waste under state law and never go in the garbage can.Official guidance
How does green waste collection work in Lincoln?+
The green waste bin is collected bi weekly on the household pickup day, and the city is divided into blue and yellow zones that are served on alternating weeks, so the first step is finding the household's zone on the city map. The bin takes grass clippings, leaves, prunings under two feet long and under two inches in diameter and unflocked Christmas trees cut to those dimensions. Trash, food waste, palm fronds, animal waste, lumber, cardboard, dirt, sod, rocks and treated or painted wood are refused, and palm fronds belong in the trash.Official guidance
Where does cardboard go in Lincoln?+
To the Materials Recovery Facility at 3195 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, where clean separated cardboard and mixed paper are free, or to one of the city's two cardboard locations at Joiner Park and behind the Twelve Bridges library. Cardboard is refused in the green waste bin and does not belong in the garbage can if the household wants the free route. Glass, plastic and aluminum CRV beverage containers are refunded at the same facility, capped at 100 pounds a day.Official guidance
