🗑️ Chula Vista Trash Pickup
Who collects in Chula Vista, California, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked October 31, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In Chula Vista, residential trash is collected by Republic Services. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (View Your Service Schedule (button on Republic's Chula Vista page; enter your service address)) to find yours. Questions: Republic Services 619.421.9400 (Mon to Fri, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.); City of Chula Vista 619.691.5122. Bulk item pickup: Scheduled, standard-day pickup: up to 10 items free; each additional item $5.11.
📅 Find my pickup dayOfficial trash page
Checked October 31, 2026 against the city's and its hauler's own pages. We never print a pickup day for a whole city, because it changes by street.
🗓️ How Pickup Works
Your collection day depends on your address. Use the View Your Service Schedule button on Republic's Chula Vista page and enter your service address. The monthly rate covers the black trash, blue recycling and green organics carts and is based on the black cart size; residential customers are invoiced bimonthly.
The City's Master Fee Schedule (Chapter 17, September 2025) summarizes the rates Republic Services charges under the City's franchise agreement.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash (black) | 32, 64 or 96 gallon | Not printed |
| 🍂 Yard waste (green) | 64 or 96 gallon (green waste) | Not printed |
| 🥕 Food scraps | 64 gallon (food waste cart listed in fee schedule) | Not printed |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: Scheduled, standard-day pickup: up to 10 items free; each additional item $5.11. Non-scheduled or non-standard-day pickup: up to 5 items $44.01; each additional item $5.11. Improperly prepared items may incur a 1/2 hour service fee of $38.76.
- 📞How to book: Scheduled pickups must be requested 24 hours in advance of the service day.
- 📏Limits: Items over 60 lbs. must be prepared for safe handling with a hand truck.
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🎄 Holiday Delays
If your service day falls on or after one of these holidays, it will be delayed by one day. Other holidays do not change your service day. Holidays named: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Residential 32-gallon, monthly | $23.67 City Master Fee Schedule fee bulletin dated September 2025; rates adjust each September 1 |
| Residential 64-gallon, monthly | $30.65 Fee bulletin dated September 2025 |
| Residential 96-gallon, monthly | $36.11 Fee bulletin dated September 2025 |
| Additional cart, monthly | $9.31 Fee bulletin dated September 2025 |
| Minimum service charge, monthly | $20.55 Fee bulletin dated September 2025 |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🏡 New Resident? Starting Service
Republic's Chula Vista page offers Sign Up, Log In and Schedule Services under 24/7 account access, or contact customer service at 619.421.9400.
♻️ Recycling
Single-family customers can request one additional green cart at no extra cost (two total); a third carries a monthly rental charge. Do not line green carts with plastic bags, even those labeled compostable or biodegradable.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍Miramar Landfill and Greenery, San Diego · $75
- 📍Otay Landfill, Chula Vista
- 📍EDCO Recovery and Transfer, San Diego, San Diego
- 📍EDCO Station, La Mesa, La Mesa
- 📍Escondido Resource Recovery, Escondido
- 📍Ramona Transfer Station, Ramona
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Chula Vista, CA (Republic Services)
- 🔗Master Fee Schedule Chapter 17, Solid Waste & Recycling Service Charges, September 2025 (City of Chula Vista)
- 🔗Holiday Hours, November 24, 2025 (City of Chula Vista)
Checked October 31, 2026. Trash rules and rates change; the official pages above are the final word. See something out of date? Tell us.
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