Republic Services of Clovis, CA
Republic Services of Clovis, CA provides high-quality solid waste, recycling, transfer, and disposal services to residential and commercial customers in Fresno County. Our mission is to provide industry-leading solid waste and environmental services that exceed our customers’ highest expectations. We offer a safe, respectful, and rewarding workplace for our employees as we continue to develop a company dedicated to excellence, environmental responsibility, ethical behavior, and increasing shareholder value.
Clovis, CA customer service
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Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Holiday schedule
The City collects solid waste on all holidays. Please have your toter at the curb by 6:00 am on your collection day.
Educational Resources on Recycling and Organics
We offer presentations and educational materials to support initiatives on recycling and organics for residents, multifamily dwellings, and businesses.
To request more information, please complete the customer support form below.
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Service guide
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How can we help?
In addition to the battery and motor oil disposal options below, we also offer curbside collection. See our FAQs for more details.
Additional resources
Recycling tips
Multi-family
recycling tips
Empty clean dry flyer
Organics waste/food recycling
AB341 mandatory recycling diversion certification form
State recycling requirements
business & multi-family
AB 1826 diversion certification form
Regional recycling
Large container services
Please visit the
Sharps disposal
Learn more about the
Construction & demo debris
Pursuant to the California Waste Management Act of 1989 (Public Resources Code §§ 40000 et seq.), the City of Clovis is required to prepare, adopt and implement source reduction and recycling plans to reach landfill diversion goals. Debris from construction, demolition, and renovation of buildings represents a particularly suitable portion of the volume of waste presently coming from the City of Clovis for recycling and reuse.
Prior to starting a Covered Project, an applicant, except when using an
Effective August 1, 2013, no person shall provide the collection of C&D Debris in the City unless they first receive a franchise to engage in such activity from the City.
Kid's corner
Trash day maze
Help the truck driver navigate his route to pick up the neighborhood’s trash and recycling. Download
Electronics word search
Our electronics are tangled. Can you help find which electronics are recyclable? Download
Outdoors bingo
Take a walk around your neighborhood with this Bingo sheet. Find four in a row! Download
FAQs
Collection Guidelines & Reporting an Issue
Residents
- Face carts toward the street with wheels against the curb or gutter the night before or by 6:00 am on your scheduled service day.
- Allow at least three feet between carts and 6 feet between carts and other objects
- Make sure lids are securely shut--materials should not extend beyond the container rim.
- There are several ways to handle extra waste. You may schedule a Bulk Item Pick-Up, or if you regularly have extra waste, consider upsizing your landfill cart.
- If containers are not set out on collection day, customers have the option to wait until the next week for pickup or to request a return trip pick-up.
- Please call the City of Clovis at 559-324-2130.
- Return trip service is subject to an additional charge.
- Carts not placed out for collection are not eligible for credit.
- Do not place hot ashes, dirt, rock, concrete or hazardous items in your carts.
Apartments & Businesses
Containers must be easily accessible – if containers are blocked (ex. by parked cars), we will not be able to service the container and you may need to pay an additional charge if you request a return trip pick-up.Extra Waste
Containers filled above the rim, refilled or compacted containers, or additional waste beyond the service subscription level, are considered “extra” waste and are subject to an additional charge. Please call customer service at 559-275-1551 to adjust your service level.
Residential customers, please contact the City of Clovis at 559-324-2130
Apartments & Business customers, please call customer service at 559-275-1551.
Residential customers, please contact the City of Clovis at 559-324-2130.
Apartments & Business customers, please call customer service at 559-275-1551.
Recycling Questions
PAPER (clean and unsoiled)
• Paperback books
• Boxes, packages (please flatten)
• Carbonless paper
• Cardboard (must fit in cart)
• Catalogs
• Colored & construction paper
• Computer paper
• Copy paper
• Coupons
• Detergent boxes
• Egg cartons (paper only – no Styrofoam)
• Envelopes with metal clasps
• Envelopes (plastic windows OK)
• Gift Wrap (non-metallic)
• Junk mail
• Magazines
• Manila folders
• Newspapers and inserts
• Office paper
• Paper bags
• Paper packaging with remnant tape
• Paperboard boxes (cereal & shoe boxes)
• Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
• Post-its
• Shredded paper (placed in a paper bag)
• Telephone books
METAL (empty, clean, and dry)
• Aluminum cans
• Aluminum foil (clean)
• Aluminum pie plates
• Cookie sheets
• CRV beverage cans
• Food cans (clean)
• Pet food cans
• Steel cans
• Scrap metal (pots & pans, cupcake pans, utensils / silverware, metal water bottles, and small (5 gal or smaller) metal buckets).
GLASS (empty, clean, and dry)
• Rinsed; all colors; lids, caps
• Bottles
• CRV beverage containers
• Jars
PLASTIC (empty, clean, and dry)
• Containers only; empty; rinsed
• Rigid plastics
• Bleach bottles
• Buckets without handles
• CRV beverage containers (soda, water, juice)
• Detergent bottles
• Food containers (no Styrofoam)
• Household cleaning containers (empty)
• Lids and caps
• Milk jugs
• Prescription bottles (empty)
• Salad dressing bottles (rinsed)
• Shampoo and conditioning bottles
• Tub containers
Non-recyclables contaminate recycling loads, and need to be removed during the sorting process. Some items may also contaminate clean recyclable items (ex. pasta sauce jar with sauce still in it, can soak into clean office paper which is then no longer recyclable either).
If our drivers notice a lot of contamination in your recycle cart or bin, we may not be able to service it as recycling and may tag it to have it serviced as trash (in which case you may be charged).
Yard trimmings
- Flower trimmings
- Tree trimmings (twigs/branches must be 4 ft or less in length, and less than 6 inches in diameter)
- Leaves, grass, brush, and weeds
- Untreated and unpainted wood
Food Scraps (raw or cooked):
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Dairy Products
- Breads, grains, pastas
- Meat & Seafood (including bones)
- Prepared or processed foods (chips, sandwiches, etc – remove packaging)
Unacceptable Materials for Green Organics Cart:
- Dog poop or pet waste from any animal
- Diapers
- Glass, Metal, Plastic
- Hot ashes or briquettes
- Large amounts of soil or sod
- Plastic bags, or plastic of ANY kind
- Rocks, concrete, dirt, sand
- Wood that has been treated, coated or painted
- Particle board
Compostable plastics are NOT allowed in the organics cart.
- The compost facility is not able to accept other “compostable plastic” items (such as corn-based utensils, Green Strip cups, etc.) even if they are BPI-Certified, because these items do not break down fast enough or completely.
- Compostable plastics are also not recyclable. These items need to be thrown in the landfill.
Residents: Each calendar year, the City of Clovis offers a Community Cleanup event twice a year. To learn more about the Community Cleanup program in your area, please contact the City of Clovis at 559-324-2130.
Residents: If you need additional capacity, you can request additional carts for a fee. Call 559-324-2130
Apartments & Businesses: You can request more recycling and organics capacity for an additional fee (example: larger recycle dumpster, or more pick-ups). Call 559-275-1551 and ask to speak to a Recycling Coordinator.
Special & Household Hazardous Waste
Clovis residents, motor oil and filters are collected curbside by Republic Services on recycling day. The oil should be in a clear plastic container, and the filter in a sealable bag, placed next to the recycling cart.
Other options
Please recycle your used motor oil and oil filters at any of these
Pursuant to the California Waste Management Act of 1989 (Public Resources Code §§ 40000 et seq.), the City of Clovis is required to prepare, adopt, and implement source reduction and recycling plans to reach landfill diversion goals. Debris from construction, demolition, and renovation of buildings represents a particularly suitable portion of the volume of waste presently coming from the City of Clovis for recycling and reuse.
Prior to starting a Covered Project, an applicant (except when using an
Effective August 1, 2013, no person shall provide the collection of C&D Debris in the City unless they first receive a franchise to engage in such activity from the City.
Click here to find an
Batteries should not be placed inside any residential cart.
- Batteries may be placed in a ziplock bag (either in one individual bag per battery, or multiple batteries in a single bag with the ends of each battery taped) and the bag placed on top of the lid of the blue recycling container.
Alternatively, batteries may be dropped off at a hazardous waste facility.
Fresno County, in partnership with the 15 incorporated cities throughout Fresno County, offers a program to County residents known as the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Network. The HHW Network is a collection of local drop-off sites that collect the five most common types of HHW: paint, household batteries, sharps, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, and e-waste. Network sites are limited to household quantities only and DO NOT accept business waste. For more information, please visit the County’s website at
Medical sharps should never be placed into household or public waste or recycling containers. All sharps should be placed into a SHARPS disposal container immediately after use to reduce the chance of injuries caused by loose sharps.
Medical sharps that are improperly disposed of can injure anyone that comes in contact with your trash including Republic Services crews and may pose a public health hazard.
Republic Services will provide residential customers one (1) free approved sharps disposal mailing kit upon request.
For more information or to request a sharps kit, contact customer service at 559-275-1551.
To order additional SHARPS kits after you have received your FREE one, click here
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Republic Services does not collect or accept hazardous waste or medical waste.
The Fresno County Regional Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility accepts many hazardous materials including yard chemicals, pool chemicals, cleaning chemicals, automotive fluids and chemicals, and many more. The Facility is located on the American Avenue Disposal Site at 18950 W. American Avenue, Kerman, CA 93630, and is open on most Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Facility also accepts materials from qualifying small businesses on Fridays by appointment only. Small business customers only pay the cost of disposal.
For more information, please visit the County’s website at
How to dispose of light bulbs depends on which type of light bulb(s) you have. Some light bulbs contain hazardous substances such as mercury, lead and arsenic, which are harmful to human health and the environment, even in small quantities. Light bulbs containing these substances should never be placed in any carts, bins or dumpsters.
The Community Clean-Up Program is available to single-family residences that receive City refuse services. This is a bulk curbside pick-up that is provided at no cost twice per year (once in spring and once in fall). The Spring cycle runs from the beginning of January to the end of June, and the Fall cycle runs from the beginning of July to the end of December. Fliers containing details of acceptable/unacceptable debris, as well as how to sort it for the clean-up, are mailed out to each eligible residence at the start of the clean-up cycle.
Please note: Some debris may be picked up earlier than your scheduled day, but the trucks will return on the scheduled day to pick up the rest of the debris. All debris should be out at the curb by 6 AM the day that your pick-up is scheduled. Debris may be placed at the curb no more than 2 weeks prior to your scheduled pick-up day.
Multi-Family Recycling Information
Recycling conserves natural resources, like trees and water, saves energy. Composting food scraps helps return valuable nutrients to the soil and reduces the amount of organic material ending up in landfills. Both are important in helping the City of Clovis meet county and state-mandated goals for reducing waste disposed in local landfills.
Under AB1826, you must comply with recycling your green waste (landscaping) and organic waste material. Republic Services can provide you with a green waste bin or you can contact your landscapers to compost/recycle any green waste material hauled away. Please download the
Cardboard should be flattened before being placed in the recycling cart/bin.
Business Recycling & Organic Bins
State Law Requires More Businesses to Compost, January 2019
Under State of California laws AB 341 and AB 1826, certain businesses and institutions are required to recycle and compost. As of January 1, 2019, the State requires more sites to have organics collection service; businesses and multi-family properties that generate 2 or more cubic yards of recycling and organics combined per week must have organics collection service.
Materials that must be composted include food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, and non-hazardous wood waste.
AB 341 has required recycling at many businesses since July 1, 2012. Materials that must be recycled include bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard.
For more information about the State’s mandatory commercial recycling and composting laws, visit
Mixed recycling materials:
- Paper (white, colored, fax, gloss)
- Envelopes, file folders
- Newspapers, magazines, phone books
- Cardboard (flattened)
- Glass bottles & jars
- Aluminum & tin cans
- Plastic food & beverage containers*
- Triple-rinsed plastic chemical bottles*
- Carbon paper & treated papers
- Transparencies & photographs
- Food waste & food soiled papers
- Wood
- Glass (except bottles)
- Metals (except aluminum & tin cans)
- Landscape waste
- Carpet
- Bathroom waste
- Hazardous & medical waste
Note:
- Add 10 inches to width measurement to include side pocket dimensions.
- Add 7 inches to height measurement for wheeled containers.
- Height dimensions listed are the measurements at the container's highest point.
- The actual loading level/height may be lower.
1 cubic yard
Size: 72" X 29" X 24"
Wheels: Yes
2 cubic yards
Size: 72" X 44" X 35"
Wheels: Yes
3 cubic yards
Size: 72" X 53" X 42"
Wheels: Yes
4 cubic yards
Size: 72" X 58" X 51"
Wheels: Yes
6 cubic yards
Size: 72" X 71" X 66"
Wheels: No
7 cubic yards
Size: 72" X 76" X 72"
Wheels: No
8 cubic yards
Size: 72" X 91" X 72"
Wheels: No
Composting for Business
Close nature's loop by composting your food scraps. Rather than going to the landfill, food scraps can be processed into compost, which enriches soil naturally.
Benefits of Composting:
- Potential to reduce disposal costs
- Improve your image as an environmental leader
- Reduce waste going to a landfill
- Prevent greenhouse gas emissions
Compostable materials:
- Food Scraps: fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, dairy, eggs, breads, pastas, tea bags, coffee grounds
- Food-soiled Paper: paper cups, napkins, waxed cardboard
- Yard Trimmings and Wood: All plant anf floral material, wood produce crates, wood scraps, sawdust
Unacceptable materials:
- Plastics (all types)
- Styrofoam
- Glass
- Metals
- Grease trappings or tallow
- Liquids
Close nature's loop by composting your food scraps. Rather than going to the landfill, food scraps can be processed into compost, which enriches soil naturally.
Benefits of Composting:
- Potential to reduce disposal costs
- Improve your image as an environmental leader
- Reduce waste going to a landfill
- Prevent greenhouse gas emissions
Acceptable Compostable Materials
Food Scraps: fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, dairy, eggs, breads, pastas, tea bags, coffee grounds
Yard Trimmings and Wood: All plant and floral material, wood produce crates, wood scraps, sawdust
The following items are NOT compostable:
- Plastics (all types)
- Styrofoam
- Glass
- Metals
- Grease trappings or tallow
- Liquids
California's Mandatory Commercial Recycling and Organics Waste Recycling Law
The California Senate Bill 1383 is a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) by reducing organic waste disposal to 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025. Organic waste in landfills emits 20% of the state's methane, a climate super pollutant 84 times* more potent than carbon dioxide. By taking the simple act of placing organic waste into an organics recycling cart instead of a trash cart, California residents are helping divert organic waste from the landfill and reducing these harmful emissions. Many California residents and businesses are required to recycle organic waste beginning January 1, 2022. Please refer to the jurisdiction in which you live and work to determine when organic waste recycling begins in your community. For more information, visit
*Rather than using the conventional 100-year time horizon for Global Warming Potential (GWP), CalRecycle uses a 20-year GWP for methane, as explained in response to Comment Number: 5-1 on page 2-63 of their
Dumpsters
- Debris boxes, from 6 to 40 yards, are available for household remodeling, landscape projects, site clean-up, construction & demolition, and other projects.
- Rates for roll-offs vary depending upon box size and filled weight.
- Call Customer Service at 559-275-1551 for information or to place an order.
The following materials cannot be collected in roll-off containers:
- Asbestos
- Batteries
- Food waste
- Household hazardous waste
- Liquids
- Paint
- Oils
- Medical waste
- Tires
- Televisions
- Monitors and white goods (appliances) containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
