Garbage Service and Routes
For efficient collection and excellent garbage service, all of Patterson's garbage, green waste, and recyclables are collected by Bertolotti Disposal Inc. Bertolotti uses automated trucks, which lift heavy carts and bins with automated mechanical arms and lifters. When the trucks are full, drivers take garbage to the County Landfill, with recyclables going to a transfer station for sorting.
Collection Routes & Schedule
To find out what day your trash is collected, please visit the 2024 City of Patterson Service Route Schedule for Garbage Collection, Leaf Pickup and Street Sweeping (PDF). Bulky items are scheduled with Finance at 209-895-8040 for Fridays pick up only.
Important Information Regarding Collection Day
Wheel your carts out to the street on your regularly scheduled garbage, green waste, and recycling day. Place recycling, green waste, and garbage carts out together, 2 feet apart, and 3 feet away from any vehicle or obstacle. Put your carts wheels against the curb with the handles facing your house.
If there is a problem putting your carts in the street, please put your carts as close as possible to the street (e.g., in your driveway, on the mow strip, or at the edge of the sidewalk), but please do not block the sidewalk. No hazardous materials of any kind are accepted in your garbage, recycling, or yard waste carts.
Garbage Collection
GARBAGE BINS MUST BE 2 FEET APART AND 3 FEET FROM THE CURB AND VEHICLES.
Garbage cans to be placed no earlier than 24 hours prior to collection and to be removed by 6 PM on collection day, per Municipal Code Section 6.12.080.
Replacement bins can be acquired by contacting the Finance Department at (209) 895-8040 if damaged or stolen. If your totes are stolen, a police report must be made online at www.scsdonline.com to receive replacement at no cost.
Garbage lids must be level with the bin or there is a potential risk that the can will not be serviced.
Reminder:
- Black Bin = Trash
- Green Bin = Organic Waste
- Blue Bin = Recycling
Residential Holiday Hours Observed: New Years, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.*
*If your garbage service falls on any of these holiday's your service day will be delayed one day.
Leaf Pickup Program
PLEASE MOVE YOUR VEHICLES THE NIGHT BEFORE TO ENSURE YOUR LEAVES GET PICKED UP.
The Leaf Pickup Program begins the first full week of November and ends on the last Friday in January (Starting and ending dates are approximate and dependent on how the leaves fall.)
When the Leaf Pickup Program begins, leaves will be collected weekly according to the schedule provided here Route Schedule Map (see Collection Routes & Schedule). Please make use of your 90-gallon Green Bin for the disposal of leaves. When Green Bin is full, rake the remaining leaves from your property into a pile and place five (5) feet from your curb. Please do not place tree limbs in leaf piles. To help avoid delays, and for adequate leaf pickup, please do not park your vehicles on the street during your scheduled pickup day. This will help ensure easy access for the leaf collection service.
Christmas tree pick-up: will be picked up on leaf schedule day. Trees must be cut in half and no more than five (5) feet long. No flocked trees. If Christmas tree is placed in the green bin, these must be cut into smaller pieces to fit in the container.
No bulky pickup appointments will be scheduled after the first two weeks of December and will resume scheduling after the new year. During the holidays all residential services will be delayed one day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. There will be no service interruptions for any commercial services during holidays.
Street Sweeping
PLEASE MOVE YOUR VEHICLES THE NIGHT BEFORE TO ENSURE YOUR STREET GETS SWEPT.
The City sweeps all residential areas once a week. All commercial downtown streets (from El Circulo inwards towards Plaza) are swept daily. City parking lots are swept every Friday and the front of all Patterson Joint Unified School District (PJUSD) schools are swept every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.