Residential Recycling Overview

Yuba-Sutter Disposal, Inc. - Integrated Waste Recovery FacilityRecycling is more important than ever to customers of Yuba-Sutter Disposal, Inc. There is a pressing need to preserve our environment, save natural resources and reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills.

Yuba-Sutter Disposal Inc. is committed to providing long-term environmentally conscious waste management services in Yuba and Sutter Counties and their communities at the lowest rates possible.
Yuba-Sutter Disposal Inc. has tailored recycling and collection programs to the unique needs of the communities we serve. We provide residential recycling, yard waste and garbage collection services to the following service areas:

  • Beale Air Force Base
  • Knights Landing
  • Live Oak
  • Marysville
  • Wheatland
  • Yuba City
  • Counties of Yuba and Sutter

Special Services


Residential Day Bins: Residential customers can rent a seven-yard bin for disposal of yard waste, construction debris or other refuse. The bin can be kept for two full days. Contact customer service for more information.

Bulky Item Pickup: If you have a large/bulky item that will not fit into your garbage cart, please
contact customer service for prices and to schedule a curbside pick-up. Examples of bulky items include:
  • Mattresses
  • Old furniture
  • Old Appliances - (stoves, refrigerators, washing machines)
  • Electronic Waste - (televisions, computer monitors, microwave ovens)
Household Hazardous Waste Program: Go to the Household Hazardous Waste page for a full description of Household Hazardous Waste and available disposal options. The Household Hazardous Waste program is available to Yuba and Sutter County residents only.

Debris Box: Remodeling your home? Landscaping your yard? Rent a debris box to get rid of the extra garbage and yard waste produced by large home remodeling and landscaping projects!

We are ready to help you get it all sorted out!


People sometimes have difficulty envisioning how commingled bottles and cans are segregated after collection, or how cardboard is separated from mixed paper.

The sorting process for recyclables takes place at the Integrated Waste Recovery Facility (IWRF) at the Yuba-Sutter Transfer Station in Marysville. Collection trucks from residential homes enter the IWRF and are weighed on a certified truck scale. After the weight is logged into a computer, collection trucks empty the recyclable materials in a designated area. Recyclables are moved along elevated conveyor belts and are sorted manually. Although mechanical devices that separate materials are commercially available, manual separation by skilled sorters is an extremely reliable and adaptable way to segregate materials for a changeable commodities market, and for maximum diversion to help our community meet AB939 goals.

Once segregated by type, recyclable materials (except glass) are moved onto another conveyor line that feeds into a compacting unit. Sorted recyclables are compressed into large cubes - or bales - weighing approximately 1,500 pounds each. Bales of like materials are stored together until there are enough bales to fill a shipping container or semi-truck. (Sorted glass is collected into 40-cubic yard containers for shipment to glass mills.) Recyclable materials collected and processed by YSDI are shipped to manufacturing plants around the world to be made into new items.

Collection trucks also pick up the green recycling carts that contain the yard waste from residential homes and are weighed on a certified truck scale. After the weight is logged into a computer, the yard waste is taken to a central location and is used in our composting operation. The weight of the yard waste is important for the diversion number needed in meeting the state mandated goal of 50%. If a blue or green cart is contaminated with non-recyclable material, the contents must go straight to the landfill, and the diversion numbers are not applicable.

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