Rates and Collection Schedule

Rates

Cupertino residents can choose a 96, 64, 32, or 20 gallon cart for garbage cart size. Rates depend on the size of your garbage cart to encourage waste reduction and promote waste diversion through recycling and composting. Please read the Annual Brochure for Residents to make sure you are sorting your waste correctly. (PDF, 86KB)Current Residential Single Family Garbage Rates(PDF, 67KB) and Debris Box Rates(PDF, 110KB).

Residents can now pay their bill online using Recology's Bill Pay service.

Low Income Rates

Single-Family residents may be eligible for a discounted service rate if enrolled in the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) CARE program. Providing proof of enrollment in PG&E's CARE program is required. Call Recology at 408.725.4020 for more information.

See how Cupertino's rates compare to other jurisdictions in the area using the chart below.

Please note, the rates shown below are on a monthly basis, residents receive a bill once every three months. These prices are based on the size of your garbage cart. Costs will increase for a larger garbage cart size. Recycling and organic services are included in the cost.

2024 single-family residential garbage rates per month

Average:
20 or 24 gallon cart: $38.10
32 or 35 gallon cart: $48.35

Cupertino’s garbage, recycling and composting program for residents includes food and yard waste collection for composting, single-stream recycling, battery and compact fluorescent bulb collection, household hazardous waste drop-off, and on-call collection of bulky items.

• Current Multi-Family Dwelling Garbage Rates(PDF, 146KB)
• Recology Audits & Consultations

Battery and light bulb collection may be available at your leasing office of your apartment complex. Please check with your apartment manager to find out what services are available to you.

(PDF, 12MB)

Recology provides garbage, recycling and composting services tailored to businesses properties based on size and other factors.

• Current Commercial Garbage Rates(PDF, 146KB) and Debris Box Rates(PDF, 110KB)
• Recology's Commercial Brochure(PDF, 3MB)
• Recology Audits & Consultations
• Commercial Organics Collection

Visit our policy pages to learn more about requirements for businesses:

• Recycling and Organic waste
• Single-use Foodware

Are you doing a construction project, remodel, or big clean out?

Recology can provide a debris box at your home or business to help you divert your waste.

Your project may require a construction waste diversion plan. Find out more about it on our Green Development page.

Recology is the only allowable debris box service for Cupertino. The City has negotiated rates to help keep costs low. See the Debris Box Rates(PDF, 110KB).

Enter your address in the Collection Calendar on Recology's website to see your scheduled waste collection date.

Collection for all material occurs between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday, once per week.

Collection occurs on all holidays except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. If these holidays occur Monday through Friday, collection will be one day later throughout the rest of that week.

For example, there is NO waste collection on Thanksgiving (Thursday). If your waste is regularly picked-up on Thursday it will now be picked-up on Friday. If your waste is regularly picked-up on Friday, than it will be collected on Saturday. 

If your garbage, recycling or organics are not picked up by 6 p.m., contact Recology.