Orange trash pickup: cost and carts

CR&R Environmental Services. Billed by: The contractor, CR&R Incorporated, bills single-family cart customers quarterly in advance.

CartA monthA year
35-gallon cart set (one each refuse, recycling and green waste cart)$25.93$311
65-gallon cart set (one each refuse, recycling and green waste cart)$27.36$328
95-gallon cart set (one each refuse, recycling and green waste cart)$28.81$346

Each residential rate covers one each refuse, recycling and green waste cart; the City's rates for July 1, 2026 are monthly.

Changing your cart

Call CR&R customer care at (714) 372-8272; the rate schedule lists a $31.48 cart exchange charge.

Ways to pay less

  • Free bulky item pickups. Each City of Orange residential account is entitled to four bulky item collections six times a year from CR&R, at no charge: 24 items a year. Place items out on your regular trash day. How: Reserve a collection date with CR&R at (714) 372-8272.

Pay or manage it

Sources

  1. City of Orange residential monthly trash rates effective July 1, 2026 (CR&R)
  2. City of Orange: residential trash, recycling and organics
  3. City of Orange: state mandated solid waste rate adjustment

Checked October 22, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.