Santa Rosa trash pickup: cost and carts

Trash service in Santa Rosa costs about $41 a month ($491 a year) for the usual option (32-gal garbage); by size, service runs $36 to $92 a month. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Recology Sonoma Marin. Billed by: Recology Sonoma Marin lists these as monthly rates for Santa Rosa residential service.

CartA monthA year
20-gal garbage$36.39$437
32-gal garbage$40.92$491
64-gal garbage$59.75$717
96-gal garbage$91.52$1,098

The rate depends on the garbage cart size; recycling and compost are included at no extra charge.

How Santa Rosa compares with nearby cities

Trash, a month

  1. Sonoma · 17 mi$29
  2. Rohnert Park · 7 mi$33
  3. Petaluma · 15 mi$33
  4. Healdsburg · 15 mi$33
  5. Windsor · 9 mi$40
  6. Santa Rosa$41

The standard cart in each city. Cities that pay for trash through property tax are not listed.

Checked October 28, 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.

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