Residents and businesses in Fullerton will pay more for trash service beginning July 1, 2026, as a new regional disposal agreement drives up county landfill fees far beyond the usual annual inflation adjustment.
The standard residential rate for a single-family or multi-family household will rise from $27.29 to $30.78 a month, an increase of $3.49. Commercial customers with a three-cubic-yard bin picked up once a week will see their rate climb from $239.73 to $263.37, an increase of $23.64. The new charges take effect with the 2026–27 fiscal year.
City officials attribute the jump to two separate factors. The first is a 3.22 percent annual Consumer Price Index adjustment built into Fullerton’s collection contract with Republic Services. The second, and by far the larger, is a 53.11 percent increase in the per-ton disposal rate charged by Orange County Waste & Recycling, or OCWR, to dump waste at county landfills. Those disposal costs are passed directly through to ratepayers, and the city says it has no authority over how the county sets them…