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Trash, Recycling and Food Waste Collection

Fee Schedule Here

On August 8th, 2023 City Council approved a new five year rate schedule. Effective September 1st, 2023. Read Prop. 218 Notice of Proposed Resource Recovery Refuse Collection Rate Increases here. Read frequently asked questions here.

Lee Prop. 218 Aviso Tarifas Propuestas de Recuperación de Recursos para aumentar las tarifas de recolección de residuos June 2023 aqui.

Garbage Collection

The City provides commercial, industrial and institutional refuse pickup one to six days a week, as needed. Containers options include:

Carts — 20, 32, 64 and 95 gallon
Containers — 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 yard
Roll-off boxes — 10, 15, 20 and 30 yard
Temporary service — 5 and 10 day temporary service is available for containers and roll-off boxes. Check out our informational flyer here

Mandatory Commercial Recycling

Assembly Bill (AB341) is the California State mandatory recycling law that went into effect on July 1, 2012. AB341 sets a 75% recycling goal for California by 2020, the most ambitious in the nation. The law originated with the intentions of keeping California at the leading edge of recycling, creating more green jobs and keeping waste out of the landfills. The law requires all businesses that generate four (4) or more cubic yards of garbage per week and multi-family dwellings with five (5) or more units to recycle.

Quick Guide Brochure on Mandatory Recycling -PDF

Recycling Collection

The City provides recycling carts or containers and collection service to refuse customers at no additional cost. Place clean paper, flattened cardboard, glass bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans and plastic bottles, jugs, jars and tubs in your recycling cart or recycling container. Dirty or non recyclable items placed in Blue Collection carts are considered contamination and may result in extra fees being added to your account.

Easy Recycle Guide [PDF]

Corrugated Carboard

In addition to being highly recyclable, it takes up valuable space in the Garbage container. Follow this easy guide to ensure you are putting the right material in dumpsters marked CARDBOARD ONLY

Yard Waste Green Cart Program

The City does not provide free yard waste collection service to businesses. If your business produces yard waste, call 420-5543 for more information about the services available for businesses. Businesses may Self Haul Yard Waste to be in compliance with AB1826 but records must be kept and ready for presentation upon request by the jurisdiction.

Quick Guide- Yard Waste Brochure-PDF

Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling

Mandatory Recycling and Organics Diversion Law Brochure

Assembly Bill (AB 1826), requires businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they generate per week. This law also requires local jurisdictions across the state to implement organic waste recycling programs to divert organic waste generated by businesses, including multi-family residential dwellings that consist of five or more units (please note, however, that multifamily dwellings are not required to have a food waste diversion program).

Objective of AB1826: Achieve a 50% reduction in disposal of organic waste from 2014 levels. Organic waste includes food waste, yard waste, (landscape and pruning waste), nonhazardous wood waste. The law phases in the mandatory recycling of commercial organics over time.

Building on the goals of AB1826, Assembly Bill (SB1383), was signed into law by former Governor Brown in 2016. SB1383 establishes targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025.

Objectives of SB 1383: Achieve a 50% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020, and a 75% reduction by 2025. Decrease food insecurity throughout California by diverting no less than 20% of edible food for human consumption that is currently disposed of is recovered for human consumption by 2025.

Quick Guide to Compliance Requirements (PDF)
Sign Up for Food Scrap Collection Service
Best Practices Guide for Successful Food Scrap Collection Program
Rate Fee established for Food Scrap Collection- Here

Special Services
Contact Customer Service for any of the following services:

Call-back Service- "Late set outs" requiring a Call Back will be assessed a fee.
Weekend Collection
Container Locks
Enclosure Cleaning
Special Haul Service
Bulky Item Pickup

Food Service Take-out Packaging Ordinance

Single-Use Bag Reduction Ordinance