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California’s Mandatory Organic Waste Recycling law (AB 1826) requires businesses and multi-family complexes of five or more units to arrange for organic waste recycling services.* Some examples of organic waste include:

Food Scraps: solid, semisolid, and liquid food, such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, meat, bones, poultry, seafood, bread, rice, pasta and oils.

Yard Trimmings: grass clippings, leaves, flowers, hedge trimmings, weeds, etc.

*Multi-family complexes are required to recycle yard trimmings but they are not required to recycle food waste.

Mandatory Organics Recycling: New Requirements for 2019

As of January 1, 2019, businesses generating 4 cubic yards of solid waste per week are required to have organics recycling service. Please see schedule below:

Year Cubic Yards Generated Weekly

• 2019 4 (commercial solid waste, regardless of amount of organic waste)

• 2020 2 (commercial solid waste, if state does not meet goal)

For organic waste recycling options, contact your account manager or the Waste Management Customer Service Center at 805-242-7937.

1. Does your Multi-Family Complex (with 5 units or more) generate any green waste, including landscape and pruning waste and non-hazardous wood waste?___ Yes ___ No

2. Does your Multi-Family Complex currently generate more than 8 cubic yards of green waste per week? (Green waste recycling required as of April 1, 2016)___ Yes ___ No

3. Does your Multi-Family Complex currently generate more than 4 cubic yards of green waste per week? (Green waste recycling required as of January 1, 2017)___ Yes ___ No

4. Does your trash level service exceed 4 cubic yards per week? (Green waste recycling required as of January 1, 2019)___ Yes ___ No

*If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, you may need to arrange for organic waste recycling services.

Multi-Family Complexes -Green & Wood Waste Self-Assessment

Temporary Bin/Dumpster RentalWaste Management provides temporary dumpster rental for commercial and multi-family customers. Bins may be rented for up to one week or

on a monthly basis (with weekly service). Temporary bins can be delivered Monday through Friday. For pricing and ordering information, please contact customer service at 805-922-2121.

Summer 2019

County of Santa BarbaraCommercial Recycling News

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For a comprehensive listing of what can be recycled within Santa Barbara County, visit LessIsMore.org

Santa Barbara County residents can bring holiday lights and cords to an e-waste drop off site.