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Organics Waste Collection (SB 1383)

Information for Your Business

Beginning in 2022, SB 1383 requires every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses.

  • “Jurisdiction” means a city, county, a city and county, or a special district that provides solid waste collection services.
  • “Organic waste” includes food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges.

Checkout EDCO's guide here on how to properly sort your organic waste. Additional resources are available on EDCO's website here.

What are the requirements for businesses?

Businesses are required to either:

  1. Subscribe to and participate in their jurisdiction’s organics curbside collection service OR
  2. Self-haul organic waste to a specified composting facility, community composting program, or other collection activity or program.
Businesses must provide collection containers for organic waste and recyclables in all areas where disposal containers are provided for customers, except in restrooms.
  • However, if a business does not generate any of the materials that would be collected in a specific container, then it does not have to provide that particular container.
Internal containers must conform to the proper color requirements or labeling requirements.
  • If a business chooses to use containers that are the correct color, internal containers do not need to be replaced until they are no longer functional or until January 1, 2036, whichever comes first.
To reduce contamination, businesses must provide education to employees, contractors, tenants, and customers regarding how to properly sort organic material into the correct containers.
  • Businesses must periodically:
    • Inspect organic waste containers for contamination
    • Inform employees if containers are contaminated
    • Instruct employees about how to properly sort material into the correct containers.
Businesses must provide organic waste collection services for:
  • Employees
  • Tenants
  • Contractors
  • Customers
Businesses must supply and allow access to an adequate number, size, and location of containers with the correct labels or container colors. They must also:
  1. Annually educate employees, contractors, customers, and tenants on how to properly sort organic waste into the correct bins, AND
  2. Provide information to new tenants within 14 days of occupation of the premises.
Employees, contactors, tenants, and customers must properly sort organic materials into the correct containers at business establishments.

 

Can I get a waiver from this requirement for my business?

Your business may request a waiver from the organics recycling requirement for two reasons only:

1. De Minimis Waiver Request

  • The commercial business's total solid waste collection service is less than two cubic yards per week OR
  • The commercial business's organic waste is less than 20 gallons per week of the total waste

2. Physical Space Waiver Request-If the premises lack adequate space for a green EDCO container.

If either of these situations apply to your business then please complete this online form:

Organics Collection Waiver Request Form

Approval of your waiver request is subject to verification by EDCO and final approval from the City Manager.

What are the requirements for public schools and school districts?

Public schools and school districts, state agencies, special districts, and federal facilities do not fall under a jurisdiction’s authority and must either:

  1. Subscribe to a collection service that the jurisdiction provides
  2. Contract for collection service independently OR
  3. Self-haul organic waste to a specified composting facility, community composting program, or other collection activity or program.
Jurisdictions will provide information to these entities regarding their requirements for recycling organic waste. Property managers or other administrators must educate employees about organic waste prevention and how to properly sort materials into correct containers.
  • Property managers and administrators must periodically:
    • Inspect organic waste containers for contamination
    • Inform employees if containers are contaminated AND
    • Instruct employees how to properly sort material into the correct containers.
Property managers or administrators must provide containers for organic waste and recyclables in all areas where disposal containers are provided, except in restrooms.
  • However, if an entity does not generate any of the type of material collected in a specific container, then the property management or administrator does not have to provide that type of internal container.
Containers must conform to the proper color or labeling requirements.
  • If a property manager or administrator chooses to use containers that are the correct color, internal containers do not need to be replaced until they are no longer functional or until January 1, 2036, whichever comes first. They can adhere correct labels to existing internal containers to comply with SB 1383.
Employees of these entities must properly sort their organic waste into the correct containers.

Information for Residents

Use your green cart to separate landscape waste, food scraps, and other organic materials for collection each week on your scheduled service day and set out by 6 a.m. or the night before. 

  • Residential customers receive one green 96-gallon organics cart.
  • Two additional green carts are available at no extra cost.
  • Residents requiring a fourth 96-gallon cart or more may request additional green carts for a nominal monthly fee.

CLICK HERE to request additional carts through EDCO’s Contact Us form.

HELPFUL RECYCLING GUIDES

To learn more about EDCO's Anerobic Digestion (AD) Facility and Organics Recycling Program, visit the EDCO website.

Contact Us

Nicole Grucky, Senior Management Analyst 858-720-2467