What businesses need to know: Businesses and public entities that generate two cubic yards (CY) of solid waste are required to recycle organic waste (food and/or green waste). In September of 2020, CalRecycle reduced the threshold from four cy to two cy of solid waste per week. This bill aims to achieve 75 percent waste diversion by 2020.
Solid waste is the total of trash, recycling, and organics generated by businesses. Business organic waste includes food scraps, compostable paper, green waste and landscape materials, and nonhazardous wood waste.
CalRecycle - Assembly Bill 1826
What multi-family properties need to know: currently, apartment and condominium complexes of five units or more are required to recycle non-food organic waste. Businesses may self-haul, mulch/compost on-site (with appropriate state permitting) or contact EDCO for collection services.
Multi-family organic waste includes green waste and landscape materials, and nonhazardous wood waste.