Residential Curbside & Recycling Rates

Yes.  Click here for the list of companies that are permitted to provide temporary residential trash bin services solely for temporary construction projects.

Recycling is easy and is done through your regular weekly service provided by the City’s residential waste collector, Waste Management.  Simply place your recycling cart out along with your refuse and green waste carts and it is picked up on your regular collection day.  Please deposit recyclables in the appropriate container.  The following are acceptable and unacceptable items for your recycling container: 

Acceptable Items:

•  all colors of unbroken glass; clean, dry newspapers and inserts
• empty metal cans, caps, lids, bands and foil
• plastic with #1 & #2 on the bottom
• most clear plastic bags - #s 2 & 4
• mixed paper, junk mail, magazines, photocopies, and cereal boxes without liners, corrugated cardboard, phone-books, scrap aluminum such as lawn chairs window frames and pots (must fit inside recycling container). 

Unacceptable Items:

• Pyrex, tableware, ceramics
• windows, light bulbs, mirrors, broken glass
• rubber bands
• water
• dirt, mold or other contaminates
• aerosol cans, spray cans, unless instructed, cans with paint
• liquid or hazardous waste
• stickers
• napkins, paper towels, tissues, waxed paper
• milk cartons
• carbon paper, laminated paper, thermal FAX paper, any wet or food stained paper. 

A Bulky Item Pick Up Program is available as part of your residential service.  This is a curbside service, but you must place the items at the curbside for pick up.

There are two (2) options are available to residents. Waste Management will provide each household the option of either of the following: 

1.  One (1) pick up per calendar year of up to four (4) bulky items; OR
2. Two(2) pick ups per calendar year of up to two (2) bulky items each time.

Please contact Waste Management to schedule a pick up date and for specific questions on types of items, (805) 522-9400.

The following are considered Bulky Items:

• Couches
• Refrigerators
• Rugs
• Mattresses
• Washers and Dryers
• Water Heaters
• Stoves
• Tree Trimming - bundled not over 3 feet in length
• Some Electronic Waste and other miscellaneous items (Check with Waste Management for limits on Electronic Waste)

The following are not considered Bulky Items:

• Construction Debris
• Building Materials
• Dirt and Rocks
• Car Bodies and Tires
• Lumber 
• Household Hazardous Waste (Batteries, Chemicals, used motor oil, paint, etc.)

Residents can now combine food waste products with their green waste in the same cart.  Please place your food waste inside a paper or plastic bag before placing inside the green waste cart. The following items can be disposed in your residential green waste can:

1. Bakery & Dry Goods (Pasta, beans, rice, bread & cereal)                                     
2. Dairy (Eggs, Yogurt & Cheese)
3. Meat (Bones, shells, fish, beef, & chicken)                         
4. Produce (Fruits & vegetables)

List of acceptable/non acceptable items Residential Organics Program Flyer - WM

Only these items can be placed inside your green waste cart.   Any other product will result in the green cart becoming contaminated and disposed at landfill as “trash”, and it will not be recycled. Please note that continued contamination can result in a contamination fee being charged to your residential trash bill.

No.  Currently only the above listed items can be collected. However, residents can consider purchasing a composting bin and personally recycle food waste items at home. The byproduct of composting can be used to augment home gardens and vegetable gardens. Below are some information links:

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/compostmulch/#Homeowners

Yes. Now multi-family complexes have green waste carts to maintain and assist in this effort.

If you have any questions about the program at your complex, contact Waste Management at (805) 522-9400.

Questions regarding the specifics of the program can be directed to City staff at 818-597-7314 or the City’s Solid Waste Consultant, SWS Inc., at 805-495-7521. Questions regarding the service collection and item requirements can be directed to Waste Management staff at (601) 316-9877.