Commercial Services Required by Law
California has set ambitious goals to reduce statewide solid waste disposal and divert resources from landfill. These laws require businesses (including public entities) and multifamily dwellings (apartments) to recycle and compost to achieve this goal.
Good News: It’s Easy to be in Compliance
Mill Valley Refuse Service has the programs you need to comply with the law. In most cases you’re already paying for these services and you may even be doing everything you need to do now to be in compliance.
What You Need To Know
In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, keep valuable material out of landfills, and create a healthy environment for our community and future generations by recovering natural resources, California has enacted mandatory recycling laws that impact businesses.
If you have any questions, please call our office Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at (415) 457-9760.
Requirements
AB 341 requires that a business (includes public entities) that generates four (4) cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week shall arrange for recycling services.
For more information, visit the CalRecycle website.
How to Comply
The requirement to recycle can be met by taking one or any combination of the following actions, provided that the action is in compliance with local ordinances and requirements.
- Self-haul.
- Subscribe to recycling service. We’ve made this easy for you! Recycling service is part of your normal garbage service package with Mill Valley Refuse.
- Arrange for the pickup of recyclable materials.
- Subscribe to a recycling service that may include mixed waste processing that yields diversion results comparable to source separation.
Need help getting your employees on board?
Print our Recycling Posters and put them up around your business and at your recycle stations to encourage proper recycling.
Requirements
As of January 2020, AB 1826 requires that businesses and multifamily complexes that generate two (2) or more cubic yards of solid waste per week must recycle organic waste. Businesses meeting that solid waste threshold must arrange for composting services for food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste. These are the items that normally go into your Mill Valley Refuse Compost Cart(s).
For more information, visit the CalRecycle website.
How to Comply
The requirement to recycle organic waste can be met by taking one or any combination of the following actions, provided that the action is in compliance with local ordinances and requirements.
- Source-separate organic waste from other waste and subscribe to an organic waste recycling service that specifically includes collection and recycling of organic waste.
- Recycle organic waste on-site, or self-haul organic waste for organic recycling.
- Subscribe to an organic waste composting service that includes mixed-waste processing that specifically composts organic waste. We’ve made this easy for you! Compost service is part of your normal garbage service package with Mill Valley Refuse.
- Sell or donate the generated organic waste.
Need help getting your employees on board?
Print our Compost Posters and put them up around your business and at your organics recycle stations to encourage proper composting.
Requirements
AB 827 amended two existing laws (the Mandatory Commercial Recycling law and the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Organics Recycling law) and requires businesses to make composting and recycling bins accessible to customers at restaurants, malls, and other businesses.
For more information, visit the CalRecycle website.
How to Comply
Provide clearly-marked bins for customers to properly sort waste, recycling, and compost.
Need help with labels or posters?
Print bin labels and posters and put them up around your business and at your public recycling stations to encourage proper recycling and composting.
Requirements
SB 1383 establishes targets to significantly reduce the disposal of organic waste in landfill and recover edible food.
For more information, visit the CalRecycle website.
How to Comply
The requirement to recycle organic waste can be met by taking one or any combination of the following actions, provided that the action is in compliance with local ordinances and requirements.
- Source-separate organic waste from other waste and subscribe to an organic waste recycling service that specifically includes collection and recycling of organic waste.
- Recycle organic waste on-site, or self-haul organic waste for organic recycling.
- Subscribe to an organic waste composting service that includes mixed-waste processing that specifically composts organic waste. We’ve made this easy for you! Compost service is part of your normal garbage service package with Mill Valley Refuse.
- Sell or donate the generated organic waste.
Need help getting your tenants on board?
Print our Recycling Posters and put them up at your organics recycle stations to encourage proper composting.
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