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Multi-family customers will subscribe to a bundled collection service which will include trash, recycling, and organics collection all under one collective rate.
EDCO will provide each multi-family unit with the equivalent volume of one 32-gallon recycling cart for weekly collection of commingled recycling. Additional multi-family recycling collection service can be provided for an additional cost in variable size recycling carts and/or dumpsters, with the volume, collection frequency, and container type based on the individual needs of the complex.
EDCO offers residents several recycling programs to collect a variety of recyclable materials. To ensure program success, your EDCO representative can provide bilingual educational materials to support your program.
To get your recycling program going, we will:
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In October of 2014 California adopted Assembly Bill 1826, requiring all businesses to recycle their organic waste beginning April 1, 2016. The phase-in of this mandate helps California to achieve its overall waste diversion (75% by 2020) and greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
Requirements for Multifamily Properties: Multifamily properties of 5 units or more are required to arrange for organic waste recycling services.
Multifamily Organic Waste Includes:
• Green Waste, including but not limited to: grass clippings, brush, weeds, hedge trimmings, leaves, palm fronds, ice plant, ivy, and nonhazardous wood, like branches, untreated wood, and clean wood waste.
Implementation Dates:
April 1, 2016, Businesses generating 8 cubic yards per week of organics and multi-family properties of 5 units or more shall arrange for organics recycling service.
January 1, 2017, Businesses generating 4 cubic yards per week of organics shall arrange for organics recycling service.
January 1, 2019, Business properties generating 4 cubic yards of commercial solid waste (trash) shall arrange for organics recycling service.
EDCO can conduct free on-site visits to help businesses and multifamily properties comply with the state’s new mandatory recycling requirements. Contact our Customer Service office by phone or submit a fast and easy online request to arrange for organic waste recycling services.
CLICK HERE for tips on food waste diversion.
In the United States alone, a shockingly 40% of food is uneaten, wasted, and thrown out. This results in an unfortunate misuse of resources needed to grow, process, and transport food while wasting money and accelerating climate changes. We as consumers are the largest producers of food waste, believe it or not, exceeding the grocery stores and restaurants combined! So, the smallest changes we make add up and make a huge difference. Preventing food waste in the first place typically offers the most significant financial and environmental benefits. Below are some food waste prevention tips from Save The Food:
AB 341 and the County of San Diego Solid Waste Ordinance require that businesses and public entities that have trash service levels of four cubic yards or greater, or multi-family units with four or more units, shall arrange for recycling service. Hospitality businesses (those that sell food or drinks, either to-go or to be consumed on-premises) are required to recycle regardless of the service level.
You may also donate or sell your recyclable material, however, if you do not use a county-approved franchise hauler for recycling service, you must provide the County with proof that you are participating in a recycling program. Please contact the County’s Recycling Section at (858) 694-2463 for details. County of San Diego Solid Waste Ordinance (Section 68.571) requires that residents and businesses shall only place designated recyclables in a recycling container and keep them separate from trash.
Over the past year, there have been global concerns over recyclable material quality and these expectations are not going away.
In January 2018, China will no longer accept 26 types of recyclable materials into their country. Nearly 60% of recyclable materials generated in California are currently exported to China and other Asian markets. As a result, processing mills throughout the country and the world are demanding recycling facilities ship only recyclables with less than one percent contamination which is a significant change in material requirement standards. A minimal amount of contamination such as garbage, green waste, or other debris can ruin a complete load of recyclable material. The quality of recyclable material can impact your costs should contamination require recycling being dumped as trash.
Please help us prevent and reduce recyclable material contamination by reviewing EDCO’s guidelines and acceptable items in our residential recycling program.
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