Recycling Requirements: Martinez vs San Ramon
How do recycling requirements rules compare between Martinez, CA and San Ramon, CA?
San Ramon has fewer restrictions than Martinez.
Martinez, CA
Contra Costa County
Mandatory recycling and organics diversion apply to all Martinez residents and businesses under California SB 1383 and AB 341/AB 1826. Residents must separate recyclables into the blue cart and organics (yard waste plus food scraps including meat and dairy) into the green cart. Contamination of recycling loads can trigger warnings and fees. Multi-family and commercial properties generating four or more cubic yards of waste weekly must subscribe to recycling and organics service.
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Contra Costa County
San Ramon recycling is single-stream through Waste Management's blue cart, with materials processed at the Davis Street MRF. Accepted: paper, cardboard, glass, metal, rigid plastics #1-5 and #7. Rejected: bags, film, styrofoam, food-soiled items. California SB 54 producer-responsibility law will phase in stricter packaging rules through 2032.
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