Under Municipal Code Section 9-7, Lynwood requires residents to use the city's three-container collection and place food and yard waste in the green container. Backyard or community composting is an allowed alternative for managing organic waste.
Section 9-7 (Ord. #1744) implements California's SB 1383 organic waste law. Section 9-7.3 requires single-family organic waste generators to subscribe to the city's collection and use a three-container system: green container for source-separated organic waste, including food waste; blue for recyclables; and gray for other solid waste. Generators may not place prohibited contaminants in the wrong containers. The same section lets residents additionally manage organic waste by preventing or reducing it, managing it on site such as backyard composting, or using a community composting site under 14 CCR 18984.9(c). Multifamily dwellings with five or more units follow commercial requirements. Section 9-7.9 exempts qualifying self-haulers.
Placing prohibited contaminants in the wrong container, or failing to subscribe to the required collection service, violates Section 9-7. The city may conduct route reviews and remote monitoring for contamination. Backyard composting is a lawful option, not a violation.
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