Apple Valley, CA Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)

California's SB 1383 (effective January 1, 2022) requires jurisdictions to provide organic-waste collection and mandates that residents and businesses keep food and green waste out of the landfill, with statewide goals of cutting organic-waste disposal 75% and increasing edible-food recovery 20% by 2025. The Town of Apple Valley implements SB 1383 through the smaller green organics cart served by Burrtec, into which residents place bagged food waste, expired food, food scraps and plate scrapings along with grass clippings, leaves, brush, prunings and dead plants; all three carts are collected on the same day. The Town's guidance states that California law requires everyone - homes, apartments and businesses - to recycle food waste, and that food formerly placed in the trash barrel should now go in the green organics barrel. On exemptions: SB 1383's rural exemption applies to counties under 70,000 population, and low-population waivers require a city under 5,000 population (and under 5,000 tons disposed in 2014). With roughly 75,800 residents, Apple Valley exceeds both thresholds and is therefore not rural-exempt; it is a full participating jurisdiction. The Town's franchise and Municipal Code (Title 6) carry the local organics requirements and any business/edible-food-recovery obligations; commercial generators should confirm their specific SB 1383 duties with the Town.