Chino Hills, CA Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)

Chino Hills (population about 78,000) is well above the 70,000 rural-exemption threshold, so it is fully subject to California's SB 1383 organic-waste recycling mandate and provides organics collection to all residents. Every single-family home receives a green-lid 95-gallon organics cart from WM (Waste Management) for food waste and yard/green waste. For commercial and multi-family generators, the City's Mandatory Recycling page states: 'Effective January 1, 2022, all commercial businesses and multi-family properties of five units or more must comply with SB 1383.' The City defines organic waste as 'food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste.' Compliance options are to subscribe to WM organics service, recycle onsite or self-haul to approved facilities, or sell/donate organic waste with supporting documentation. The City enforces compliance through automatic enrollment: 'Failure to set up these services will result in automatic enrollment for recycling and organics recycling services.' SB 1383 also includes edible-food-recovery requirements for certain large food generators, administered statewide by CalRecycle. The City's program implements the state mandate through its WM franchise; it differs from the bare state minimum mainly via auto-enrollment enforcement. Questions go to (909) 364-2606 or CHRecycles@chinohills.org.