Eastvale, CA Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)

Sec. 500 anchors Eastvale's organics program directly to state law, requiring single-family and commercial premises to comply with the organic waste recycling provisions of AB 1826 and SB 1383 and all related regulations. Sec. 510 spells out what that means for single-family generators: subscribe to the city's three-container collection service and keep materials strictly separated by color. The gray container takes only non-organic solid waste, no recyclables or organics allowed; the blue container takes only recyclable material; and the green container takes only source-separated organic waste such as food scraps and yard trimmings.

Placing a prohibited material in the wrong colored container is unlawful and a violation of the chapter, and can trigger a contamination processing fee or other enforcement action. The city is not required to swap out containers purchased before January 1, 2022 for new color-coded ones until the container's useful life ends or January 1, 2036, whichever comes first, and in the meantime residents must follow the label requirements instead. Sec. 520 extends the same three-container mandate to commercial businesses and multifamily dwellings, adding duties like annual education to tenants and employees, periodic contamination inspections, and record access for the city.

Sec. 530 allows the city to grant de minimis or physical-space waivers from some or all organics requirements on written application, and lets qualifying generators switch to every-other-week collection. Tier One and Tier Two commercial edible food generators face additional food-recovery and quarterly reporting duties under Sec. 540, tied to state compliance deadlines of January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2024.