California SB 1383 requires mandatory organic waste recycling statewide, effective January 1, 2022. Eastvale implements it through EMC Chapter 16.05, Article VI, requiring single-family and commercial generators to separate organics (food scraps and yard waste) into the green cart provided by franchised hauler WM. Food scraps are no longer allowed in the trash.
Mandatory organics recycling in Eastvale stems from California SB 1383, the statewide Short-Lived Climate Pollutants law that took effect January 1, 2022 and requires jurisdictions to provide organic waste collection and divert organics from landfills (a statewide CalRecycle mandate, not a local invention). Eastvale carries out SB 1383 through its own ordinance, EMC Chapter 16.05, Article VI. Section 16.05.500 requires single-family and commercial premises to "comply with the organic waste recycling provisions of AB 1826 and SB 1383." Section 16.05.510 requires single-family generators to subscribe to the city's three-container collection (gray for trash, blue for recyclables, green for organics) and makes it unlawful to place prohibited contaminants in a collection container. Section 16.05.520 sets parallel requirements for commercial businesses and multifamily dwellings; Section 16.05.530 allows waivers for certain generators (for example, de minimis or physical space limitations); and Sections 16.05.540-16.05.550 add edible-food-recovery duties for large food generators (Tier One and Tier Two commercial edible food generators) and food recovery organizations. Operationally, WM provides the green organics cart, collected weekly, and per the city/WM guidance "food scraps are no longer acceptable in your trash container" - they must go in the organics cart along with yard/green waste. The underlying mandate is California state law (SB 1383, enforced through CalRecycle); EMC Chapter 16.05 Article VI is Eastvale's local implementation, and the franchised hauler is WM.
Not subscribing to or using organics collection, or placing food scraps/organics in the trash, violates EMC 16.05.500-16.05.520 and California SB 1383. Jurisdictions must enforce SB 1383, and Chapter 16.05 violations are misdemeanors under EMC chapters 1.01 and 8.17; the city issues notices of violation before penalties.
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