All Indio residents, multi-family tenants, and businesses must recycle food scraps and yard waste under California SB 1383. Indio launched its organics program in August 2022 (Ordinance No. 1778). With ~94,000 residents, Indio is well above the 70,000 rural-exemption threshold, so full SB 1383 rules apply.
The City of Indio is fully subject to California's SB 1383 organic-waste mandate. With a population of roughly 93,000-94,000, Indio far exceeds the 70,000 threshold below which low-population rural jurisdictions can seek exemptions, so the full requirements apply. Indio adopted Ordinance No. 1778 to enforce organics diversion (incorporating AB 1826 commercial organics and AB 827 on-site container requirements) and rolled out its residential organics program in August 2022. Per the city, 'all single- and multi-family homes and businesses are required to sort food scraps and yard waste into an organics bin.' Operationally, residents add food waste to the green-lid (green waste) cart: under Burrtec's program, food scraps — 'fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood, bread, dairy, eggshells, coffee, plate scrapings, peels, rinds, and food soiled paper' — are bagged in any plastic bag (compostable not required) and placed in the green barrel along with yard waste. Food waste 'no longer belongs in your trash barrel.' The three-cart system is black lid = trash, blue lid = recycling, green lid = organics, with new standardized carts being phased in (full rollout targeted by 2036). Businesses may use the self-hauling alternative under Section 51A.09 of Ordinance 1778 with required record-keeping and reporting. SB 1383 also adds edible-food-recovery obligations for certain food businesses, and the state targets a 75% reduction in organics disposal. The city monitors organics-cart contamination and enforces compliance.
SB 1383 participation is mandatory for all residents, multi-family tenants, and businesses. Indio enforces via Ordinance 1778; the city monitors organics-cart contamination, which can affect rates. Commercial generators must arrange organics service or use the Ordinance 1778 Section 51A.09 self-haul alternative with reporting. Edible food generators have separate food-recovery duties.
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