Roseville, CA Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- RMC § 9.12.030
- Applies to
- Single-family, commercial, multifamily
- On-site alternative
- 14 CCR § 18984.9(c) composting
- Multifamily exemption
- Food-waste recycling only
- Penalty floor
- 14 CCR § 18997.2 minimums
Summary
Every single-family household and commercial generator in Roseville must subscribe to the city's organic waste collection service and sort food scraps, yard waste and other organics into the designated container under Municipal Code Section 9.12.030. The rule implements the statewide SB 1383 organics mandate and carries infraction penalties tied to state minimum fine schedules.
A. Single-family organic waste generators shall comply with the following requirements: 1. Subscribe to and maintain organic waste collection services for all organic waste. The city shall have the right to review the number and size of a generator's containers to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials. Single-family organic waste generators shall adjust service level for their collection services as requested by the city. Generators may additionally manage their organic waste by preventing or reducing their organic waste, managing organic waste on site, and/or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c). 2. Participate in the city's organic waste collection service(s) by placing source separated organic waste in the container identified and designated for source separated organic waste and placing all other materials in the container identified and designated for such materials.
Full Breakdown
9(c). Generators must participate by placing source-separated organics only in the designated organics container. 030(B) applies parallel duties to commercial businesses and multifamily dwellings, though multifamily properties are exempt from food-waste recycling specifically and must instead prove other organics, like green waste, are being diverted. Commercial generators, excluding multifamily, must supply labeled containers in every indoor and outdoor customer area and can keep functional non-compliant containers until their useful life ends or January 1, 2036, whichever comes first. 110. 170.
Violations & Fines
Failing to subscribe to organic waste collection, or mixing organics into the garbage container instead of the designated organics container, violates Section 9.12.030 and is enforceable by administrative citation under Chapter 2.50. Violations are prosecuted as infractions with fines set no lower than the statewide minimums in 14 CCR Section 18997.2, under Section 9.12.170; tier one and tier two commercial edible food generators who skip mandatory food recovery duties face the same enforcement track under Section 9.12.110.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to subscribe to the city's organics cart even if I compost at home?
Are apartment buildings required to recycle food scraps?
What happens if my business's organics container is contaminated with trash?
Sources & Official References
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