Simi Valley, CA Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)

14(c), every single-family organic waste generator must participate in the city's three-container collection system: source-separated green container organic waste, including food scraps such as fruit, vegetable, meat, and bread waste, goes in the green cart; source-separated recyclables go in the blue cart; and everything else goes in the gray cart. 14(c) expressly bars residents from placing gray-cart materials into the green or blue container. 02's definitions spell out what counts: 'food scraps' covers fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, bones, rice, pasta, bread, cheese and eggshells, while 'organic waste' reaches yard trimmings, lumber, paper and manure.

The mandate implements the state's SB 1383 short-lived climate pollutant law and was added by Ordinance No. 1332, effective February 22, 2022, with self-hauler recordkeeping rules added by Ordinance No. 1362, effective February 24, 2025. 05(b) to subscribe to the three-container service, and Tier One and Tier Two commercial edible food generators, such as supermarkets, restaurants over 5,000 square feet, and hotels with 200 or more rooms, must arrange to recover edible food rather than discard it. 03's composting exclusion, provided the pile, bin, or container is not visible from the street in a residential zone.