Glenn County, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Threshold
- More than 4 cubic yards of waste per week
- Covered generators
- Businesses and multifamily buildings with 5+ units
- Compliance options
- Source-separate or comparable mixed-waste processing
- New-tenant notice
- Within 14 days of occupancy
- Enforcing agency
- Glenn County Enforcement Official
Summary
Commercial businesses and multi-family buildings with five or more units in unincorporated Glenn County must arrange recycling once they generate more than four cubic yards of solid waste a week. The county's SB 1383 ordinance gives them a choice of source-separating recyclables or subscribing to mixed-waste processing that gets the same diversion result.
Commercial Businesses, including Multi-Family Residential Dwellings of five or more units, that generate more than four cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week shall arrange for recycling services and shall take at least one of the following actions: (a) Source separate recyclable materials from solid waste and subscribe to a basic level of recycling services that includes collection, self-hauling, or other arrangements for the pickup of the recyclable materials. (b) Subscribe to a recycling services that may include mixed waste processing that yields diversion results comparable to source separation.
Full Breakdown
070 puts the state's Mandatory Commercial Recycling program, required by Assembly Bill 341 of 2011, into Glenn County's own code. 030 to include multi-family residential dwellings of five or more units, once they generate more than four cubic yards of commercial solid waste per week. Those generators must arrange recycling service and pick at least one compliance path: source separate recyclables and subscribe to a basic collection, self-haul, or other pickup arrangement, or subscribe to mixed-waste processing that yields diversion results comparable to source separation.
A multifamily property owner can require tenants to source-separate to help meet the standard. Covered businesses (other than multifamily dwellings) must also supply labeled recycling containers wherever they provide trash containers for customers, train employees, contractors, tenants and customers annually on sorting, and give new tenants sorting information within fourteen days of moving in. 110, including keeping delivery receipts and weight tickets. 150 to confirm compliance, and cooperate with monitoring of container contents for Prohibited Container Contaminants.
Violations & Fines
Section 7.08.795.160 makes any violation, including failing to arrange recycling service or blocking a required inspection, grounds for a Notice of Violation and an administrative citation with a fine from the Glenn County Enforcement Official. The county can also pursue a civil action or, for cumulative violations, prosecute as a misdemeanor or infraction rather than pursue every business individually.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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