California's Mandatory Commercial Recycling Law (AB 341) and Concord's franchise require all residents and businesses to recycle through Republic Services' blue cart program. Accepted items include paper, cardboard, glass, metal cans, and rigid plastics #1, #2, and #5. Plastic bags, film, foam, and tanglers are prohibited. Contamination is subject to SB 1383 enforcement.
Concord's curbside recycling is commingled (single-stream) in the blue cart collected weekly by Republic Services. Accepted materials: flattened cardboard and paperboard; mixed paper (newspaper, magazines, junk mail, office paper); glass bottles and jars (all colors); aluminum, steel, and tin cans; and rigid plastic containers marked #1 (PET), #2 (HDPE), and #5 (PP). Prohibited in the blue cart: plastic bags and film (take to grocery-store take-back per AB 1884/SB 270 infrastructure), polystyrene foam (Concord has no EPS ban, though Contra Costa County is considering one), food-soiled paper (put in green/organics cart per SB 1383), hazardous waste, e-waste, batteries (use Contra Costa HHW facility in Martinez), syringes/sharps, and tanglers (hoses, wire, clothing). California Redemption Value (CRV) containers can be placed in the blue cart or redeemed at a CalRecycle-certified buyback center for the 5¢/10¢ deposit under the Beverage Container Recycling Program (PRC §14500). AB 341 requires commercial generators of 4+ cubic yards/week to arrange recycling service. AB 1826 expands mandates to organics, and SB 1383 now imposes universal organics diversion. Concord residents have access to Republic Services' educational materials and a free bulky-item pickup twice per year that includes some recyclable diversions.
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