Dublin requires every premises to subscribe to recycling service and sort recyclables into the blue cart under Municipal Code Chapter 5.32 and Alameda County's Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance (SB 1383). Accepted items include clean paper, cardboard, plastic and glass bottles, and metal cans. Businesses and multifamily properties have added container and education duties.
Recycling is mandatory in Dublin and is part of the city's bundled service under Municipal Code Chapter 5.32 (Discarded Materials Management) and Alameda County's Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance (ORRO), the local implementation of California's diversion mandates. Every residential and commercial premises must provide and use at least one container for recyclable material and sort recyclables from garbage and organics. Residents receive a blue recycling cart, serviced weekly by Amador Valley Industries (AVI), alongside the black landfill cart and green compost cart. AVI's accepted recyclables include clean paper and cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, glass bottles and jars, and metal and aluminum cans; small household batteries may be placed in a clear plastic bag on top of the recycling cart on collection day. Under the county ORRO (effective January 1, 2022, with regulations subsequently revised), businesses and multi-family properties must subscribe to recycling and organics service, place color-coded and labeled recycling and organics containers next to indoor garbage containers, ensure proper sorting, and educate employees, contractors and tenants. Businesses with alternate recycling arrangements must complete StopWaste's Certification of Recycling Service (CRS) form. Failure to comply, or excessive contamination of recycling carts, can result in a fine.
Failing to subscribe to recycling service, or to sort recyclables from garbage and organics, violates Chapter 5.32 and the county ORRO. Businesses and multi-family properties that do not provide color-coded labeled bins next to indoor garbage, ensure sorting, or educate occupants are out of compliance. Excessive contamination of the recycling cart, or noncompliance with the ordinance, can result in a fine effective January 1, 2022.
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