Unincorporated Kings County residents receive a recycling cart from Mid Valley Disposal for commingled paper, cardboard, cans, glass and plastics #1, #2 and #5. Recycling is mandatory under California's AB 341 and SB 1383 framework, and the County is part of the Kings Waste & Recycling Authority.
Mid Valley Disposal provides every unincorporated Kings County household a recycling container alongside the trash and organics carts. Per the hauler's published list, the recycling cart accepts commingled recyclables such as mixed paper, clean and flat cardboard, aluminum and tin cans, glass jars and bottles, and recyclable plastics #1, #2 and #5 bottles and containers. Items such as Styrofoam, clothes, shoes, plastic bags, bathroom waste and diapers belong in the trash, not the recycling cart. Recycling in California is mandatory, not optional: the statewide Mandatory Commercial Recycling law (AB 341) requires businesses and multifamily complexes generating defined volumes of waste to arrange recycling service, and SB 1383 (effective January 1, 2022) requires all residents, businesses and multifamily properties to separate recyclables and organics from trash, either by subscribing to collection or self-hauling to an appropriate facility. Recyclables collected in the county are processed through the Kings Waste & Recycling Authority (KWRA). Commercial recycling questions in the county are handled through the County Public Works / commercial-recycling program. Contamination, putting non-recyclables in the recycling cart, undermines diversion and can trigger corrective notices under the SB 1383 framework. Residents should rinse containers, keep recyclables loose (not bagged), and confirm accepted plastics with Mid Valley Disposal.
Putting trash in the recycling cart (contamination) can prompt corrective notices. Under AB 341 and SB 1383, commercial and multifamily generators that fail to arrange required recycling service face state-backed compliance enforcement; beginning January 1, 2024 jurisdictions may impose penalties for non-compliance with mandatory recycling and organics separation.
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