Manteca, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- SB 1383 organic waste mandate
- Cart system
- Blue / green / gray, 3-cart
- Who must comply
- All single-family households
- Contamination threshold
- >10% by weight mixed
Summary
Manteca requires every single-family household to subscribe to three-cart curbside service and sort recyclables into the blue container, organics into the green, and trash into the gray, under the state's SB 1383 mandate.
Subscribe to the city's organic waste collection services for all organic waste generated as described below in subsection (A)(2). The city shall have the right to review the number and size of a generator's containers to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials. Single-family generators shall adjust their service level for their collection services as requested by the city. Generators may additionally manage their organic waste by preventing or reducing their organic waste, managing organic waste on site, and/or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c).
2. Participate in the city's organic waste collection service(s) by placing designated materials in designated containers as described below, and shall not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers.
a. Generators shall place source separated green container organic waste, including food waste, in the green container; source separated recyclable materials in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container. Generators shall not place materials designated for the gray container into the green container or blue container.
B. Requirements for Commercial Businesses. Generators that are commercial businesses, including multi-family residential dwellings, shall:
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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4829770; v11 updated 2026-04-21).
Full Breakdown
Under Manteca Municipal Code § 13.02.205, adopted to implement the state's SB 1383 organic waste law, every single-family household must subscribe to the city's organic waste collection service and use all three carts correctly: source-separated recyclables go in the blue container, food and yard waste in the green container, and only true trash in the gray container. The city can review container size and adjust a household's service level to match what it actually generates, and mixing waste types between carts is treated as prohibited contamination enforceable under the chapter.
Violations & Fines
Placing recyclables or organics in the gray trash cart is 'contamination' under § 13.02.110; the city may bill the customer for the added disposal, cleaning and reprocessing costs it causes, on top of standard code-violation fines.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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