Murrieta, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

SB 1383, California's short-lived climate pollutant law, requires every resident and business in the state, including Murrieta, to divert organic waste from landfills. Residential organics such as food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard trimmings must be placed in the green cart provided by Waste Management. Trash (black cart), recycling (blue cart) for bottles, cans, paper, and flattened cardboard, and organics (green cart) make up the standard three-stream weekly service. Tier-one and tier-two commercial edible-food generators, a category that includes grocery stores, large food-service operations, hotels with on-site food preparation, and similar businesses, must arrange to donate surplus edible food to food-recovery organizations under SB 1383 Subchapter 6 regulations. Cities are required to enforce compliance through education and escalating penalties, and Murrieta coordinates outreach through Waste Management. Continued contamination of the recycling or organics carts can lead to service warnings and eventual fees, and multi-family and commercial accounts have additional required container colors and signage.