Tulare Municipal Code Chapter 7.17 implements California's SB 1383 mandate. Every single-family home, multifamily building, and business in Tulare must subscribe to recycling AND organics collection and source-separate organics, recyclables, and landfill trash. As of 1/1/2022 it is illegal statewide to put organics or recyclables in the trash cart.
TMC Chapter 7.17 (Mandatory Recycling and Organic Waste Disposal Reduction) implements Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42652 et seq. (SB 1383). All properties — residential and commercial — must subscribe to organic and recycling collection services through the City's hauler, or demonstrate (via self-haul records to a permitted compost/recycling facility) that the divertible material is being legally diverted. Tulare's three-cart system: BLACK = landfill trash; BLUE = mixed recyclables (paper, cardboard, plastic bottles/jugs, metal cans, glass bottles); GREEN = organics (food waste, food-soiled paper, plant debris, yard trimmings, untreated/unpainted wood). Commercial generators of large volumes of organics may also be subject to AB 1826 (Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42649.8) and AB 341 commercial recycling requirements. SB 1383 also requires edible-food recovery: Tier 1 generators (supermarkets, large food wholesalers/distributors, food service providers) and Tier 2 (restaurants, hotels with on-site food, large venues, state agencies) must contract with a food recovery organization to donate edible surplus.
City SB 1383 fines for contamination of carts (e.g., organics in the trash, trash in the recycling): $50 first violation, $100 second violation, $250 third and subsequent violations. Failure to subscribe to required organics or recycling service is independently enforceable under TMC § 7.16.030 (compulsory service) and TMC Ch. 7.17. CalRecycle can also pursue state-level penalties against the jurisdiction, which the City flows down to non-compliant generators.
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