Moreno Valley, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Diversion requirement
- 50% of debris tonnage
- WMP due
- Before permit issuance
- Post-completion report window
- 30 days after each phase
- Exempt projects
- 10 listed categories, e.g. 1-unit new homes
- Approving official
- Compliance official (building official)
Summary
Moreno Valley requires builders on covered construction and demolition projects to divert at least 50% of debris tonnage from the landfill. A waste management plan must be approved before a permit issues, and failing to hit the diversion target after materials are landfilled is a separately punishable violation.
Demolition and Remodeling Debris. It is required that at least 50% of waste tonnage from construction, demolition, and remodeling debris shall be diverted from the landfill. Demolition and remodeling projects must submit an acceptable waste management plan (WMP) as outlined in this chapter for approval prior to commencing the project...Every person who violates any provision defined in this chapter, where the violation is the failure to achieve the diversion requirement applicable to the project and the construction and demolition materials from the project have already been landfilled, is guilty of a violation of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4887234; v10 updated 2026-04-07).
Full Breakdown
020(A). For new construction, the franchise hauler helps design a site management plan and reports recycled tonnage by material back to the city. 030 before any building or demolition permit issues, must estimate waste volume by material type, the maximum feasible diversion via reuse and recycling, the vendors and facilities to be used, and the estimated tonnage that will still be landfilled; the compliance official can deny an incomplete WMP outright. An applicant who genuinely can't hit 50% can apply for a diversion exemption, and the compliance official sets a revised, project-specific target after reviewing the applicant's circumstances.
Ten specific project types are exempt from needing a WMP at all, including single-unit new residential construction, single-unit residential alterations, roofing jobs without tear-off, plumbing/electrical/mechanical-only permits, and pool or spa installation limited to the excavation and equipment pad area. 050.
Violations & Fines
Failing to achieve the required diversion rate on a covered project, where the construction or demolition debris has already been landfilled, is a punishable violation of Chapter 8.80 under Section 8.80.060, enforced under the general penalty schedule at Sections 1.01.200 through 1.01.230. An incomplete or noncompliant waste management plan is grounds for the compliance official to deny the permit application outright under Section 8.80.030(C), stopping the project before it starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does every construction project need a waste management plan?
How much construction debris must be diverted from the landfill?
Can a builder get out of the 50% diversion requirement?
What happens if a project doesn't hit its diversion target?
Sources & Official References
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