Menifee residents must place grass clippings, leaves, prunings, and other yard trimmings in the green organics cart along with food scraps — not in the trash. This is mandatory under California SB 1383 (PRC §42652), which prohibits landfilling of organic waste.
California's SB 1383 (PRC §42652 et seq.) requires every jurisdiction to provide and every household to participate in organics-recycling collection that captures both green waste (grass, leaves, branches, prunings) and food scraps. Menifee meets this through WM's green organics cart. Yard waste must be placed loose in the green cart — no plastic bags. Branches over 4 feet long or thicker than 4 inches typically must be cut down or scheduled as a bulky pickup. Open-burning of yard waste is prohibited under the South Coast AQMD Rule 444 and Title 19 CCR fire regulations in much of the Inland Empire, with Cal. Health & Safety Code §41700 banning any emission that creates a public nuisance. Defensible-space brush clearance under Public Resources Code §4291 (100-ft requirement in the State Responsibility Area / Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone that covers much of Menifee) must still be hauled or chipped — not burned without a permit from CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire.
Putting yard waste in the gray trash cart contaminates the load and violates SB 1383 — administrative penalties $50–$500 per 14 CCR §18997.2. Open burning of yard debris without a CAL FIRE permit violates Cal. H&SC §41700 and South Coast AQMD Rule 444.
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