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Monterey City Disposal Service Commercial Recycling Guide
City of Monterey Solid Waste & Recycling

Monterey City Disposal Service offers our commercial and multi-family customers various trash and recycling services. For trash collection service, customers can choose between 32-gallon customer-provided can services, 64- and 96-gallon cart services, 2-cubic-yard rear-load containers, and 2-, 3-, 4-, and 6-cubic-yard front-load containers. Some of our services are available up to seven days per week. 

Commercial recycling services use the same type of containers (except the 32-gallon can and rear-load containers). 64- and 96-gallon wheeled carts are used for mixed recycling and follow the same rules as the residential recycling service, which you will find by clicking here. All four sizes of front-load containers are available for cardboard collection. Unfortunately, not all services are available to all customers because of space and height constraints. All containers have wheels except the 6 cubic yards.

Mixed organics (food scraps and landscaping waste) and single-stream food scrap collection services are available for customers using a 64-gallon wheeled cart or a customer-provided compactor.

State of California (CalRecycle) Requirements for Businesses

Mandatory Commercial Recycling
California State Law AB 341

This law requires commercial entities that generate four or more cubic yards of waste per week and all multi-family complexes of five or more units to implement recycling programs. Blue cart and cardboard recycling are included in the price of your commercial service.  Monterey City Disposal Service has recycling and waste diversion experts on staff who will be happy to assist your business or multi-family apartment complex with implementing a recycling program.  For more information on AB341 please visit CalRecycle web site.

Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling
California State Law SB 1383

In September 2016, Governor Brown signed SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) in various sectors of California’s economy. The bill codifies the California Air Resources Board’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, established pursuant to SB 605 (Lara, Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014), in order to achieve reductions in the statewide emissions of short-lived climate pollutants. Actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants are essential to address the many impacts of climate change on human health, especially in California’s most at-risk communities and the environment.

SB 1383 Requirements:

• Qualified businesses must arrange for organics recycling service and provide interior collection containers.

• Recycling containers must be placed adjacent to trash containers, easily accessible, and clearly marked.

• Local government must monitor containers to minimize prohibited container contaminants.

• Enforcement actions may result for non-compliant entities.

Note: Contact Monterey City Disposal Services at 831-372-7977 to determine if your business must comply with this recycling law. The law has limited exemptions, and some businesses and multi-family complexes may qualify for a waiver if certain criteria are met.

Additional Resources

For more information on SB 1383, visit the CalRecycle website

Food Scrap Collection Program (PDF)

Known Suppliers of Environmentally Friendly Food Packaging and Compostable Bags in the Monterey area. (PDF)

Commercial and Organic Waste Recycling Bins
California State Law AB 827

Through AB 827 (McCarty, 2019), California's Legislature amended two existing laws - the Mandatory Commercial Recycling law, commonly referred to as MCR, and the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Organics Recycling law, commonly referred to as MORe. AB 827 is intended to educate and involve consumers in achieving the state’s recycling goals by requiring businesses subject to MCR and/or MORe to make recycling and/or organic recycling bins available to customers.

AB 827 Requirements:

• Businesses must provide customers with recycling and/or organics recycling collection bins or containers to collect recyclable materials generated from products purchased on the premises.

View container sizes below, and please contact us to determine what options are available for your particular property.