What is California's Business and Multi-Family Organic Waste Recycling Law (AB 1826)?
- California's Business and Multi-Family Organic Recycling Law (AB 1826), was adopted by the State to reduce the amount of organic waste going into our landfills, reduce Green House Gas Emissions (GHG) and to help meet the State-wide goal of 75 percent recycling by 2020.
- The law requires that certain businesses, government agencies andmulti-family communities reduce, reuse, recycle or compost their organic waste through a specific program or service.
- Organic Waste includes food waste, non-treated wood waste and green waste (landscape debris). Multi-family communities are exempt from having to recycle or compost their food waste but must participate with the green waste at their properties.
- The law has been phased in as shown on the chart below:
Tier Level |
Compliance Date |
Organic Waste Diversion Implementation Schedule |
Tier I |
4/1/2016 |
Businesses, government agencies and multi-family communities (five or more living units) that generate eightcubic yards or more of organic waste per week |
Tier II |
1/1/2017 |
Businesses, government agencies and multi-family communities (five or more living units) that generate fourcubic yards or more of organic waste per week |
Tier III |
1/1/2019 |
Businesses, government agencies and multi-family communities (five or more living units) that generate fourcubic yards or more of solid waste per week |
Tier IV |
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If statewide disposal of organic waste is not reduced to 50% of the 2014 level, businesses that generate 2 cubic yards or more of solid waste per week will recycle their organic waste. |
January 1, 2019, Businesses, government agencies and multi-family communities with five or more units that generate specific amounts and types of waste shown in the table must subscribe to an organic waste reduction, reuse, recycling or composting program/service.
If CalRecycle determines statewide disposal of organic waste in 2020 has not been reduced by 50 percent compared to 2014 levels, organics recycling requirements will expand to cover businesses that generate two (2) cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week.
Visit CalRecycle to read more about the regulation.
To see what options and services are available, please contact Waste Management at (800) 423-9986. To request a free recycling audit to determine how Waste Management can help your business comply contact Lisette Hartman of Waste Management at (951) 207-0529.
To view Waste Management's collection schedule, refuse and recycling guidelines or to schedule a bulky item pick-up, please visit their Chino website.
For more information pertaining to the City of Chino's green programs and events, please call (909) 334- 3472, to be directed to the appropriate staff person.