Restaurant Recycling and Organics Bins

California Assembly Bill 827  

 Front-of-House Bin Requirements:

 Effective July 1, 2020, food-generating businesses that sell products meant for immediate consumption, except full-service restaurants, are required to provide organics and recycling bins at front-of-house to be visible, easily accessible, and clearly marked and labeled to collect recyclables and food scraps and food-soiled paper generated by customers from products they purchase and consume on-site.  Bins must be placed next to trash bins, easily accessible and labeled.

Back-of-House Bin Requirements:

 All food-generating businesses, including full-service restaurants that bus tables for customers, must provide properly labelled bins for separate trash, recycling, and food/food-soiled paper collection containers in the back-of-house for employees to separate materials.

Getting Started

 Businesses may:

• Create their own free signage templates.
• Utilize examples from CalRecycle’s website: Education/Outreach Toolkit: Customizable Outreach Materials - CalRecycle Home Page.
• Request Gilton Solid Waste Management to provide signage that indicates accepted materials in recycling and organics recycling bins.

To implement a program or seek information about your business’s recycling requirements, please contact the City’s Recycling Consultant, Resourceability at (209) 761-1004 or jhalpin@resourceability.co