Castle Hill / Tice Creek Bridge Service Day Change
Starting the week of October 15, 2022, the new collection day for recycling, organics and landfill materials will be SATURDAY. Due to the recent change in vehicle weight limits on the Tice Creek Bridge on Castle Hill Road in Walnut Creek, Republic Services must utilize its smaller collection trucks to service affected properties in this neighborhood. […]
Reducing Single-Use Foodware Accessories and Using Reusables
The State of California (AB 1276) now requires all retail food facilities and food delivery platforms to provide single-use foodware items upon request only. This law was established to help reduce the amount of waste generated by single-use items and to encourage consumers to choose reusables. AB 1276 does not apply to school cafeterias, residential and […]
We Don’t Trash Food. We Throw Food Scraps In The Green Cart.
Pledge Form I pledge to inform a family member, friend, co-worker or neighbor that food is not trash, and that all food scraps can go in the green organics cart. Let’s be fur real: your pets wouldn’t waste food on your plate. We shouldn’t waste food either. Give your food scraps a new leash […]
Extra Collection Services
Single-family home residents can participate in curbside collection programs at no additional cost: Bi-annual pre-scheduled Reuse and Cleanup Days Program Recycling and/or organics on-call cleanup up to four times per year Landfill on-call cleanup once per year On-Call Recyclables and Organics Collection at the Curb Planning to trim back your trees, or clean out all the outdated paperwork […]
Thank You!
Thank you for your order of a Soilsaver compost bin. Please quickly ‘certify‘ your home composting efforts for a discount on your Republic Services trash bill. Sign up for a composting workshop! More information on composting with worms here. Interested in school classroom trainings?
SB 1383 Tier One & Tier Two Edible Food Generators
California state law SB 1383 and RecycleSmart Ordinance No. 21-1 require “Tier One” and “Tier Two” Commercial Edible Food Generators to donate the maximum amount of excess edible food to feed people. Some requirements include: A contract or written agreement must be maintained with all Food Recovery Organizations that pick up or receive edible food. A record must […]
Townhome Organics Service
Your Green Cart Is Coming Soon! California’s new state law, SB 1383, requires all residents to recycle organics, including all food scraps, yard trimmings and food-soiled paper. Why? Because organics account for more than one-third of all material going to California landfills, and the decomposition of organics in the landfill contributes to global climate change. Republic Services […]
Transparency Information
One of RecycleSmart’s goals is to be transparent and operate in the most prudent and ethical manner on behalf of our Member Agencies, residents and businesses. Budget Fiscal Year 2024-25 General Budget Fiscal Year 2024-25 Reuse Budget Audit Reports Fiscal Year 2022-23 Audit Report State Controller’s Reports State Controller’s Government Compensation Report State Controller’s Financial Transaction […]
2020 Waste Reduction Student Scholarships
Congratulations to our 2020 Student Scholarship Recipients! Alexandra (Lexi) Yomizo Campolindo High School At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, Campolindo’s volume of landfill material was higher than the other schools in Lexi’s school district. She recognized that solving this problem would require changing the behavior of the entire Campolindo community. Lexi worked […]
2021 Waste Reduction Student Scholarships
Student Scholarships RecycleSmart, in partnership with Mt. Diablo Recycling has created Waste Reduction Student Scholarships for students attending a public high school in our service area. We will award college scholarships of up to $4000 to up to four high school seniors every year. If you have implemented a waste reduction program or have made significant contributions to […]
