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Organic Waste
Organic waste is a renewable natural resource. It mainly comes from yard and kitchen waste from homes, food waste, and industrial and commercial operations scraps. Mandatory organic waste recycling is the next step to achieving California’s Zero Waste goals. Recycling organics will be easy and convenient with EDCO’s commingled Organics Recycling program.
EDCO will expand the source-separated green waste collection to include recycling food waste. The service will allow customers to place food scraps in the same container as green waste. EDCO’s new Organics Recycling program will be a foundation for your community to achieve state mandates, including AB 1826, AB 1594, and SB 1383, which are directly related to organics recycling in California.
EDCO’s Food Waste Recycling Video
Please watch our informative video to learn more about EDCO’s new Organics Recycling Program and how it will significantly impact the future of organic waste.
Why Recycle Food Waste?
Organic waste accounts for over 40% of California’s waste stream material. Organic material cannot break down when buried in a landfill, as in nature or a compost pile, because it decomposes without oxygen, releasing methane gas into the atmosphere. Organic waste is recycled into valuable compost or mulch used for soil restoration in an organics recycling program. It can also be recycled by anaerobic digestion, producing nutrient-rich biofertilizer, renewable energy, and fuel. By recycling food waste, you extend valuable landfill space, which also reduces CO2 emissions and preserves our environment!
What Will Go in the Green Cart?
Below are a few examples of what can be placed in your green cart.
Food Scraps
Cooked or raw meat, poultry, and seafood (including bones), cheese, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, grains, pasta, eggshells, bread, coffee grounds, tea bags, tea leaves, baked goods, nuts, jelly, candy, snack foods, leftovers, spoiled food.
Food-Soiled Paper
Paper bags, paper napkins, paper towels, paper plates, paper cups, paper take-out containers and take-out boxes (with no plastic or wax coating, and metal removed), coffee filters, tissues.
Yard Waste
Grass clippings, small branches, small tree limbs, tree roots, flowers, leaves, plants, and straw.
What Can You Do Now?
In the United States alone, a shocking 40% of food is uneaten, wasted, and discarded. We, as consumers, are the largest producers of food waste, believe it or not, exceeding grocery stores and restaurants combined! So, the smallest changes add up and make a huge difference. Food Finders is a non-profit food recovery organization that aims to eliminate hunger and food waste while improving nutrition in food-insecure communities. This supports pantries, shelters, agencies, missions, and more within a large part of the Southern California region. Food Finders coordinates all logistics of picking up and distributing your donated food, delivering same-day to a partner agency within your local area. No amount of food is too small or too big, whether perishable, nonperishable, or prepared. Call (562) 283-1400 or visit foodfinders.org to learn more.
Request a Kitchen Caddie
Residents can request a Kitchen Caddie to conveniently transfer food scraps from the kitchen to the organics cart or compost pile.
RPV’s Brush Clearing Event
Please place your excess green waste in your designated green waste cart or, for this special event only, in additional old standard-size waste cans. Tied bundles will also be collected. We discourage the use of plastic bags as this contaminates the loads. No loose material will be collected. Please place your green waste at the curb for collection on your designated day (located below), no later than 7 a.m. This free event is for bulk/excess green waste only. No rocks, trash, or other bulky items will be picked up that day.
Refer to the following dates to see when your ONE designated brush-clearing event date will be:
| If Your Regular Collection Day Is: | Your Brush Clearing Day Is: |
| Monday | Saturday, March 29, 2025 |
| Tuesday | Saturday, April 5, 2025 |
| Wednesday | Saturday, April 12, 2025 |
| Thursday | Saturday, April 19, 2025 |
| Friday | Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
RPV’s Composting Program, Composting Rebate & Grass Recycling
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