Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 18984.1 - Three-Container Organic Waste Collection Services
(a) A jurisdiction may comply with the
requirements of this article by implementing a three-container organic waste
collection service and providing a green container, a blue container, and a
gray container to each generator in the following manner:
(1) The green container shall be provided for
the collection of organic waste. The green container shall be intended for the
collection of organic waste only and not non-organic waste. The contents of the
green container shall be transported to a facility that recovers source
separated organic waste.
(A) Compostable
plastics may be placed in the green container if the material meets the ASTM
D6400 sections
5.1 through
6.4.2 standard for compostability
as published May, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference, and the
contents of the green containers are transported to compostable material
handling operations or facilities or in-vessel digestion operations or
facilities that have provided written notification annually, to the
jurisdiction stating that the facility can process and recover that
material.
(2) The blue
container shall be provided for the collection of non-organic recyclables only
but may include the following types of organic wastes: paper products, printing
and writing paper, wood and dry lumber and textiles. The contents of the blue
container shall be transported to a facility that recovers the materials
designated for collection in the blue container.
(3) The gray container shall be for the
collection of non-organic waste only.
(4) A jurisdiction may comply with this
section by providing a container or containers that are split or divided into
segregated sections, instead of an entire container, as long as the lids of the
separate sections of a split container comply with the container color
requirements and material limitations specified in this section.
(5) Materials specified in this paragraph
shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(A) Carpets, non-compostable paper, and
hazardous wood waste shall not be collected in the green container.
(B) Hazardous wood waste shall not be
collected in the blue container or gray container.
(6) A jurisdiction may require additional
segregation of source separated organic waste by providing additional
containers or additional sections of split containers in addition to the green
container and blue container. The following types of additional containers can
be provided pursuant to this paragraph.
(A) A
brown container, or a brown section of a split container that is limited to the
collection of separated food waste.
(B) If a jurisdiction segregates the contents
of a blue container into an additional container or additional section of a
split container in order to separate organic wastes specified in Subdivision
(a)(2) from non-organic recyclables, the jurisdiction may use a darker shade of
blue for the container or section of the container designated for the
collection of organic waste, and a lighter shade of blue, or any color not
already designated for other materials specified in this section, for the
collection of non-organic recyclables.
(C) Additional containers, or sections of
split containers provided for collection of additionally separated organic
waste not specified in this section, may be provided in any color provided that
the colors do not conflict with the container color requirements of this
section.
(b) A
jurisdiction that provides a three-container organic waste collection service
that complies with Subdivision (a) may transport the contents of the gray
container to a facility that processes and recovers organic waste. A
jurisdiction that complies with Subdivision (a) is not required to transport
the contents of the gray container to a facility that meets or exceeds the
organic waste content recovery standard specified in Section
18984.3. A jurisdiction will not
be considered out of compliance with Subdivision (a) if it allows carpet and
textiles to be placed in the gray container.
(c) Notwithstanding Subdivision (a), a
jurisdiction providing a three-container organic waste collection service may
allow organic waste, such as food waste, to be collected in the gray container
provided that the collection program complies with the following:
(1) The contents of the gray container shall
be transported to a facility that meets or exceeds the organic waste content
recovery requirements specified in Section
18984.3.
(2) The gray container is labeled in a manner
consistent with Section
18984.8 that identifies the types
of organic waste content accepted in the gray container.
(3) The jurisdiction otherwise provides green
and blue containers in a manner that complies with the requirements and
limitations specified in Subdivision (a) of this section.
(d) A jurisdiction may allow organic waste to
be collected in plastic bags and placed in the green container provided that
allowing the use of bags does not inhibit the ability of the jurisdiction to
comply with the requirements of Section
18984.5, and the facilities that
recover source separated organic waste for the jurisdiction annually provide
written notice to the jurisdiction indicating that the facility can process and
remove plastic bags when it recovers source separated organic waste.
(e) Nothing in this section is intended to
prohibit a jurisdiction from providing an uncontainerized green waste and yard
waste collection service to its generators, provided that the three container
service complies with the following:
(1) If an
uncontainerized green waste and yard waste collection service is provided
intermittently or on a seasonal basis, a green container is still provided for
collection of organic waste as required in Subdivision (a)(1) whenever the
uncontainerized service is not provided.
(2) If an uncontainerized green waste and
yard waste collection service is provided year-round, generators receiving that
service must be provided a collection service for the collection of other
organic waste in a manner that complies with this section.
(f) Notwithstanding Subdivision (a), the
contents of containers may be initially transported to a consolidation site as
defined in Section
17402 that complies with the
requirements of Section
17409.5.10.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502, 43020, 43021 and 42652.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 42652.5, Public Resources Code; and Section 39730.6, Health and Safety Code.
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