Garbage and Recycling Rates 2019

Get updates Please contact ACI of San Ramon at (925) 380-9480 or Info@AlamedaCountyIndustries.com for any billing inquiries.

Customers will automatically receive their first garbage bill from ACI in October of 2019.  That bill should be the same amount as your last bill from Waste Management unless you changed services.  Your first ACI bill will be delivered in the same format (paperless or paper) as your last Waste Management bill.  Once you receive your first ACI bill with your new ACI account number, please visit www.sanramonrecycles.com/billing-guidelines/ to set up an on-line account and auto-pay.  Click on the "Account Login" button in the upper right-hand corner of the page to set up your on-line account.

The City of San Ramon has a contract with ACI of San Ramon to provide solid waste, recyclables, and organics collection services. To lodge a complaint about ACI, or if you are not satisfied with ACI’s services, or have a general question about San Ramon's garbage rates or environmental programs, please contact the City of San Ramon’s Environmental Programs Manager, David Krueger at (925) 973-2824 or Dkrueger@sanramon.ca.gov.

The following rates are effective for January 1 through December 31, 2019.

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Residential Curbside Rates

The following rates apply to single-family homes, condominiums, and townhomes with individual cart service for garbage, recyclables, and compostables. Residents may recycle compostable organic materials such as food scraps, soiled paper products, plants, yard trimmings, and clean wood in their compost carts. Curbside customers are billed quarterly. Curbside rates are based upon the size of garbage cart requested. Four sizes of residential garbage carts are available:

Size Monthly Rate Quarterly Rate
20-gallon $26.06 per month $78.18 per quarter
35-gallon $32.20 per month $96.60 per quarter
64-gallon $55.57 per month $166.71 per quarter
96-gallon $88.53 per month $265.59 per quarter

If you can recycle more and "trash" less, you can save money by getting a smaller garbage cart. Call Waste Management (925) 837-3356 to exchange your cart size. One free cart exchange per year.

Residential curbside services include weekly recyclables, compostables, and motor oil collection at no additional charge. The standard recycling and compost carts are 64-gallons each. If you regularly overfill your 64-gallon recycling cart, you may trade it in for a 96-gallon cart at no extra charge. An additional compost cart is available at no extra charge. Details on residential rates, including extra services, are provided at the link below:

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Townhome Rates, No Compost Cart

The following rates apply to townhomes and condominiums with individual garbage and recycling service that do not have a compost cart and do not have individually maintained landscaping. These rates include up to 96-gallons/week of recyclables collection at no additional charge.

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Apartment and Condominium Rates

The following rates apply to apartment and condominium complexes with shared garbage and recycling services. These customers are billed monthly in arrears. They receive unlimited recyclables collection services at no additional charge.

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Commercial Garbage Rates

The following rates apply to commercial and industrial businesses and institutions. Commercial customers are billed monthly in arrears. Commercial customers can receive up to one cubic yard per week of recycling service and up to 96 gallons per week of composting service at no additional charge. Composting service includes collection and composting of organic materials such as food scraps, yard trimmings, plants, soiled paper products, and clean wood.

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Commercial Composting Rates

The following rates apply to composting services for commercial and industrial businesses and institutions. Each commercial customer can receive up to 96 gallons per week of composting service at no additional charge. The rates for higher levels of composting service are 50% less than commercial garbage rates and are provided at the link below. Composting service is provided in carts, bins, and roll-off compactors. Composting service includes collection and composting of organic materials such as food scraps, yard trimmings, plants, soiled paper products, and clean wood.

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Bin Compactor Rates

The following rates apply to compacting front-loader bins used by either commercial customers or apartments/condominiums. Rates for roll-off compactor bins are listed under Roll-Off Compactor Rates below. The bin compactor rates include unlimited recycling services for apartments and condominiums. Commercial bin compactor customers can receive up to one cubic yard per week of recycling service and up to 96 gallons per week of composting service at no additional charge.

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Roll-off Compactor Rates

The following rates apply to commercial roll-off compactor services provided by Waste Management for regular garbage. Commercial roll-off compactor customers can receive up to one cubic yard per week of recycling service and up to 96 gallons per week of composting service at no additional charge. Composting service is also available in roll-off compactors, see Commercial Composting Rates for details.

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Roll-off Box Rates

The following rates apply to open top roll-off boxes (dumpsters, drop-boxes) provided by Waste Management for regular garbage. These rates do not apply to commercial recyclables (cardboard, wood, yard trimmings, metal, etc.) or construction/demolition waste collected in roll-off boxes by permitted commercial recyclers. The City does not regulate the rates charged by commercial recyclers.

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Rates for On-Call Collection of Large/Bulky Items

The following rates are charged by Waste Management for on-call collection of large, bulky items such as appliances, electronics, tires, and furniture. Call (925) 837-3356 to schedule a pick up.

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