Garbage and Recycling Rates 2019

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:

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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