Organics and Recycling

The City of San Jacinto’s trash, recyclables, and organic waste are collected by CR&R Environmental Services. For customer service, including establishing service, change of address, cart replacement, bulky item pickups, temporary bins, please call CR&R Customer Care at (951) 943-1991.

Assembly Bill 2048 - Solid Waste Franchise Agreement
SB 2048 requires a jurisdiction or a public agency to post on its internet website all current franchise agreements between contracted solid waste and recycling haulers. The City of San Jacinto contracts with CR&R Environmental Services, Inc., for solid waste and recycling services. The franchise agreement is available by clicking here. 
 
Senate Bill 1383 - Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

In September 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1383 [SB 1383] establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce methane emissions. Methane gas is created in landfills when organic waste naturally decomposes. In accordance with this law, all local jurisdictions must provide recycling and organics waste collection services to all residential and commercial generators by January 1, 2022. This will help divert organic materials from landfills. If you have not done so already, please reach out to CR&R, the City's waste hauler, to sign up for collection services. 

Information on SB 1383 requirement is available from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) at https://calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/slcp/.

For details on how this regulation applies to businesses, nonprofit organizations, multifamily property owners, and residential properties, please review the sections at the bottom of this page. 

Assembly Bill 1826 - Mandatory Organics Recycling
Organics materials are the largest component of waste disposed of in our landfills. Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the decomposition of organic wastes in landfills have been identified as a significant contributor to global climate change.

In 2014, the State of California passed AB 1826 which requires that businesses producing organic waste, including but not limited to restaurants, grocery stores, and landscaping companies set up programs to recycle their organic waste instead of sending it to the landfill. For California to achieve its aggressive recycling and waste diversion goals it must remove organic waste from landfills.

The Mandatory Organics Recycling Law (AB 1826) requires that businesses arrange for recycling services for the following types of:

Food waste
Food-soiled paper
Green waste
Landscape and pruning waste
Nonhazardous wood waste
Organic waste
Most organic waste is recyclable through methods such as composting, mulching, and anaerobic digestion.

Information on AB 1826 requirement is available from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) at https://calrecycle.ca.gov/recycle/commercial/organics/