Commercial/Multi-Family (Apartment) Services

Monterey City Disposal Service offers a variety of refuse and recycling services for our commercial and multi family customers. For refuse collection service, customers can choose between 32 gallon customer provided can services, 64 and 96 gallon cart services, 2 cubic yard rear load containers, and 2, 3, 4, and 6 cubic yard front load containers. Some of the refuse services are available up to 7 days per week. 

Recycling services use the same type of containers (except the 32 gallon can and rear load containers). The 64 and 96 gallon are used for commingled recycling and follows the same rules as the residential recycle service which you will find by clicking here. All four sizes of front load containers are available for cardboard collection. Unfortunately not all services are available to all customers because of space and height constraints. All containers are have wheels except the 6 cubic yard.

Food Scrap Collection is available for customer using a 64 gallon cart or a customer provided compactor.  

Mandatory Commercial Recycling
California State Law AB 341 (2011) requires commercial entities that generate four or more cubic yards of waste per week and all multi-family complexes of five or more units to implement recycling programs. Blue cart and cardboard recycling are included in the price of your commercial service.  Monterey City Disposal Service has recycling and waste diversion experts on staff who will be happy to assist your business or apartment complex with implementing a recycling program.  For more information on AB341 please visit CalRecycle web site.

Mandatory Commercial Organics Collection (Note: Not Mandatory for all customers. please read below)

California State Law AB 1826 requires businesses to recycle their organic waste based on the amount and type of waste the business produces on a weekly basis.  It went into effect in April 2016 and full implementation will be realized in 2019.  For more information on AB 1826 please visit CalRecycle web site.

AB 1826 phases in the requirements for businesses over time based on the amount and type of waste the business produces on a weekly basis, with full implementation realized in 2019. The implementation schedule is as follows:

Date         Requirement

4/1/2016    Businesses that generate 8 cubic yards of organic waste per week shall arrange for organic waste recycling services.

1/1/2017     Businesses that generate 4 cubic yards of organic waste per week shall arrange for organic waste recycling services.

1/1/2019     Businesses that generate 4 cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week shall arrange for organic waste recycling services.

9/15/2020 Businesses that generate 2 cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week shall arrange for organic waste recycling services.

Food Scrap Collection Program (PDF)

Known Suppliers of Environmentally Friendly Food Packaging and Compostable Bags in the Monterey area. (PDF)

California State Law AB 827 California’s Legislature, through AB 827 (McCarty, 2019), amended two existing laws - the Mandatory Commercial Recycling law, commonly referred to as MCR, and the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Organics Recycling law, commonly referred to as MORe. AB 827 is intended to educate and involve consumers in achieving the state’s recycling goals by requiring businesses subject to MCR and/or MORe to make recycling and/or organic recycling bins available to customers.

AB 827 requires businesses to provide customers with recycling and/or organics recycling collection bins or containers to collect recyclable materials generated from products purchased on the premises.

California Short -Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction

California State Law SB 1383 In September 2016, Governor Brown signed SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016), establishing methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) in various sectors of California’s economy. The bill codifies the California Air Resources Board’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, established pursuant to SB 605 (Lara, Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014), in order to achieve reductions in the statewide emissions of short-lived climate pollutants. Actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants are essential to address the many impacts of climate change on human health, especially in California’s most at-risk communities, and on the environment.

SB 1383 Requirements:

• Businesses must arrange for organics recycling service and provide interior collection containers.

• Recycling containers must be placed adjacent to trash containers, easily accessible, and clearly marked.

• Local government must monitor containers to minimize prohibited container contaminants.

• Enforcement actions may result for non-compliant entities.

For more information on SB 1383, visit the CalRecycle website

View container sizes below, and please contact us to determine what options are available for your particular property.