How California's New Organic Waste Rules Work

NBC Bay Area Consumer Investigator explains how California’s new rules for organic waste work and when residents could see fines if they don’t comply.

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[zuzkamazuzka]

F..ing California!!! now I have to pay $20 more fore stuff I don't have or use

[robert]

I signed up for an account with Republic services in Sacramento for $75 dollars a month for a small dumpster at my business. 1 month later they sent me a bill for an Organic waste container that I never ordered. I called them immediately to try to resolve the situation and they refuse to return my calls after 4 attempts now. They keep sending me bills and tell me I'm delinquent. I was told that my account representative would call me. When I contacted them again they said the account representative tried to contact me with no response. This was a complete lie because I always answer my phone and can see missed calls. I also have voice mail and there was no messages. This is yet another corporation who feels so empowered that they can just steel money from people.

[theabristlebroom]

"What do you put in the green bin? " landscaping waste, wood, paper, CARPET, textiles, other organic wastes. On what planet is carpet an "organic We need a clarification here.

[misssands]

These losers have nothing better to do than to mess with law abiding citizens. This stupid law needs to be repealed.

[fervill]

De mal en peor vamos
Edit
Over ninety percent of all of the carpet made today is made up of synthetic fiber. The rest is natural fiber, most commonly wool. First, let's look at the most common synthetic fibers. Synthetic fibers are usually made up of one of three materials: nylon, polypropylene or polyester.

#CarpetIsNotOrganicWaste

[DavidDLee]

Looked for new instructions for composting, found nothing.
It seems nobody is doing anything different currently.

[SanLeandroRefuseTrucks]

Here in the Oro Loma Sanitary District we already had green carts but they just spent more then 10 million dollars on brand new Black, Blue and green carts

[cidaliabaetasimplesmentebe]

We are paying for services & they want us to do all the work.

[idavidgraficks]

So it's "ONE SIZE FITS We're in Joshua Tree, CA (the Friggin Mojave Desert). Our County will give permits to self haulers for completion of the "green waste' twenty miles to our East. We're required to do this twelve times a year which means 480 needless miles. This may work for urban communities but not OUT here in our desert. Our County blew it in the mitigations for this CA law.

[carolremoaldo]

Are you going to give us medical waste garbage cans too. Don't you think we all should have those for our masks and gloves that are contaminated with covid.