Tulare County – Commercial

Commercial Services

Tulare County commercial services are provided with weekly collection services for garbage, recycling, and organics.

Ensure that the contents are contained within the container and that the lid is securely closed.

What Goes Where?

Please place in your gray container:

Polystyrene foam
Single-use plastic
PPE
Diapers and Pet Waste

Please do NOT place in your gray container:

Food
Hazardous or electronic waste
Recyclables
Medical Waste

Please place in your green container:

Food scraps
Food-soiled paper (uncoated)
Yard trimmings and green waste

Please do NOT place in your green container:

Carpets
Non-compostable paper
Textiles
Recyclables
Plastic
“Compostable plastics”
PPE or medical waste

Please place in your blue container:

Paper, cardboard
Metal
Glass

Please do NOT place in your blue container:

Food
Single-use plastic
Hazardous or electronic waste
PPE or medical waste

Contamination and Overage Monitoring

Did you know when you recycle right and avoid overfilling your containers, you are helping your community stay clean and green while also creating a sustainable future for the next generation?

If a container associated with your address is overloaded or non-acceptable material is found, we’ll send you a notification with a photograph explaining what we found along with tips to avoid overage or contamination in the future.

Composting and Recycling Laws

California has enacted several laws focused on waste reduction, resource conservation, and greenhouse gas emission mitigation. Four specific laws primarily impact commercial entities and multifamily dwellings with five or more units: AB 341 (Mandatory Commercial Recycling), AB 1826 (Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling), AB 827, and SB 1383 (Short-lived Climate Pollutants Reduction Strategy). Among these, only SB 1383 applies to single-family residences and multifamily dwellings with fewer than five units.

There are several key laws governing recycling and waste management in California. SB 1383 was designed to help the state achieve its diversion objectives and promote the responsible handling of resources by reducing landfill contributions.

In 2017, AB 1826 required that organic waste recycling extended to businesses that generate 4 cubic yards of organic waste which includes food scraps, yard trimmings and food soiled paper. Multi-family complexes are only required to recycle yard waste.

SB 1383

Commercial accounts can comply with SB 1383 by subscribing to and participating in compostables service.

For more information about SB 1383, visit California’s Short-Lived Climate Reduction Strategy page on California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) website.

Download our Flyers to Learn More

Mandatory Commercial Recycling Flyer

Commercial Recycling Disposal Guide

Commercial Organic Waste Recycling Tips

Recycling Done the Right Way Flyer

Recycling Program Flyer

Container Replacement Flyer

What Can be Recycled Guide

Extra Curbside Services

Bulky Waste

STRR provides three on-call bulky waste pickups a year for a fee. Contact us to learn more.

“Bulky Waste” means discarded furniture (including but not limited to chairs, sofas, mattresses, and rugs); appliances (including but not limited to refrigerators, ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, dishwashers, plumbing, small household appliances, and other similar items). Bulky Waste does not include construction and demolition waste, or large items such as car bodies, tires, Jacuzzi tubs or spas, or other items that cannot be handled by two persons. In addition, Bulky Waste does not include Electronic Waste.

Additionally, disposal locations for appliances such as hair dryers, toasters, clothes dryers, irons, ovens, microwaves, washer, and scrap metal are accepted at the locations listed on the County’s “appliances” page.

E-Waste, Sharps, Hazardous Waste

For hazardous waste removal, sharps, and E-waste, please contact Tulare County.

California law states that Electronic Waste (E-Waste) must be recycled. Many consumer electronics contain low levels of hazardous metals that can potentially contaminate soil and water.

E-Waste including computers, monitors, and televisions, cell and house phones, fax machines, laptops, book readers, printers, radios, tablets, i-Pods and Players, scanners, stereos, speakers, video cameras and players, game players and accessories, and other electronic waste are accepted at Tulare County’s “E-Waste” page.

For a full list of accepted and non-accepted items, please contact the County for more information.

Terms and Conditions

Contact Us

(661) 725-0265
info@strrinc.com

City of Delano Office:

912 High Street

Delano, CA 93215

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 970
Richgrove, CA 93261