A. Except for single-family organic waste generators that meet the shared subscriber or self-hauler requirements of this code, including any rules and regulations of the city which implement, interpret, administer and enforce this chapter, single-family organic waste generators shall subscribe to the city’s three-container organic waste collection services for all organic waste generated as described below in subsection B of this section. The city shall have the right to review the number and size of a generator’s containers to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment of materials; and single-family generators shall adjust their service level for their collection services as requested by the city. Generators may additionally manage their organic waste by preventing or reducing their organic waste, managing organic waste on site, and/or using a community composting site pursuant to 14 CCR Section 18984.9(c).

B. Except for single-family organic waste generators that meet the self-hauler requirements of this code, including any rules and regulations of the city which implement, interpret, administer and enforce this chapter, single-family organic waste generators shall participate in the city’s organic waste collection services by placing designated materials in designated containers as described in this subsection, and shall not place prohibited container contaminants in collection containers. Generators shall place source separated green container organic waste in the green container; source separated recyclable materials (which includes source separated nonorganic recyclables and source separated blue container waste) in the blue container; and gray container waste in the gray container. Generators shall not place materials designated for the gray container into the green container or blue container. (Ord. 716 §1, 2021).