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Learn how to properly dispose of home-generated sharps to avoid potential injury.

Please note that our offices and facilities will be closed Monday, September 5th in observance of Labor Day. We will return to our regular business schedule the following day.

California’s AB 1276 builds on the state’s existing efforts to combat waste from single-use items. Beginning in 2022, utensils, condiments, straws, and other single-use food items may only be given to customers upon request or if necessary to eat the food item.

A City ordinance mandating that single-use foodware accessories and standard condiments be made available only upon request by the
consumer will go into effect on June 17, 2022, bringing Goleta into compliance with AB 1276. AB 1276 went into effect on January 1, 2022, and builds on the “straws-upon-request law” (AB 1884) to include other single-use food accessories.

California’s AB 1276 builds on the state’s existing efforts to combat waste from single-use items. Beginning in 2022, utensils, condiments, straws, and other single-use food items may only be given to customers upon request or if necessary to eat the food item.

In June, SB 54 was signed into law, simply requiring a reduction in the amount of plastic that exists.

Please note that our offices and facilities will be closed Monday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will return to our regular business schedule the following day.

Confused about recycling numbers on plastics? Ignore them! These are not "recycling codes", they are "Resin Identification Codes".

The week of June 20th is a normal service week!

Juneteenth will NOT cause service delays. Please have your containers out for regular service this week and next week.

After green waste is collected from your container, it is grinded into mulch and put back into the community. Because this material is land-applied, it is important that we keep it clean.