Recycle Right!Place these types of materials in

your recycling barrel or bin.

• Aerosol cans (must be completely empty)• Aluminum cans (please do not crush)• Brochures• Cardboard• Cartons• Cereal boxes (remove wax paper lining)• Clothes hangers• Computer paper• Coupons• Envelopes• Glass bottles, jars• Glass cosmetic bottles• Junk mail• Laundry bottles• Magazines/catalogs• Newspaper• Paper• Paper tubes• Phone books• Pizza boxes• Plastic containers #1– #7• Plastic milk jugs• Styrofoam products • Tin cans• Tissue boxes• Wrapping paper

April 2016

BURRTEC NEWS Waste and Recycling Newsletter

Sponsored by Burrtec Waste Industries forCommercial, Roll Off, and Multi-Family Customers

Recycling Programs —Let Us Help!California Assembly Bill 341 mandates businesses and public entities, generating four (4) cubic yards of trash or more and multi-family residential dwellings with five or more units, to establish and maintain recycling service. This law went into effect on July 1, 2012. Recycling not only conserves our natural resources but can save money by reducing waste disposal costs. Our staff can assist in selecting the appropriate recycling service level, along with the necessary education and outreach to residents and managerial staff. Call our customer service department today to schedule a complimentary waste and recycling assessment. If you already have a recycling program and would like to make additional enhancements, please call our customer service department for assistance.

Recycling Considerations: Make Your Program a Success!Ensuring the success of your recycling program depends on a few key elements; most importantly assistance from employees and/or residents. Here are a few pointers to get you started in the right direction. · Post signage to remind employees and/or residents to recycle specific items (cardboard, paper, etc.). Communication is essential. Newsletters and flyers also reinforce the message.· Placement of recycling containers next to trash containers increases the chances of getting more recyclables into the correct container.· Emptying recycling containers into the proper recycling bin will ensure that your business or multifamily residential dwelling is doing their part to lower costs and reduce landfill waste.

Top 5 Items to Keep OUT of the Recycling Bin Here are the 5 top items that should never be placed in the recycling bin: 1. No Garden Hoses. Despite being made from rubber, vinyl or a combination of both,

this item still belongs in the trash. Unlike other recyclables, rubber hoses do not currently have a market.

2. No Diapers. Diapers should be placed in your trash bin.

3. No Hazardous Waste. This means no paint, motor oil, batteries, syringes, needles, etc. Hazardous wastes place our facility staff at risk. Do not place it into the trash bin.

4. No Pet Food Bags. The wax coating prevents the bags from breaking down in the recycling process, so pet food bags go into the trash bin.

5. No Electronic Waste. These items are best recycled through a proper e-recycler.

Scavenging Is Illegal!!Whether it’s called dumpster diving or scavenging, it is the unauthorized removal of solid waste materials. Removal of materials from a bin may increase the cost of collection services! Materials placed in a recycling bin have a value that is used to offset collection and processing costs. When a scavenger breaks the law and removes those materials they are also removing any value associated with the recycling program, which ultimately affects rates. If you see a scavenger, do not approach them! Get a description of the person and/or vehicle with license plate number or take a picture. Call or send a picture to Burrtec Waste Industries. Also, please help us help you. Do not give permission to scavengers to take recyclables.

Contact InformationBurrtec Waste Industries

1-909-620-1353

1250 E. Holt Boulevard Pomona, CA

Hours of OperationMon-Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Mandatory Organics LegislationThe California State Legislature approved Assembly Bill 1826 (AB 1826) which sets forth statewide mandatory commercial organic waste recycling. The bill includes initial requirements that businesses generating more than eight cubic yards of organics per week and multifamily residential properties with five dwelling units or more that generate eight cubic yards of green waste per week, must arrange for

organic recycling services. Organic waste means food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous

wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste mixed in with food waste. The State requirements specify that applicable business waste generators:

• Separate organic waste from other waste and participate in a waste recycling service that includes

collection and recycling of organic waste.

• Recycle its organic waste on site, or self-haul its organic waste off-site for recycling; or

• Subscribe to an organic waste recycling service that may include mixed waste processing that specifically recycles organic waste.

The law phases in the requirements on businesses and multifamily residential dwellings over time, based on the following dates by 2019. Additionally, the State law contains a trigger that will increase the scope of affected businesses, if waste reduction targets are not met.

April 1, 2016: Businesses that generate 8 cubic yards of organic waste per week shall arrange for organic waste recycling services.

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

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

January 1, 2020: On or after January 1, 2020, the organic recycling requirements on businesses will expand to cover businesses that generate 2 cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week.

Additional organics recycling information will be provided as the program becomes available.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Should you have any questions or to obtain a waste assessment please call our office at (909) 620-1353.