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In compliance with state law (SB-1383), all residential food waste, food-soiled paper, food-soiled cardboard, and yard waste will be collected together in your green cart.

For more information on the Food and Yard Waste Collection program, please visit RepublicServices.com/ChulaVistaCA.

 

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What will be Accepted in your Green Food and Yard Waste Container?

The food and yard waste items below are accepted in your green food and yard waste cart. Food is no longer accepted in trash or recycling carts.

Food Scraps and Food Waste
Food-Soiled Paper Products
Yard Waste

 

FOOD WASTE RECYCLING IS EASY!

1. SEPARATE any food scraps and always scrape extra food from your plate into your bin.

2. COLLECT food scraps and waste using a kitchen pail, reusable tub, or paper-based takeout boxes and bags.  Freezing food waste or wrapping in newspaper can also prevent leaks and odors.

3. EMPTY food waste, food-soiled paper, and plant debris into your green food and yard waste container.

 Food Waste is Easy  

 

Food Waste Kitchen Caddy

 FREE Food Waste Kitchen Caddy

A kitchen caddy is an optional container that can be placed under your 

kitchen sink or another convenient area for your household to use.

The City of Chula Vista has begun distributing kitchen caddies for Chula Vista households.  Availability of kitchen caddies at distribution events listed below is on a first-come, first-served basis, and limited to one per household.

  • Check back for future events or visit our permanent pickup location below.

Permanent pickup areas:

Office of Sustainability
Chula Vista City Hall, Building C
276 Fourth Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 91910

Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm; Friday, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Republic Services Customer Service Building
891 Energy Way, Chula Vista, CA 91911

Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm; Saturday 8:00am – 12:00pm

Call us at (619) 691-5122 or e-mail environmentalservices@chulavistaca.gov for more information.

Leave these out of your green food and yard waste container

For more helpful food and yard waste collection information visit our FAQ page here.

 

Community Composting

Community composting programs are ways communities can increase local resilience, build sustainability awareness, and provide quality soil amendments for local use (CalRecycle, 2023). Community composting creates a closed loop system where food waste from homes is gathered local and brought to a nearby composting site. Once local food scraps and organic waste have been processed, the result compost is used to fertilize gardens and farms nearby, which in turn grow food to be sold and consumed in the local community.

There are opportunities in Chula Vista to send organic waste to community composting organizations. However, participants of any community or at-home compost program in Chula Vista are not exempt from complying with State and local mandatory organics and food waste recycling programs and/or food waste prevention and rescue programs.

 To learn more about community composting visit CalRecycle's webpage here.