Commercial Services
Acceptable Materials and Guidelines for Weekly Recyclables, Organics, and Landfill Waste
– Commercial Service Guide
Blue Recyclables Container
Please Place in your Recycling Container:
Glass, Metal, and Plastic
- Bottles and jars
- Food and beverage cans
- Aerosol cans (empty)
- Aluminum foil
- Scrap and cast aluminum (40 lbs or less)
- Bottles, jars, tubs, and trays
Paper, Cardboard, Fiber
- Corrugated cardboard and paper boxes
- Catalogs, magazines, junk mail, and phone books
- Newspaper (including inserts)
- Shredded paper (contained in a clear plastic bag)
- Gable top cartons, juice boxes, and aseptic cartons
EMPTY AND CLEAN MATERIAL ONLY. NO PLASTIC BAGS,PLASTIC WRAP, OR STYROFOAM. NO CERAMICS OR GLASS DISHWARE. NO ORGANIC, GARBAGE, OR HAZARDOUS WASTE. DO NOT BAG RECYCABLES.
Green Organics Container
Gray Landfill Container
Please Place in your Organics Container:
- Food Scraps
- Fruits and vegetables
- Dairy products
- Bread and pasta
- Coffee grounds and tea leaves
- Meats and bones
- Food-Soiled Paper
- Napkins, paper towels, and paper bags
- Coffee filters and tea bags
- Wood utensils
- Yard Trimmings
- Grass clippings and plant cuttings
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Twigs and small branches
- Small untreated wood scraps
Please Place in your Landfill Container:
- Plastic bags, film, wrappers, and bubble wrap
- Compostable plastics
- Styrofoam/ Polystyrene
- Pet waste and diapers
- Plastic coated paper products
- Painted wood
- Damaged textiles, dishware, and household items
- Clothes hangers
- Plastic utensils and straws
NO COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS, PLASTIC COATED PAPER CONTAINERS, RECYCLABLEMATERIALS, OR GARBAGE WASTE. NO DIRT, ROCK, OR CONCRETE. NO PET WASTE.
NO RECYCLABLE, ORGANIC, OR HAZARDOUS WASTE. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING REUSABLE ITEMS INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TO THE LANDFILL.
Composting Tip: Keep a small compost pail in your kitchen to collect food scraps and food-soiled paper. When the pail is full, dump it into your green cart, rinse, and repeat!
Commercial Rates
About Our Rates
Please note that billing statements for commercial customers are sent out monthly.
SCRR’s rates are adjusted annually based on a refuse rate index as provisioned in our contract with the City of Sebastopol. This allows SCRR to cover costs to provide your waste services and maintain compliance with all regulations.
Commercial FAQs
If your regular service day is on or after the holiday, then your collection will be delayed one day that week. Normal collection will resume the following week. There are no delays for Sunday holidays.
| Holiday | Day |
|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 |
| Independence Day | July 4 |
| Labor Day | 1st Monday in September |
| Thanksgiving Day | 4th Thursday in November |
| Christmas Day | December 25 |
Payments can be made in the following forms: one-time online payments by credit card, recurring electronic payments by credit card, recurring electronic payments by checking account debit (autopay), and by mail. Click here to make an online payment.
We accept checks and credit cards by mail. Please complete and include your remittance stub that is part of your invoice, place the remittance stub and check in the provided envelope, stamp your envelope, and place it in the mail. If you’ve lost your envelope, please address your envelope to:
PO Box 888894
Los Angeles, CA 90088-8894
Sonoma County Resource Recovery bills commercial customers in advance for weekly recurring services. Any extra or non-recurring services are billed monthly in arrears.
Note: We expect to send out the first invoices for multi-family and commercial customers on or around October 9th (for October regularly scheduled services). Commercial customers may also receive an invoice from the former provider for extras/special services rendered in September. SCRR will send out additional information on this with October invoices.
Click here or contact us if you would like to make changes to your services.
Please review the service guidelines for residential customers.
For additional information regarding the proper disposal of materials Sonoma County Resource Recovery does not collect, please go to Zero Waste Sonoma’s website.
Please review the service guidelines for commercial customers.
For additional information regarding the proper disposal of materials Sonoma County Resource Recovery does not collect, please go to Zero Waste Sonoma’s website..
If you have questions relating to your weekly recyclable, organic, and landfill waste collection services, please review our easy-to-understand service guidelines for commercial customers.
Click here to make a one-time payment or set up recurring payments.
Note: if you select recurring payments we will also deliver your bills and any educational or instructional materials to your email. All educational and instructional materials sent by email and by post will always be posted and available online, so please do not worry about misplacing these.
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