BURRTEC NEWSWASTE AND RECYCLING NEWSLETTER

Spring 2020

Sponsored by Burrtec Waste Industries for the Rubidoux Community Service District Commercial, Roll Off and Multifamily Customers

Holiday Schedule - No service on these holidays

Christmas Day | Independence Day | Labor DayMemorial Day | New Year’s Day | Thanksgiving Day

When the holiday falls on a weekday, collections for the remainder of the week will be delayed by one day. There is no service interruption or delay when the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.

Billing/Servicequestions can be directed to:Rubidoux Community Services District3590 Rubidoux BoulevardJurupa Valley, CA 92509Customer Service(951) 684-7580

Hours of OperationMonday-Friday8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Diversion Programquestions can be directed to:Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc.1850 Agua Mansa RoadJurupa Valley, CA 92509Customer Service(951) 786-0639

Hours of OperationMonday-Friday8:00 am to 5:00 pm

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Tips to Improve Recycling at the Office✔ Replace paper coffee cups with

reusable mugs

✔ Place a recycling container next to every trash container

✔ Post recycling lists and reminders to recycle

✔ Only print when necessary to save on paper use

✔ Create a designated recycling area for ink cartridges, light bulbs and batteries to ensure proper disposal

Did You Know?The latest industry studies estimate that as much as one half of food produced globally for human consumption is wasted every year.

Organics Recycling,Are You In Compliance?Effective 2019, California Assembly Bill 1826 mandates that, businesses, public entities, and multifamily residential dwellings (five or more units), generating 4-cubic yards or more of solid waste to establish and maintain commercial organics recycling service. Organic waste means food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste and non-hazardous wood 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; or

• 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.

Call Burrtec’s Customer Service office today at (951) 786-0639 to report your compliance or schedule a complimentary waste, recycling and organics assessment.

Organic MaterialsFood

WasteLandscape

Waste

Recycle Right!Place these types of materials in your recycling container.

✔ Aerosol cans (completely empty)

✔ Aluminum cans

✔ Brochures

✔ Cardboard

✔ Cartons

✔ Cereal boxes (no wax paper lining)

✔ Computer paper

✔ Coupons

✔ Envelopes

✔ Glass bottles & jars

✔ Glass cosmetic bottles

✔ Junk mail

✔ Laundry bottles

✔ Magazines/catalogs

✔ Newspaper

✔ Paper

✔ Paper tubes

✔ Phone books

✔ Plastic containers #1-#7

✔ Plastic milk jugs

✔ Styrofoam products

✔ Tin cans

✔ Tissue boxes

✔ Wrapping paper

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As of 2018, China, the largest market for the world’s recycling materials, enforced the new “National Sword” policy. This policy banned numerous materials including several types of plastics, unsorted mixed paper and set strict standards for contamination levels. This policy has impacted recycling operations across the U.S. such that stakeholders are now faced with the challenges of stockpiled recyclables with little to no value in commodities markets, improving and lowering the levels of contamination from recyclables, and learning that certain materials may no longer be recyclable. We need your support. In order to continue pursuing alternative markets and help contain costs, please help lower the levels of contamination by only placing acceptable materials in your recycling container.

Sorted recycle bales are shipped to recycling manufacturing companies and made into new products. At the sorting line at the Material Recovery Facility (MRF), workers must remove any contaminants— this is an essential but also time-consuming step that can slow down the process. If any contaminants are missed in the sorting process, the finished recycle bales could be rejected by recycling manufacturers and, therefore, not acceptable to be recycled. Keeping your containers free of trash and non-recyclable contaminants will help in reducing unavoidable future recycling cost increases. Spread the message, “Help keep your recycling clean!”

Help Keep Your Recycling Clean

The unauthorized removal of materials from this container.

What is Scavenging? ¿Que es hurgar desechos?

Scavenging is stealing and

punishable by law!

Hurgar desechos es robar y castigado

por ley!

Es el llevarse materiales sin autorización de este recipiente.

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 costs. If you see a scavenger, do not approach them! Report illegal activity to local law enforcement. Also, please help us help you. Do not give permission to scavengers to take recyclables.

Mandatory Commercial Recycling -Is Your Business in Compliance?Assembly Bill 341 mandates businesses and public entities, generating 4-cubic yards of trash or more and multifamily residential dwellings with five or more units, to establish and maintain recycling service. Recycling helps to conserve our natural resources and landfill space. Burrtec Recycling Coordinators can assist in selecting the appropriate recycling service level, along with the necessary education and outreach to managerial staff. Call our Customer Service office today to schedule a complimentary waste and recycling assessment.