Garbage & Recycling Cart Color Changes
Beginning July 10, 2023, to comply with State Law SB 1383, East Bay Sanitary customers will receive new garbage and recycling carts. The new garbage cart is black. The new recycling cart is blue. Download Cart
Garbage, recycling, and green waste/food scrap service for single-family residences in El Cerrito.
Garbage, recycling, and green waste/food scrap service for multifamily units in El Cerrito.
Garbage, recycling, and green waste/food scrap service for commercial businesses and public entities in El Cerrito.
Online bill pay for collection services in El Cerritto
Use Your Green Cart for Food Scraps
All of your food waste and food-soiled paper, from plate scrapings to napkins should be put in your green waste cart.
California is now experiencing the effects of a climate crisis: world record-breaking temperatures, even more devastating fire seasons, more extreme droughts, and rising sea levels that erode our coastlines. Scientists tell us that greenhouse gases released by human activities, like landfilling food, paper products, and yard waste cause climate change.
Several laws related to waste reduction, resource conservation, and greenhouse gas emission reduction have been passed over the years and they all impact you.
Download the El Cerrito Materials Guide
Not sure what material goes in what cart? This brochure will help you make sure the right material gets in the right cart. Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
In addition to comprehensive waste management collection services, we offer the following services to our community.
Need a dumpster? We rent debris boxes.
Annual clean up services and bulky item pick ups.
East Bay Sanitary is the City of El Cerrito’s street sweeping general contractor.
Beginning July 10, 2023, to comply with State Law SB 1383, East Bay Sanitary customers will receive new garbage and recycling carts. The new garbage cart is black. The new recycling cart is blue. Download Cart
This article originally appeared in “A Greener El Cerrito” newsletter winter 21/22 edition. Read the full newsletter here. City maintenance workers and landscape contractors continuously pick up illegal dumping from the public right of way (streets,
Rising levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are causing a climate crises. When short-lived climate pollutants like organic waste (food scraps, food-soiled-paper, and yard waste) end up in landfill, they break down anaerobically which
If it doesn’t fit in your garbage cart—don’t force it! Bulky items such as furniture and appliances are too large and too heavy for garbage carts. But that’s not a problem! A little planning is all
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