October 3, 2023

The Garden Grove Sanitary District, in collaboration with Republic Services, invites residents living in multi-family properties, such as apartments and condominiums, to attend a presentation on the state-mandated Organics Recycling program focused on residential food waste recycling. Meetings will be held in October and November in various locations throughout the city.

Presentations will be available in multi-languages. The in-person meetings are scheduled for:

  • Thursday, October 12 at 6:00 p.m., at the Buena Clinton Youth and Family Center, located at 12661 Sunswept Avenue (English and Spanish);
  • Wednesday, October 25 at 6:00 p.m., at the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center, at 11402 Magnolia Street (English and Spanish);
  • Wednesday, November 1 at 6:00 p.m., at the Garden Grove Community Meeting Center, located at 11300 Stanford Avenue (English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Korean); and
  • Tuesday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m., at the Buena Clinton Youth and Family Center, at 12661 Sunswept Avenue (Vietnamese only).

Attendees will receive a free kitchen pail used to collect food scraps prior to emptying into recycling containers. Kitchen pails are limited to one per household, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Topics to be discussed include the state’s organic waste recycling law, SB 1383, and the importance of organics recycling; waste collection service changes for multi-family residents; proper separation of organic waste; and steps to mitigate unwanted pests and smells.

Implemented in 2022, the City’s Organics Recycling program was created in response to California State Law SB 1383, requiring a reduction of organic waste in landfills to reduce emissions of harmful environmental pollutants, which enables residents and businesses to recycle all food waste and food-soiled paper in an organics bin. SB 1383 requires non-compliant accounts to be fined starting in 2024.

For more information about the Organics Recycling program, visit ggcity.org/organics-recycling.

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