The City of Chico’s Compost facility is located at 4441 Cohasset
Road and accepts both commercial and residential
greenwaste. The compost facility is open Tuesday through
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except on holidays.
Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Franchise Services
North Valley Waste Management was issued a Franchise to provide
Residential solid waste and recycling services within the Chico
City limits. See below for a copy of the Residential Franchise
Agreement and current rates:
Waste Management Residential Franchise Agreement
Final 2020-21 Residential Rates
Franchises for Commercial solid waste and recycling services were
also issued to both Recology Butte & Colusa Counties, and
Waste Management in designated zones (see map below). The
commercial rates are established by the City and are the same for
both companies.
Commercial Franchise Zone Maps
Recology Commercial Franchise Agreement
Waste Management Commercial Franchise Agreement
Final 2020-21 Commercial Rates
Mandatory Commercial Recycling
California state law (AB 341) mandates
recycling for all businesses that
generate four (4) or more cubic yards of solid waste
per week and multifamily dwellings
of five (5) units or more. The
purposes of this law is to reduce greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions
by diverting commercial solid waste from landfills, and to expand
recycling opportunities in California.
A business (including public entities) that generates four cubic
yards, or more, of commercial solid waste per week, or is a
multifamily residential dwelling of five (5) units or
more, shall arrange for recycling services. Businesses
can take one, or any combination of, the following in order to
reduce, reuse, recycle, compost or otherwise divert solid waste
from disposal:
- Self-haul recyclables to a recycling facility.
- Subscribe for recycling services from one of the two City
permitted waste haulers, North
Valley Waste Management or Recology Butte & Colusa Counties.
- Arrange for the pickup of the recyclable materials by a
non-profit or another entity, provided that there is no charge
for this pickup service.
Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling
In October of 2014 Governor Brown signed AB1826
Chesbro, requiring businesses to recycle their organic waste
on and after April 1, 2016, depending on the amount of waste they
generate per week. Organic waste means food waste, green
waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and
food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste
The law phases in the requirements on businesses, including
multifamily residential dwellings that consist of five or more
units,* over time based on the amount and type of waste the
business produces on a weekly basis, with full implementation
realized in 2019. The implementation schedule is as follows:
- January 1, 2017: Businesses that generate four (4) cubic
yards of organic waste per week shall arrange for
organic waste recycling services.
- January 1, 2019: Businesses that generate four cubic yards or
more of commercial solid waste per week shall arrange
for organic waste recycling services.
- Summer/Fall 2021: If CalRecycle determines that the
statewide disposal of organic waste in 2020 has not been reduced
by 50 percent of the level of disposal during 2014, the organic
recycling requirements on businesses will expand to cover
businesses that generate two (2) cubic yards or more of
commercial solid waste per week.
Additional information
Click here for drop off locations to safely dispose of your
home medical needles and sharps.
City Contact Information
Solid Waste/Recycling Information, (530) 896-7220
Linda Herman
Park & Natural Resources Manager
Public Works Department
965 Fir Street (physical address)
P.O. Box 3420 (Mailing address)
Chico CA 92927
Phone: (530) 896-7241
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