Businesses and Apartments Can Keep Santee Green by Recycling

Recycling coordinator Ed Ruiz
 

Business owners and those who manage multi-family housing such as apartments have been required to participate in California’s mandatory commercial recycling program since July 2012.

To comply with state law, businesses that generate at least 4 cubic yards of solid waste per week and multi-family housing of five units or more must arrange for recycling services.

Businesses and multi-family housing complexes in Santee can comply by choosing any of the following options:

• Arrange for the pickup of recyclable materials with Waste Management Inc., the city’s franchise trash hauler;

• Arrange for the pickup of recyclable materials by a non-franchise hauler who must provide the service at no cost to the property owner;

• Apply for an exemption at Santee City Hall and take responsibility for hauling your recyclable waste to a recycle center.

Owners of commercial businesses and managers of multi-family housing complexes may require their tenants to source separate their recyclable materials to aid in compliance with state law.

More information is available by contacting City of Santee Recycling Coordinator Ed Ruiz at (619) 258-4100 ext. 128.