California Assembly Bill 341 went into effect on July 1, mandating commercial recycling for all businesses that generate four or more cubic yards of waste per week and all multi-family dwellings with five units or more regardless of the amount of waste.

Most Santa Clara Valley Disposal customers in Fillmore are already in compliance with this regulation. However, all municipalities are required to conduct education and outreach activities to inform and assure all affected commercial generators know what can be recycled locally and are making good-faith efforts to recycle.

The City and Santa Clara Valley Disposal can provide free waste assessments to show businesses how to improve their waste diversion. The new legislation also has a goal of 75 percent diversion of waste from landfills by 2020. Although the City is close to that diversion level, it will take the cooperation of all commercial and residential customers to achieve this goal.

Here are a few things businesses can do to assure it is in compliance with this new regulation:

• Make sure all employees are aware of what materials can be recycled. Harrison has free fliers and posters available.
• Make sure to have adequate containers to separate trash and recyclables. Make it convenient. Always put the trash and recycling containers next to each other.
• For multi-family units, property managers can inform tenants of what can be recycled.

For more information, call Daniel Harrison of Santa Clara Valley Disposal at 647-1414, ext. 4321.