Residential Recycling Services

The City of Ontario provides residential refuse collection service. We take pride and are committed to providing reliable, timely, safe, and affordable service. The City serves approximately 30,000 single-family homes and offers several residential programs. Residential customers include single-family homes and multi-family complexes. Curbside trash and recycling are collected once a week. Among the programs offered are the roll-out services for elderly and disabled residents and bulky item pick-ups by appointment. You may also view the fees for solid waste services.

Effective January 1, 2022, all California residential residence will be required to separate organic waste from trash and participate in an organics collection program per State SB 1383, California Short Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. Residential Customers must begin placing food scraps in the green waste container (green lid) rather than in the trash container (black Lid). Items placed in the green container will be composted for more sustainable processing. The only process that will change, is how you sort your food scraps. Your trash, recycling, and green container will still be serviced the same day. We simply ask that you place any food scraps in the green container.

Suitable food scraps include fruits and vegetables, grains, meats, bones, dry/solid dairy products, eggshells, and coffee grounds. Green waste including grass clippings, leaves, plant pruning, flowers, twigs, and small branches (less than 4 inches in diameter and 4 feet long) should also continue to be placed in the green container.

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Green- Meat, Fish, Poultry, Dairy Products, Fruits and Vegetables, Bread, Pasta, Rice, Grains, Bones, Eggshells, Seafood shells, Plate Scrapings, Grass, Leaves/ Tree Branches, Shrubs/ Brush, Plants/Weeds, Garden Trimmings, Sawdust

Blue- Plastic & Glass, Empty Plastic, Bottles Rigid Plastic Containers, Empty glass bottles and jars Metal & Aluminum, Metal beverages & food cans, Aerosol cans, clean aluminum pans and foil, Mixed Dry Paper, Clean Paper, Magazines, Newspapers, Cardboard junk mail, Styrofoam

Black- Plastic Bags, Non-recyclable plastics, mixed candy packaging, personal hygiene, chopsticks, treated wood, gum.

Residential Guide: What Goes Where

General Container Information

The front of the container should face the street.
The arrows on the container lids should point towards the street.
The wheels to the refuse containers should be placed against the curb.
Containers must be a minimum of 3 feet from any obstructions (trees, parked vehicles, mailboxes, etc.) and at least one foot between other containers. Containers should be in plain view and not placed behind any objects.
All containers should be placed out by 6:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day, but not earlier than the evening prior to collection. Empty container must be removed from the curb no later than 24 hours after collection.
Materials should not protrude outside the top of the container
Do not set any items on top of the containers.

Please remember the following in order to allow the best possible service:

Residential Food Waste FAQ’s

Why is the City of Ontario’s Integrated Waste department doing this? Governor Brown signed SB 1383 into law, setting strict standards for methane emissions in California to combat climate change. To tackle this problem, the law sets a strict goal to reduce food waste in landfills by 75% by 2025. This means that all food waste needs to be diverted from the regular landfill into organics recycling programs, such as composting or using scraps for animal feed.

How much will this cost? There will be no additional cost at this time for residential customer.

Will bags be supplied? No. Customer must supply their own bags.

What type of bags can be used? We recommend clear plastic bags. Although customer have the option to use any type of bag, they have available.

I backyard compost, do I have to participate? We encourage you to continue composting but all non- composted food waste items, such as meat, bones and dairy product can be recycled through this program.

Who collects the material & when is it picked up? The food waste will be collected along with your green waste cart. The food waste will be picked up once a week on your regular service day.

Where dose the food waste go? The food waste will be sent to an organic processing waste facility where it will be composted or used as feedstock for anaerobic digestion.

Local Food Pantries

Food pantries accept dry and canned food donations. Essential non-food items such as toiletries and hygiene products. Any food that is “shelf-stable” or nonperishable. And remember, only donate food that hasn’t reached its “sell-by” date yet.

Name	Address	Phone Number
Salvation Army	1412 S Euclid Ave, Ontario, CA 91762	909-986-6748
IV Hope Partners	904 E California St, Ontario, CA 91761	909-622-3806
Fruit of the Vine Food Bank (Redeemer Church)	920 W 6th St, Ontario, CA 91762	909-986-2615
Unidos Por La Musica	2171 S Grove St, Ontario, CA 91761	909-391-3999
Touch Ones United Creating Hope	219 W Belmont St, Ontario, CA 91762	909-682-5474
Helping Hands (Mt. Zion Church)	224 W California St, Ontario, CA 91762	909-460-0984
Lady of Guadalupe Church	710 S Sultana Ave, Ontario, CA 91761	909-986-6154
Ontario Christian Center	1336 N Baker Ave, Ontario, CA 91764	909-983-5269
Ontario First Church of the Nazarene (The Lord's Food Pantry)	1311 W 5th St, Ontario, CA 91762	909-986-6776
Ontario 7th Day Adventist Church	856 N Sultana Ave, Ontario, CA 91764	909-986-8261
Ontario Spanish 7th Day Adventist Church	316 W B St, Ontario, CA 91762	909-553-4979
Centro Cristiano Shalom Adonai	540 W Maple Ct, Ontario, CA 91762	909-214-1364