CartSMART-Recycle, Compost, and Garbage Collection Program

CartSMART is the name of the program for the new weekly Recycle, Compost, and Garbage collection services that began on January 3, 2011 for residents in single-family homes. This program replaces the Recycling, Yard Trimmings, and Garbage collection service that had been provided by Allied Waste of San Mateo County, whose contract expired on December 31, 2010.

Beginning this year, Recology San Mateo is now your new Recycle, Compost, and Garbage collection service provider.

As part of the program, all residents receive three new wheeled carts:

1. Recycle – Blue Cart (64 gallon): For all recyclables mixed together
2. Compost – Green Cart* (96 gallon): For yard trimmings and food scraps
3. Garbage – Black Cart (20, 32, 64 or 96 gallons): For anything that you can't recycle or compost 

The new CartSMART program provides weekly service for your Recycle and Compost Carts. This means you no longer have to remember whether it’s your week for recycling or not – every week will be recycling week!

The following links provide additional information on the CartSMART program to:

• Learn more about your new services, view the CartSMART videos for Single Family, Multi-Family, and Commercial customers.
• Receive additional information about the three new types of carts and how to set them out for service.
• Find out what types of compostable bags can be used for both residences and businesses.
• Winners of the CartSMART Video Contest announced!

Click on the various links and logos below to learn more about the services the following environmental organizations provide:

• Rethinkwaste / South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA) Formed in 1982, RethinkWaste/SBWMA is a joint powers authority comprised of 12 Member Agencies (Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, the County of San Mateo and the West Bay Sanitary District) in San Mateo County and is a leader in implementing innovative waste reduction and recycling programs. For more information on RethinkWaste, please click here to visit the website.

   

• Recology San Mateo County (Recology) Recology San Mateo County was chosen in 2008 by RethinkWaste to provide Recycle, Compost and Garbage collection services for its 12 Member Agencies. Recology’s roots in recycling go back to 1921 in San Francisco, when garbage men, known then as “scavengers,” actively sought out alternative uses for refuse. Recology is now the largest employee owned company in the solid waste industry, parent to two dozen subsidiaries that provide solid waste services to more than 50 communities, and serves more than 570,000 residential and 55,000 commercial customers. Recology recycling facilities serve as national models, and the company is known as a pioneer in waste reduction, often exploring new technologies to facilitate landfill diversion. Click here for more information.
  
  
• South Bay Recycling (SBR) is the new Shoreway Facility operator as of January 1, 2011, taking over from Allied Waste whose operation contract expired on December 31st.  The Shoreway Facility in San Carlos is owned and managed by RethinkWaste/SBWMA, and consists of a permitted solid waste transfer station, a new recycling processing facility, and a new education center.  Click here for more information about the Shoreway Environmental Center.