Navigation MULTIFAMILY GARBAGE COLLECTION RECYCLING COLLECTION MULTIFAMILY FOOD SCRAPS COLLECTION START/CHANGE SERVICE HOLIDAY SERVICE Multifamily Food Scraps Collection Food Scraps Recycling Required for All Multifamily complexes in 2022 Starting on Jan. 1, 2022, California’s Short-lived Climate Pollutant law (SB1383) requires multifamily complexes to separate food from the garbage. Keeping food out of landfills prevents methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that causes climate change. To learn more about the food scraps program and its impacts, visit the City of Sunnyvale FoodCycle page. Setting up Your Food Scraps Service The City and Specialty will contact your complex in mid-2021. We will help your site set up food scraps service for a start date in early 2022. Get prepared by reading the letter and FAQ for property managers below. Items Accepted in Food Scraps Program All food trimmings and plate scrapings, including meats and shellfish, eggs and dairy, fruits, vegetables and bakery items Coffee filters and tea bags Grease/Oil Spoiled or freezer burned food from refrigerator cleanouts Food must be placed in clear or compostable bags only, no black, white or other plastic bags Items NOT Accepted in Food Scraps Program No “compostable” foodware or containers No glass, metal or plastic No liquids (soups can be strained and the solids can go into the collection) No white or black plastic bags No paper or bathroom waste No garbage, plastic gloves, foil wrappers, plastic straws or plastic stir-sticks Program Details Each multi-family unit will receive a recycling tote bag, a countertop pail to collect food scraps and outreach materials to explain the program. You can reuse produce, bread or other plastic bags (as long as they are clear) or even wrap the food scraps in newspaper. When your pail is full, place your scraps into the food scraps only cart, bin or chute in your complex. Watch videos with Sunnyvale residents on the benefits of FoodCycle and how to make it a habit. How Food Scraps are Processed Your food scraps are turned into: Fertilizer amendment that keeps soil healthy Electricity (energy production) through an anaerobic digester FDA-approved animal feed ingredient for chicken, pigs and fish Food Scraps Container Sizes Multifamily Food Scraps Resources How to FoodCycle English • Spanish • Chinese Letter for Multifamily Property Managers Download PDF FAQ for Multifamily Property Managers Download PDF Residential Multifamily Commercial About Events Contact Us Public Fueling Available at CNG Station Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling 3355 Thomas Road Santa Clara, CA 95054 Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling offers yard waste, yard trimmings, bulky item pick up, garbage, recycling and food scrap collection services for Sunnyvale residents. We also provide commercial garbage, recycling and food scrap services for commercial and industrial customers in the city of Sunnyvale. Copyright © 2020 Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling, Inc. All rights reserved.