Commercial Services

Available Services

The City of Visalia offers front-loading trash, recycle, and organic collection containers (bins) in the following sizes:

• 1 cubic yard  
• 2 cubic yards  
• 3 cubic yards  
• 4 cubic yards  
• 6 cubic yards  
• 8 cubic yards - Recycle only
• 10 cubic yards - Recycle only

Commercial collection is available from one to five days per week to meet the needs of your business. 

Recycling

The State of California has mandated recycling requirements for multi-family units of 5 or more, AND for commercial businesses who have 4 or more yards of trash per week. Businesses and multi-family commercial customers of The City of Visalia are eligible to participate in our commercial recycling program. Commercial recycling can SAVE you money! Custom recycling plans are available.  Please contact Nathan Garza at 559-713-4532 to arrange a waste stream audit. 

Multi-Family / Apartment Recycling Brochure
Commercial Recycling Brochure

Mandatory Commercial Recycling (MCR) - AB-341: Effective July 1, 2012, the State of California passed AB 341 Mandatory Commercial Recycling Program. Its purpose is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by diverting commercial solid waste through recycling.  The law mandates all City of Visalia businesses generating four (4) or more cubic yards of waste per week and multi-family apartments with five (5) or more units must include recycling services.

The State mandate requires qualifying business and multifamily complexes to separate recyclable materials from landfill bound waste.  For more information click on Commercial Recycling & Composting brochure or the Multi-Family / Apartment Recycling brochure.

Mandatory Organics Recycling (MORe) - AB-1826: Effective April 1, 2016, the State of California passed AB 1826 requiring businesses to implement an organic waste recycling program to divert organic waste generated by businesses, including multifamily residential dwellings that consist of (5) or more units. Organic waste means food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. Mandatory recycling of organic waste is the next step towards achieving California’s aggressive recycling and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission goals. For more information please click on Commercial Organic Recycling brochure or click on Organics for a printable poster listing acceptable compostable materials. 

Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) - SB 1383: Establishes targets to achieve 50% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from 2014 level by 2020, and a 75% reduction by 2025.  The law provides CalRecycle the regulatory authority to achieve the organic waste disposal targets, and establishes an additional target that not less that 20% of edible food that is currently disposed of is recovered for human consumption by 2025. For more information, please click on SLCP.

Flyers, Posters, and Signs/Stickers - Effective July 1, 2020, MCR and MORe regulated businesses must provide recycling and organics recycling containers at front-of house to collect waste generated from the products purchased and consumed on the premises (AB 827, McCarthy).  These containers must be placed adjacent to trash containers and be visible, easily accessible, and clearly marked.   Businesses and school districts are encouraged to contact the City of Visalia Solid Waste Division or waste hauler for signage, or use CalRecycle's customizable signage by clicking on Educational/Outreach Toolkit.

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Container Maintenance:  Maintaining sanitary conditions in and around the container is the responsibility of the customer. Please "Bag & Tie" all garbage.  

No Missed Collections: We provide service on or for all holidays. If there is a driver's holiday they will work on Saturday to make the time up. If the holiday is on Monday, they work Tuesday through Saturday. If the holiday is another day in the week, your pickup day shifts one day over. For the Thanksgiving holiday, those who are normally serviced Thursday and Friday receive service on Friday and Saturday.  Please click on Holiday Schedule for more information on this year's planned schedule.

Same Day Special Pick-ups: If for any reason you generate more waste than normal and need more than your scheduled amount of weekly collections, just call us at (559) 713-4499. In most cases we will be able to provide you with a special collection that same day.