Proudly serving Mendocino County since 1998
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Since 2022, we have proudly serviced the City of Fort Bragg and unincorporated areas of Mendocino County. These unincorporated areas include: Ukiah, Redwood Valley, Hopland, Potter Valley, Yorkville, Mendocino, Albion, Caspar, Comptche, and Little River. In 2024, we welcomed the City of Willits and the unincorporated areas of Boonville, Gualala, Philo, Navarro, Westport, Brooktrails, Laytonville, and Covelo.
Residential Service
We offer curbside garbage, recycling and organics waste collection within the City of Fort Bragg and certain unincorporated areas of Mendocino County. To start service, please call 888-718-4888 or 707-234-6400 or visit one of our local offices, open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Customers are billed monthly.
- Fort Bragg Office
325A East Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg, CA, 95437
- Ukiah Office
3515 Taylor Drive, Ukiah, CA, 95482
- Cart: Gray lid
- Size: 20, 32, 64 or 96 gallon carts
- Frequency: Weekly
- Material: Non-recyclable items accepted by the landfill
Carts need to be placed at curb or road edge at least 3 feet apart by 5:00 am on your collection day. Please position carts to open towards the street and keep them free of neighboring or overhead obstacles. All material must fit inside cart and lid must close. Over-filled or contaminated carts may not be picked up and/or may result in extra charges.
Curious about what goes in your gray cart? Use our handy RWS Landfill Guide.
- Cart: Blue lid
- Size: 96 gallon cart
- Frequency: Weekly (same day as garbage service)
- Material: Newspaper, household paper, magazines, cardboard, food and beverage glass, metal cans, plastic food and beverage containers.
- Prohibited: Plastic bags, polystyrene, food, liquids, garbage
All recyclables are placed in the same cart, please do not bag your recyclables. Place carts at curb or road edge at least 3 feet apart by 5:00 am on your collection day. Please position carts to open towards the street and keep them free of neighboring or overhead obstacles. All material must fit inside cart and lid must close. Over-filled or contaminated carts may not be picked up and/or may result in extra charges.
Curious about what goes in your blue cart? Use our handy RWS Recycling Guide.
- Cart: Green lid
- Size: 96 gallon cart
- Frequency: Weekly (same day as garbage service)
- Material: Lawn clippings, leaves, plant material, branches under 4″ in diameter, small unpainted wood pieces, food scraps, soiled paper and pizza boxes
- Prohibited: Plastics, liquids, glass, metal, hazardous waste, any bags (except paper)
Curbside Mixed Organic Waste Collection is not available in all areas. Please contact us for more information.
Please do not bag your organic waste. Carts need to be placed at curb or road edge at least 3 feet apart by 5:00 a.m. on your collection day. Please position carts to open towards the street and keep them free of neighboring or overhead obstacles. All material must fit inside cart and lid must close. Over-filled or contaminated carts may not be picked up and/or may result in extra charges.
Curious about what goes in your green cart? Use our handy RWS Mixed Organic Waste Guide
SB 1383
In an effort to reduce methane gas emissions, California’s new organics recycling law, SB 1383, necessitates recycling food waste, food soiled paper and yard waste as of January 2022. At Redwood Waste Solutions, we are committed to ensuring your compliance with SB 1383. Please review our flier about California’s recycling and organics laws here.
To start mixed organic waste collection service, please call 888-718-4888 or 707-234-6400 or visit one of our local offices, open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Fort Bragg Office
325A East Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg, CA, 95437
- Ukiah Office
3515 Taylor Drive, Ukiah, CA, 95482
If you would like to compost at home or self-haul your organic waste, an Alternative Compliance form is required by Mendocino County. Click here to download it. For additional self hauler information, click here
Ifyou believe you qualify for a waiver, please review the waiver forms below.
Mendocino County SB1383 Organic Waste Recycling Waiver Request Form
City of Fort Bragg SB1383 Organic Waste Recycling Waiver Request Form
For more information about SB 1383, please visit CalRecycle’s webpage about Statewide Mandatory Organic Waste Collection
Customers may choose to have route collectors walk-in their driveway or backyard instead of rolling carts to the curb or roadway edge. A fee is charged for this service. Please call 707-234-6400 to make arrangements.
- Residential customers in the areas of the City of Fort Bragg, Unincorporated Fort Bragg, Albion, Mendocino, Comptche, unincorporated Ukiah, Redwood Valley, Potter Valley, and Hopland are entitled to have two (2) bulky Items collected per year at no charge.
- Bulky items typically include a piece of furniture or an appliance.
- A charge for freon removal may be applied for refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners.
- Prior arrangements must be made for bulky item pickup by calling us at 707-234-6400.
- Collection of additional bulky items (beyond the two free collections) can be arranged for a fee.
Want to know what’s eligible for free bulky item pickup? Check out our Bulky Item Collection Guide.
For scheduling inquiries in areas where Bulky Item Collection is not available, please call 707-234-6400.
Holidays
- New Years Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
During these weeks, if your regular collection day falls on or after the holiday (Monday – Friday), collection is delayed by one day. This applies to weekdays only, if a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, there will be no delay.
For example, Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday. That week, Thursday customers will be collected on Friday, and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday. Normal collection resumes the following week. Holidays that fall on weekends will not disrupt collection services.
Residential Pickup Service
Garbage Collection
- Cart: Gray lid
- Size: 20, 32, 64 or 96 gallon carts
- Frequency: Weekly
Recycling Collection
- Cart: Blue lid
- Size: 96 gallon cart
- Frequency: Weekly (same day as garbage service)
Organic Collection
- Cart: Green lid
- Size: 96 gallon cart
- Frequency: Weekly (same day as garbage service)
Commercial & Multifamily Services
We offer onsite garbage, recycling and organics waste collection within the City of Fort Bragg and certain unincorporated areas of Mendocino County. Commercial customers are billed monthly. To start service, please call 888-718-4888 or 707-234-6400 or visit one of our local offices, open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Fort Bragg Office
325A East Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg, CA, 95437
- Ukiah Office
3515 Taylor Drive, Ukiah, CA, 95482
- Bin: Green body with gray lid (Legacy SWOW customers may have a red body with gray lid)
- Sizes: 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 6 cubic yard bins (6 yard bins are available to Inland customers only at this time)
- Frequency: Daily or Weekly
- Material: Non-recyclable items accepted by the landfill
- Billing: Monthly
Curious about what goes in the garbage bin? Use our handy RWS Landfill Guide
- Bin: Blue body with gray lid
- Size: 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 6 cubic yard bins (6 yard bins are available to Inland customers only at this time. 96 gallon cart available upon Redwood Waste Solutions approval.)
- Frequency: Daily or Weekly
- Material: Newspaper, household paper, magazines, stationery, catalogs, cardboard, food and beverage glass, metal cans, plastic food and beverage containers (no plastic wrap).
- Billing: Monthly
Curious about what goes in the blue bin? Use our handy RWS Recycling Guide
*Review Commercial Recycling Mandate in California
- Bin: Green or gray body with green lid
- Size: 96 gallon carts, or 1, 1.5, 2, 3, or 4 cubic yard bins (96 gallon cart is included with collection service at no additional cost)
- Frequency: Weekly (same day as garbage service)
- Material: Lawn clippings, leaves, plant material, branches under 4″ in diameter, small unpainted wood pieces, food scraps, soiled paper and pizza boxes
- Prohibited: Plastics, liquids, glass, metal, hazardous waste, any bags (except paper)
Curious about what goes in the organics bin? Use our handy RWS Organic Waste Guide
AB 1826
Businesses and multi-family complexes that produce two (2) cubic yards or more of solid waste every week are required to participate in an organics recycling program. Under this law, businesses and multi-family complexes must recycle or compost yard waste and landscape materials generated on-site. To comply, subscribe to weekly organics collection service, self-haul to a composting facility, or compost on site. At Redwood Waste Solutions, we are committed to ensuring your compliance with AB 1826. Please review our flier about California’s recycling and organics laws here
If your business or multi-family complex qualifies for an exemption, please review the information below.
AB 1826 Self-Certification Form
California Organics Mandate
California Senate Bill (SB) 1383 requires all multifamily complexes and businesses to separate food waste, food-soiled paper, and green waste from garbage. They must also provide organic waste collection containers, educate residents, employees, contractors, tenants, and customers about properly separating food waste and food-soiled paper, and inspect the garbage, recycling, and organic waste containers to make sure materials are properly separated. This can be accomplished by subscribing to organic waste collection service, self-hauling organic waste to a composting or processing facility, or composting on site.
At Redwood Waste Solutions, we are committed to ensuring your compliance with SB 1383. Please contact us at 707-234-6400 for a free onsite waste assessment or to schedule service.
Under SB 1383, businesses are required to participate in food recovery programs if they are wholesale food vendors, food service providers, grocery stores of 10,000 sq. ft. or more, supermarkets, or food distributors. Food recovery programs enable businesses with excess edible food to donate it to organizations that use the excess food to feed people.We are available to provide your business with resources necessary to establish a local food recovery program.
Contact us at 707-234-6400 or click here to download our flier for more information
Holidays
- New Years Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
During these weeks, if your regular collection day falls on or after the holiday (Monday – Friday), collection is delayed by one day. This applies to weekdays only, if a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, there will be no delay.
For example, Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday. That week, Thursday customers will be collected on Friday, and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday. Normal collection resumes the following week. Holidays that fall on weekends will not disrupt collection services.
Commercial Pickup Service
Garbage Collection
- Bin: Green body with gray lid
- Sizes: 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 4 cubic yard bins
- Frequency: Daily or Weekly
Recycling Collection
- Bin: Blue body with gray lid
- Size: 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 6 cubic yard bins
- Frequency: Daily or Weekly
Mixed Organic Collection
- Bin: Green or gray body with green lid
- Size: 96 gallon carts, or 1, 1.5, 2, 3, or 4 cubic yard bins
- Frequency: Weekly (same day as garbage service)
Waste Assessments
At Redwood Waste Solutions, we are committed to being your local recycling resource. An on-site assessment of your waste stream can identify ways to capture more recycling, which may result in a reduction of your garbage bill. Please call us at 707-234-6400 to schedule a free, on-site visit.
Special Services
For those temporary special projects or large jobs, Redwood Waste Solutions provides the right bin at the right price for the right material.
- 3 or 4 cubic yard debris boxes available (small household cleanups)
- 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50* cubic yard roll off bins available for remodel, construction, landscape tear-out, and large clean ups
*50 cubic yard roll-off bins are only available in certain service areas
- When renting roll off boxes, customers are required to fill out a release form. Download Bin Agreement
Weight restrictions are enforced, and a signed agreement is required. Please call us at 707-234-6400 or complete a Request for Services form for more information.
Hazardous and electronic waste is strictly prohibited from being landfilled and must be handled separately from trash and recyclables. This includes all paints, thinners, pesticides, motor oil, fluorescent tubes and electronics such as televisions, monitors, and VCRs.
Household Hazardous Waste may be dropped off at accepting facilities in Mendocino County as well as taken to local Haz-Mobile events.
Visit our Household Hazardous Waste page for more information.
Redeem Your CRV Eligible Recyclables. Our mobile buy back recycling unit is coming to a location near you. This mobile program is part of a special pilot project in which only 10 organizations have the opportunity to participate. Currently, you will only see the mobile unit along the Mendocino Coast, but we are looking to expand locations in the near future! You can bring your California Redemption Value recyclables to us and get your refund.
Education & Outreach
Redwood Waste Solutions is committed to educating residents and providing value tips regarding garbage, recycling and composting.
We are available to make presentations to civic organizations and group who would like to learn more about preserving our natural resources and leading edge solutions in managing solid waste. Call us at 707-234-6400 to schedule your presentation.
Teaching our children to reduce, reuse and recycle now protects our environment’s future. Free presentations are available to schools and groups ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade. Presentations last approximately 45 minutes, and focus on litter, the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse & recycle) and proper disposal of household hazardous waste. Students will learn how they can help make their community cleaner and more sustainable. Call us at 707-234-6400 to schedule your presentation.
Use our recycling guides to divert more material!
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Coastal Office Location
8:00am – 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
325A E. Redwood Ave. | Fort Bragg, CA | 95437
Inland Office Location
8:00am – 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
3515 Taylor Drive | Ukiah, CA | 95482