City Of Stockton Commercial and Multifamily Disposal and Recycling Services
Stockton Commercial Services Sorting Guide
Cart and Bin Services for Solid Waste, Recycling, and Organics Collection
To accommodate the amount of waste produced, businesses and multi-family properties may subscribe to cart (30, 60, 90 gallons) or bin (1, 1.5, 2-7 yards) services with options of one to six collection days a week.
2024 Rates:
Customers are billed monthly for services based on trash cart or bin size. Cart monthly rates include weekly solid waste (trash), 60-gallon recycling and 90-gallon organics services. Bin monthly rates include a 1-yard recycling bin. Additional cart and bin services are available. Click here to see commercial service rates.
Container Locks - Help Prevent Contamination and Overages
WM has a variety of locks and styles available for commercial and business bins. Locks can help prevent unauthorized use of your bins, which can help keep your costs down. WM has 3 main lock varieties available for commercial bins. They are Bar lock, Chain lock, and Gravity lock. Contact us at 209-946-5721, for pricing and available container locks to meet your needs.
Contamination & Overages
Materials must fit inside a container with the lid shut for regular service.
Eliminating excess materials in containers:
• Decreases litter.
• Reduces stormwater pollution.
• Prevents animal hazards.
• Keeps Stockton clean and green.
If you regularly have extra waste, please contact WM at 209-946-5721 for a waste evaluation. We can help you “right-size” your services to avoid contamination and/or overage charges. WM may increase a container size or increase the frequency of service if the business receives three or more overage and/or contamination charges in any 12-month period. Please refer to the 2024 rate sheet to review the current overage and contamination charges.
Have A Little Extra Waste?
Request Extra Pickup Service
If you have extra waste, but don’t need more service on a permanent basis, you can request additional services at a reduced rate that will occur on the same day as your regularly scheduled pickup. Call 209-946-5721 to request extra pickup and avoid overage charges. Call WM or visit the WM Stockton website at stocktonca.gov/garbagerates for extra pickup service rates.
Mandatory Recycling Laws
AB 1826 - Organics Recycling
California law requires businesses that generate 2 cubic yards or more of solid waste per week and multifamily properties of 5 or more units to recycle the organic portion of their waste. Organics include food scraps, food-soiled paper, landscape trimmings and nonhazardous wood waste. See
panel on reverse side for sorting guide.
AB 341 - Recycling
The commercial sector generates nearly three fourths of the solid waste in California. Much of the commercial sector waste disposed in landfills is recyclable. AB 341 requires all businesses that generate 4 cubic yards or more of solid waste per week to arrange for recycling services. See panel on reverse side for sorting guide.
SB 1383 Mandatory - Organics Recycling
When food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste break down in a landfill, they produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Properly sorting your food scraps and other compostable materials not only helps fight climate change, it’s also now the law. Effective January 1, 2022, all California businesses, multifamily complexes and residences are required to sort food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard debris from trash and recycling, and subscribe to organic waste collection service per State law SB 1383.