Multifamily waste management in San Mateo County

Much of San Mateo County runs through RethinkWaste, which is the South Bayside Waste Management Authority, and the remaining cities run their own programs. For an apartment community that means the SB 1383 basics. You need organics service and containers in the correct colors with the correct labels, and tenants have to get information before or within 14 days of move-in. There's education once a year, and an annual cart review takes care of contamination checks.

RethinkWaste provides free kitchen pails, plus recycling bags for properties with 5 or more units, and it has move-in and move-out guides in English, Spanish, and Chinese.

We serve multifamily and affordable housing properties in Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Pacifica, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, and Woodside, and in the unincorporated communities around them.