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Multifamily waste management in Santa Cruz County
Porter service, hauler bill audits, and SB 1383 compliance for multifamily communities in Santa Cruz County, from apartments to affordable housing.
How we work in Santa Cruz County
Green Glove Heroes runs the waste operation at multifamily communities across Santa Cruz County, from apartments to affordable housing. You keep your hauler for collection. Our full-time crews come on-site Sunday through Friday to sort trash, recycling, and organics, and we audit your hauler bill and keep the property in line with the rules your city or the county enforces.
What Santa Cruz County asks of your property
Outside the four cities, the county's Universal Service Ordinance has applied since January 1, 2022. It's County Code Chapter 7.20, and it's how the county carries out SB 1383. Every property in the unincorporated area needs garbage, recycling, and organics service, and GreenWaste Recovery is the county's exclusive franchise hauler there. Owners who don't subscribe or register as self-haulers can be fined.
Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville each run their own programs. The SB 1383 basics hold everywhere: organics service, containers in the right colors with the right labels, and sorting information for tenants when they move in and again once a year.
How we keep you there
We train each porter on the Zero Waste requirements of the jurisdiction they work in. They sort all three streams at your property six days a week before the truck arrives, and every visit gets photographed and dated. If the county or your city raises something about the property, we handle it, and we fix what the zero-waste staff find on-site.
Cities we serve in Santa Cruz County
We serve multifamily and affordable housing properties in Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville, plus unincorporated communities like Aptos, Live Oak, and Soquel.
Case Studies
Client Success Stories
120+
Properties optimized
100%
Client satisfaction
3x
Average ROI
Results vary by property.
Services for Santa Cruz County properties
Porter Services
Our crews are on-site Sunday through Friday sorting trash, recycling, and organics.
Learn more about Porter ServicesCompliance & Fine Mitigation
We get you ready for SB 1383 and respond to AI truck penalties and city notices.
Learn more about Compliance & Fine MitigationWaste Management Consulting
We audit your hauler bill and right-size your service.
Learn more about Waste Management ConsultingBulk Waste & Clean-Outs
We remove bulk items with our own trucks and handle vacant-unit trash-outs.
Learn more about Bulk Waste & Clean-OutsDecontamination
We clear contaminated streams by hand without introducing anything to your property.
Learn more about DecontaminationRecycling Management & Diversion
We set up recycling and organics programs your residents can follow.
Learn more about Recycling Management & DiversionTraining & Resident Support
We educate residents and staff and coordinate it with your city.
Learn more about Training & Resident SupportTrash Area Optimization
We design the layout and enclosure when the space itself is the problem.
Learn more about Trash Area OptimizationSanta Cruz County questions
Yes. Green Glove Heroes serves multifamily and affordable housing properties in Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, and Watsonville, and in the unincorporated county.
In the unincorporated county, the Universal Service Ordinance requires garbage, recycling, and organics service through GreenWaste Recovery, or registration as a self-hauler. The four cities set their own rules on top of the SB 1383 basics.
GreenWaste Recovery is the county's exclusive franchise hauler for garbage, recycling, and organics.
No. Your existing hauler keeps collecting, and we run the operation on-site and handle your hauler for you.
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