Residents are encouraged to dispose of their organic waste in any of the green lid carts (\u201corganic<\/p>\n
carts\u201d) located throughout Laguna Woods Village.<\/p>\n
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The following waste can be placed in organic carts:<\/p>\n
* Food (e.g., breads, coffee grounds, dairy, eggs\/eggshells, fats, fish, fruits (pits too!),<\/p>\n
grease, meat (including bones), nuts\/nutshells, oils, shellfish\/shells, and vegetables)<\/p>\n
* Food soiled paper (e.g., paper coffee filters, napkins, plates, tea bags, and towels, as<\/p>\n
well as pizza boxes (bottoms only; tops should be recycled!) and wooden chopsticks)<\/p>\n
e Pet food (e.g., birdseed, cat food, and dog food)<\/p>\n
Cardboard, glass, metal (aluminum\/tin), and plastic should be placed in regular recycling<\/p>\n
containers. Polystyrene should be placed in trash containers.<\/p>\n
Green lid carts are<\/p>\n
If an organic cart is full or unavailable for any reason, waste may be placed in a nearby trash<\/p>\n
for organic waste<\/p>\n
container.<\/p>\n
The Laguna Woods Village Landscape Services Department offers a weekly service to pick up residential green waste.<\/p>\n
Please place your green waste close the curb, in a single pile; staff cannot go into the back of units or pick up multiple<\/p>\n
piles. All requests must be made through Laguna Woods Village Resident Services at residentservices@vmsinc.org or<\/p>\n
(949) 597-4600 by Thursday at Noon for pick-up on Friday (holidays may affect these hours). If you submit your request<\/p>\n
after the deadline, your request will be fulfilled as soon as possible the following week. As a reminder, green waste is not<\/p>\n
permitted to be placed in the regular trash, recycling, or organic containers located throughout Laguna Woods Village.<\/p>\n
Organic waste may be bagged in compostable or paper bags, or wrapped in newspapers, before being placed in an<\/p>\n
organic cart. Consider asking for paper bags when shopping for groceries; after groceries are unpacked, those same<\/p>\n
bags can be used to collect and dispose of organic waste.<\/p>\n
In 2016, Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1383, which aims to reduce methane, hydrofluorocarbon gas, and<\/p>\n
anthropogenic black carbon emissions in a statewide effort to combat climate change and improve public health. Senate Bill<\/p>\n
1383 mandates residential organics recycling.<\/p>\n
Organic waste in landfills emits 20% of California’s methane, a climate super pollutant 84 times more potent than carbon<\/p>\n
dioxide, as well as air pollutants like PM, ;, which contributes to asthma and other health conditions\u2019. By lessening the amount<\/p>\n
of new organic waste disposed of in landfills, residential organics recycling will reduce the impacts of harmful emissions.<\/p>\n
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it is converted to renewable natural gas and\/or organic compost.<\/p>\n
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Eggs\/Eggshells<\/p>\n
Tea Bags<\/p>\n
Fats<\/p>\n
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Towels<\/p>\n
Fish<\/p>\n
Pizza Boxes<\/p>\n
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Fruits<\/p>\n
should be recycled!)<\/p>\n
(pits too!)<\/p>\n
Grease<\/p>\n
Wooden Chopsticks<\/p>\n
Meat<\/p>\n
Nuts\/Nutshells<\/p>\n
PET FOOD<\/p>\n
Birdseed<\/p>\n
Oils<\/p>\n
Cat Food<\/p>\n
Shellfish\/Shells<\/p>\n
Vegetables<\/p>\n
Dog Food<\/p>\n
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