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CalWaste reports higher diversion, explains organics mandate and modest rate rise
Summary
CalWaste updated the City of Galt on state-mandated organics collection, program compliance and an annual contract rate adjustment that raised the standard 64-gallon residential service by about $1.50 a month.
CalWaste representative Rudy Vaccareza told the Galt City Council on March 2025 that state law and contract changes have increased service levels and reporting requirements and produced a modest rate increase for most customers.
The change stems from Senate Bill 1383, Vaccareza said, which required mandatory residential and commercial organics collection and additional reporting to CalRecycle. That shift required weekly organics collection, three additional routes and three new trucks for CalWaste’s Galt operation, he said. “We had to purchase 3 new trucks, it’s 3 additional routes,” Vaccareza said.
Vaccareza told council the program increased CalWaste’s residential service volume by roughly 25% and drove a jump in the city’s diversion rate from about…
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