Sacramento residents could soon have their garbage checked for more than just trash. The city of Sacramento planned to inspect residential garbage containers beginning in July to enforce proper recycling and waste disposal practices, the city’s Recycling and Solid Waste department announced.
Through September, city staff planned to “briefly lift the lid” on curbside containers to check whether residents had mixed recyclables, organic waste and garbage. Contamination occurs when residents put waste in the wrong container, such as recyclables in garbage or organic waste bins, or plastic and garbage in organic waste containers. The city first conducted garbage inspections last June.
This year, staff planned to inspect about 5,000 Sacramento households. Depending on staff availability, the inspections will take place a “couple days a week” and typically in the early morning, said Jesa David, a city spokesperson. “This is part of the compliance that we’re required to do for Senate Bill 1383,” David said. “So we should all be recycling our organic waste and our food scraps, and our cans and bottles and cardboard.”
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Author: Reeti Malhotra, The Sacramento Bee