Assembly Bill (AB) 827 requires businesses subject to AB 1826 and AB 341 starting July 1, 2020 to provide customers with easily accessible recycling and organics collection bins or containers to collect these materials generated from products purchased on the premises.

To ensure compliance, the following requirements must be met:

• Recycling and organics collection containers must be placed adjacent to trash containers.
• Containers must be visible, easily accessible, and clearly marked.

Full-service restaurants are not required to provide containers to patrons but must provide containers for employees to separate post-consumer recyclables and organics for customers. “Full-service restaurants” are exempt as long as they provide organics and recycling bins in the back of house for their employees. Full-service restaurants are defined as those where all the following are true:

• Customers are escorted or assigned to an assigned eating area.
• Customers’ food and beverage orders are taken after being seated.
• The food and beverage orders as well as any other requested items are delivered directly to the customers.
• The check is delivered directly to the customer at the assigned eating area.

The California Department of Waste and Recycling Resources provides examples of model signage at the following webpage:

https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Recycle/Commercial/Organics/PRToolkit/

AB827 Customer Access to Recycling Guide