Pittsburg
As your Trusted + Proven + Essential environmental partner Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery is one of the few remaining family-owned recycling and resource recovery companies in Northern California. We have proudly served Pittsburg residents and businesses locally since the 1980s. Our goal is to provide our customers with the best individual service possible. We are here to serve you!
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Free Virtual Composting Workshops
Holiday Schedule
Collection occurs on holidays except Christmas and New Year’s Day. If your scheduled service day falls on or after one of these holidays, your collection is delayed by one day. If the holidays fall on the weekend, there will be no change in the collection schedule.
Single-family residents in Pittsburg receive weekly collection services for organics, recyclables, and garbage. Carts need to be curbside by 5 am on your scheduled service day. Contents should be below the rim of the cart with the lid closed properly.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery is proud to provide comprehensive residential collection service bundles for one monthly price!
Recyclables: Residents are provided a blue 64-gallon cart for recyclables at no additional charge.
Organics: Residents are provided a 96-gallon cart for organics (landscape + food waste) at no additional charge.
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Extra Curbside Services
On-Call Pickups: Residents may request up to two (2) per calendar year at no additional cost. We will collect up to twelve (12) 32-gallon bags of household garbage or yard waste weighing no more than 50 pounds apiece. If you have branches, they must be tied in a bundle and cannot be larger than 18 inches by 3 feet. We will NOT pick up building or construction materials, furniture, lumber, logs, carpets, appliances, or e-waste. Each pickup must be one week apart and on your regular collection day.
Bulky Item Pickup: Per calendar year on an on-call basis. Residents may get one (1) bulky item picked up. Item must be less than 200 lbs and may include an appliance, large furniture, or an electronic (e-waste) item.
Scrap Metal Pickup: Once a year, residents may schedule to have small metal scraps and cast aluminum items picked up.
Household Battery Recycling: Scheduled in advance and placed in a clear plastic bag and to the side of their garbage cart, residents may place out household batteries for pickup.
CFLs Recycling: Scheduled in advance and placed in a clear plastic bag and to the side of your garbage cart, residents may place compact fluorescent lightbulbs for pickup.
Used Motor Oil Recycling Kits: Residents can request Used Motor Oil Recycling Kits, which include a free 6-quart oil container and motor oil filter sleeve. Once the kit is full, contact Customer Service to schedule pickup.
Holiday Tree Recycling: Scheduled in advance, holiday trees will be collected curbside on your regularly scheduled organics collection day. Trees must be undecorated, unflocked, and cut into (3) three-foot sections with the stand removed and placed next to your organics cart.
Take bare, uncut Christmas trees to our Processing Facility & Transfer Station during regular business hours. One tree per vehicle at no charge.
Billing & Rates
Residents are billed monthly for collections services in advance. Please remember that payments for services are due upon receipt. For more information regarding billing, visit our FAQs.
Low-Income, Senior Service
We offer a 64-Gallon Garbage Cart for $35.43 per month. The rate includes weekly organics, recycling,and garbage service.
To qualify, you must be:
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- 62 years of age or older
- Household income doesn’t exceed $11,640 (excluding Social Security)
- Have been approved by the City of Pittsburg’s Water Department
For additional information and application, please click here.
Household Hazardous Waste
Safely dispose of hazardous products to keep your home and community safe. Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) CAN NOT go into your collection carts. When HHW ends up in the wrong place, it can cause truck or facility fires and severe threats to humans, wildlife, and the environment.
Although Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery does not handle hazardous waste, you can learn more about free and safe disposal with Delta HHW Collection Facility. For a list of acceptable items from the County program, click here.
Sharps & Pharmaceuticals
Sharps: East County residents can drop off sharps, free of charge, at Delta Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility. FDA-cleared sharps disposal container is required.
Pharmaceuticals: Free of charge, unwanted, out-of-date, unused medications can be dropped off and safely disposed of at Delta HHW or one of these convenient locations.
Electronic Waste
Electronic Waste (e-waste) such as TVs, computers, tablets, and cell phones cannot go into your containers. East County residents can drop off e-waste at no charge to Delta HHW.
Depending on the item, retailers such as Best Buy, Apple, and Staples have tech-back programs to accept small electronics for FREE or a small fee.
Due to special handling requirements, we can also pick up electronics with a separate truck for a fee.
What Goes Where
Search for everyday items like plastic bottles, cereal boxes, or coffee pods. Learn more.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery offers a variety of service levels to fit your apartment complex’s needs. Choose between carts per unit with once-a-week pickup or shared containers with tailored service frequency to keep your property safe and clean.
Our services include single-stream recycling, organics, and garbage collection. We offer outreach and educational material to assist your community with proper sorting to reduce contamination and increase diversion.
Carts Per Unit
For properties that prefer an individual cart per unit, we have the following service bundles available.
Eligibility: All services are on one statement to the owner, property management company, or HOA. All garbage carts must be the same size, and each unit, occupied or not, must have a garbage and recycling cart. MDRR may use county records for verification. Carts must be accessible by tenants, and the site must have ample space for cart storage.
Garbage: Owners may choose 64, or 96-gallon carts for weekly collection. Each unit, occupied or not, must have the same size container. Garbage carts will be provided in either brown or black.
Recyclables: Each unit is provided a blue 64-gallon cart for recyclables at no additional charge.
Organics: The property is provided a green 96-gallon cart for organics (landscape + food waste) at no additional charge. Owners may opt out of collection if they have their organics backhauled. Documentation is required.
Share Containers
For properties with space restraints or larger complexes requiring a higher frequency of service, we offer shared container service, easily customizable to meet your property’s needs.
Garbage: Multifamily properties may choose 96-gallon, 2, 3, or 6yd bins.
Recycling: Multifamily properties may choose 96-gallon, 2, 3, or 6yd bins.
Organics: Multifamily properties may choose 96-gallon, 1, 2, or 3yd bins.
*Container availability based on bin inventory
Extra Services
Compactors: Collection services for stationary compactors differ from general rates. While Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery does not rent or sell stationary compactors, we will provide the specifications to ensure compatibility with our collection vehicles.
Special Pickups: Bulk items such as furniture, appliances, and large items cannot go in your collection containers. The owner or manager must call our office to arrange a special pickup for a fee.
Off-Day Pickups: Collection is available on days other than your regularly scheduled collection for an additional fee. Only authorized personnel can schedule an off-day request.
Billing & Rates
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery bills the account holder on a monthly billing cycle for past services, with payment due upon receipt. Properties without payment within 45 days of the statement date will be suspended. For more information regarding billing, visit our FAQs.
For rates, please contact our Customer Service Team, who will assist with tailoring your service to meet your property’s needs.
Sharps & Pharmaceuticals
Sharps: East County multifamily residents can drop off sharps, free of charge, at Delta Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility. FDA-cleared sharps disposal container is required.
Pharmaceuticals: Free of charge, unwanted, out-of-date, unused medications can be dropped off and safely disposed of at Delta HHW or one of these convenient locations.
Household Hazardous Waste
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) CAN NOT go into your collection carts. When HHW ends up in the wrong place, it can cause truck or facility fires and severe threats to humans, wildlife, and the environment.
Although Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery does not handle hazardous waste, you multifamily residents can learn more about free and safe disposal with Delta HHW Collection Facility. For a list of acceptable items from the County program, click here.
Electronic Waste
Electronic Waste (e-waste) such as TVs, computers, tablets, and cell phones cannot go into your containers. East County residents can drop off e-waste at no charge to Delta HHW.
Depending on the item, retailers such as Best Buy, Apple, and Staples have tech-back programs to accept e-waste items for FREE or a small fee.
Due to special handling requirements, we can also pick up electronics with a separate truck for a fee. The owner or manager must call our office to arrange an e-waste pickup.
What Goes Where
Unacceptable Materials For All Collection Containers::
- Tires, automotive parts, and fluids
- Batteries of any type
- Bricks, stones, gravel, concrete, and all other building materials
- Electronics and small appliances
- Bulk Items or furniture
- Fluorescent bulbs or tubes
- Gas, aerosol, propane tanks or cans
- Hazardous materials such as paints, pesticides, driveway sealant, treated wood waste, contaminated soils, or solids
- Other medical or special wastes
Recycling Mandates
COMPLIANCE IS EASY & WE ARE HERE TO HELP! Contact our Outreach Team for a consultation.
SB 1383 SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT REDUCTION STRATEGY: The State has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving human health, and creating clean jobs that support resilient local economies. Implementing the statewide plan under SB 1383 will reduce short-lived, harmful superpollutants with significant warming impacts and is essential to achieving California’s climate goals. Click here to view our webpage dedicated to the legislation.
AB 341 MANDATORY MULTIFAMILY RECYCLING: As of July 1, 2012, California requires all businesses that generate 4 or more cubic yards of garbage a week and 5 units or more multifamily dwellings to recycle.
AB 1826 MULTIFAMILY ORGANICS: Starting January 1, 2020, all generators of 2 cubic yards or more of garbage, recycling, and compost combined per week are required to recycle organic waste. Multifamily dwellings, 5 units or more, do not need food-waste recycling on-site but must recycle their landscape waste.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery offers a variety of service levels to fit your business needs. Choose between carts or various metal bin sizes with tailored service frequency to keep your business running smoothly. All material must fit entirely inside the container with the lid closed. Containers must be ready for pickup no later than 4 am on your scheduled collection day.
Recyclables: Businesses may choose 96-gallon, 2, 3, or 6-yard bins or 20-yard debris boxes.
*Container availability based on bin inventory
Extra Services
Compactors: Collection service for stationary compactors rates differ from general rates. While Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery does not rent or sell stationary compactors, we will provide the specifications to ensure compatibility with our collection vehicles.
Special Pickups: Bulk items such as office furniture, shelving, and display fixtures cannot go in your collection containers. Contact our office to arrange a special pickup.
Off-Day Pickups: Collection is available on days other than regularly scheduled collection for an additional fee. Please contact our office to place an off-day request.
Billing & Rates
What Goes Where
Unacceptable Materials For All Collection Containers:
- Tires, automotive parts, and fluids
- Batteries
- Bricks, stones, gravel, concrete, and other building materials
- Electronics and small appliances
- Bulk Items or furniture
- Fluorescent bulbs or tubes
- Gas, aerosol, propane tanks or cans
- Hazardous materials such as paints, pesticides, driveway sealant, treated wood waste, contaminated soils, or solids
- Other medical or special wastes
Recycling Mandates
COMPLIANCE IS EASY & WE ARE HERE TO HELP! Contact our Outreach Team for a consultation.
SB 1383 SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT REDUCTION STRATEGY: The State has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving human health, and creating clean jobs that support resilient local economies. Implementing the statewide plan under SB 1383 will reduce short-lived, harmful super pollutants with significant warming impacts and is essential to achieving California’s climate goals. Click here to view our webpage dedicated to the legislation.
AB 341 MANDATORY COMMERCIAL RECYCLING: As of July 1, 2012, California requires all businesses that generate 4 or more cubic yards of garbage a week and 5 units or more multifamily dwellings to recycle.
AB 827 COMMERCIAL ORGANICS & RECYCLING BINS: As of July 1, 2022, businesses subject to AB 1826 and AB 341 must provide customers with easily accessible recycling and organics collection containers for materials that are generated on the premise.
AB 1826 COMMERCIAL ORGANICS: Starting January 1, 2020, all generators of 2 cubic yards or more of garbage, recycling, and compost combined per week are required to recycle organic waste. Organic waste includes food scraps, soiled paper products, yard trimmings, and landscape materials. Multifamily dwellings, 5 units or more, do not need food-waste recycling on-site but must recycle their landscape waste.
Contaminated & Overloaded Container Policy
To help offset additional processing and disposal costs, it is Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery’s policy to charge for containers when they are continuously contaminated or overloaded.
For residential customers, there is a surcharge of $50 per contaminated or overloaded cart. For multifamily and commercial customers, there is a surcharge of $75 per cart and $150 per bin. The fee will automatically apply to the account after the 2nd notice and each subsequent infringement.
Multifamily and Businesses, MDRR will provide copies of each notice issued to the customer for Prohibited Container Contaminates/Overloaded, as well as the date of issue, the customer’s name and service address, a photo of the contamination and reason(s) for the issuance.
Municipal Codes
Mandatory Service: A mandatory requirement shall be imposed on the property owner of every type of real property to store, collect, and dispose of all refuse produced or accumulated on the premises. (PMC § 8.04.040)
Mandatory requirement to recycle: A mandatory requirement shall be imposed on each property owner or occupant as defined by PMC 8.04.030 in the City to separate and recycle all recyclables from the solid waste generated on-premises as defined by PMC 8.04.030. (PMC § 8.06.040)
Mandatory requirement to source separate organics: Property owners or occupants, as defined by PMC 8.04.040, shall source all organic refuse from the garbage generated on-premises as defined by 8.04.040. (PMC § 8.09.040)
Collection Containers Placement: all collection containers shall be maintained in a code-compliant location and screened from public view. Additionally, containers must be removed from public view no later than 8 pm the day of service. (PMC § 8.04.080)
These are some of the most frequently asked questions about your city’s waste and recycling policies. For more information, click here.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery Local Office
Pittsburg
555 California Ave, Pittsburg, CA 94565
Phone: (925) 682-9113
Office business hours are Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.
Please note our offices are closed from 12-1 for lunch.