Rio Vista
Upcoming Events
Free E-Waste Recycling Event – America Recycles Day® 2025
Holiday Schedule
Collection occurs on all holidays except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. During these two weeks, if your service day falls on or after the holiday, collection will be delayed by one day. If either holiday falls on a weekend, the collection schedule will not change.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery is proud to provide comprehensive residential collection service bundles for one monthly price!
*Customers may upsize their brown organics cart to a 96-gallon for an additional monthly fee.
Service Day Lookup
Extra Curbside Services
On-Call Pickups: Residents may request up to three (3) 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, tie them in bundles no 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.
Used Motor Oil + Filter 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, we will collect holiday trees curbside on your regularly scheduled organics collection day. Trees must be undecorated, unflocked, and cut into three three-foot sections with the stand removed and placed next to your organics cart.
You can 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 + Disabled Service
We offer a 32-Gallon Garbage Cart for $42.16 per month. The rate includes garbage, recycling, and organics service.
To qualify, you must be:
- 62 years of age, or older and have an annual household income of $14,000
- Or qualified disabled
For additional information and application, please click here.
Household Hazardous Waste
Safely dispose of hazardous products to keep your home and community safe. Do not place Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) in 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.
The City of Rio Vista is in the process of scheduling Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) events. Please stay tuned for updates.
In the meantime, residents may use the following resources. We recommend contacting each provider first to confirm program requirements:
Paint: Free drop-off locations are available through PaintCare.
1 lb. Propane Cylinders: Find retailers that sell, refill, exchange, or recycle cylinders at: Refuel Your Fun
Sharps + Pharmaceuticals
State laws make it illegal to dispose of home-generated sharps and controlled medications in your carts, and proper disposal is required.
Medication + Sharps Drop-off: Rio Vista residents can drop off unwanted and out-of-date medication and used sharps, free of charge, at the Rio Vista Police Department. Drop-off is available Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mail-Back Programs: For information on safe disposal resources for medications and sharps.
Household Battery Recycling
Please drop off your household batteries in the Battery Recycling Container located in our Rio Vista lobby during regular business hours. Please store your automobile batteries until the next city’s HHW event.
Electronic Waste
What Goes Where
Search for everyday items like plastic bottles, cereal boxes, or coffee pods. Learn more.
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.
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.
*Container availability is based on bin inventory, and cart colors may vary.
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
State laws make it illegal to dispose of home-generated sharps and controlled medications in your carts, and proper disposal is required.
Medication + Sharps Drop-off: Rio Vista residents can drop off unwanted and out-of-date medication and used sharps, free of charge, at the Rio Vista Police Department. Drop-off is available Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mail-Back Programs: For information on safe disposal resources for medications and sharps.
Household Hazardous Waste
Safely dispose of hazardous products to keep your home and community safe. Do not place Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) in 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.
In the meantime, residents may use the following resources. We recommend contacting each provider first to confirm program requirements:
Paint: Free drop-off locations are available through PaintCare.
1 lb. Propane Cylinders: Find retailers that sell, refill, exchange, or recycle cylinders at: Refuel Your Fun
Electronic Waste
Electronic Waste (e-waste), such as TVs, computers, tablets, and cell phones, cannot go into your containers. 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
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 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 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 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.
*Container availability is based on the current bin inventory, and cart colors may vary.
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
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery customers are on a monthly billing cycle with payment due upon receipt. Accounts without payment within 45 days of the statement date will be suspended. For more billing information, visit our FAQs.
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 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 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
It is Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery’s policy to charge for containers that are continuously contaminated or overloaded to help offset additional processing and disposal costs.
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
- Important: Collection carts should not remain at the collection point for more than twenty-four (24) hours before pickup or more than twenty-four (24) hours after your scheduled pickup. Carts must be stored the remainder of the time in a manner so as not to be visible to the public.
Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery Local Office
Rio Vista
Address:
100 Main St, Rio Vista, CA 94517
Phone: (707) 374-5644
Office business hours are Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.
Please note our offices are closed from 12-1 for lunch.