SHRINKING GARBAGE CONTAINERS – RISING COLLECTION FEES

Collecting garbage is serious business.

Collecting garbage is an important requirement for the provision of adequate sanitation.
     

Providing adequate sanitation to tenants is necessary to be in compliance with California’s Health & Safety and Civil statutory codes.

If you believe that there are an insufficient number of garbage containers for your building, report “inadequate sanitation” to the City of Oakland Building Inspector at: (510) 238-3381.

Call Waste Management. 

Waste Management

To get through the voice-mail system at Waste Management, select:

·         Residential customer

·         New Service.

Explain that you live in a multi-unit building, there’s garbage piling up outside the containers, and you believe that there are an inadequate number of garbage containers.

Waste Management will conduct an on-site survey and examine their records concerning the amount of “overages” charged each week for your unit.  An “overage” is a financial charge for each garbage bag left outside the garbage container.

Garbage collection fees are negotiated rates and can be ascertained via the following link:

Garbage Collection Negotiated Rates

But, make no mistake about it.  We, as tenants, have a responsibility to keep costs down by reducing waste and by recycling responsibly.

RECYCLING

California Waste Solutions is the firm that provides recycling to tenants on Caldecott Lane.  

Be sure to follow the guidelines outlined via the link below, and note that there are GREY and GREEN recycling containers.  GREEN recycling containers are for food waste and recycled materials contaminated with food.

Green Containers

Grey Containers

PARTICIPATE in our SURVEY.  You can find our survey link at the top right-hand corner of this blog.  Click on the link and tell us about your garbage collection fees.