Requirements for covered generators.
Riverside Municipal Code § 6.06.050
in effect6.06.050 - Requirements for covered generators.
A. Any covered generator that does not subscribe to solid waste, recycling, and organics recycling services, as applicable, with the same franchised waste hauler is required to complete and submit an application for an exemption or wavier to the public works director as specified in Section 6.06.140 D.
B. Each covered generator shall be responsible for ensuring and demonstrating its compliance with the following requirements:
1. Source separate designated recyclable materials and designated organic recyclable materials from solid waste;
2. Provide a basic level of recycling and organics recycling services that includes, at a minimum, the collection of designated recyclable materials and/or designated organic recyclable materials at least once a week;
3. Subscribe to the collection of solid waste, designated recyclable materials and designated organic recyclable materials with the same franchise waste hauler or apply for and obtain a waiver or exemption from the Public Works Department;
C. Each covered generator shall provide recyclable materials containers for designated recyclable materials in multifamily residential rental units and in maintenance and work areas where recyclable materials may be collected and/or stored.
D. Each covered generator shall notify and instruct employees and tenants in writing of applicable source separation requirements, including a list of designated recyclable materials and/or designated organic recyclable materials that are required to be source separated for recycling or organics recycling. A copy of such instructions shall be provided to the public works director, and/or his or her designee upon request.
E. Each covered generator shall ensure that designated recyclable materials and/or designated organic recyclable materials generated at their site will be taken only to a recycling facility and not to a landfill for disposal by complying with all requirements under this chapter.
F. As applicable, any city issued written waiver or exemption, franchise hauler service agreement, or other documents pertaining to this chapter, shall be available for inspection by the public works director, and/or his or her designee, at the principal location of the covered generator during normal business hours.
G. Nothing in this chapter shall abridge the right of any covered generator, or any other person, to sell, exchange for fair market value, or donate to third parties its own recyclable materials or organic recyclable materials which are personally source separated by the generator for reuse and recycling. For the purposes of this section, sale or exchange for fair market value, includes only those transactions resulting in net compensation to the generator.
H. No franchised waste hauler shall be held liable for the failure of its customers to comply with such regulations.
I. No covered generator shall be liable for the failure of their franchised waste hauler to deliver designated recyclable materials or designated organic recyclable materials to a recycling or processing facility.
(Ord. 7516 § 1, 2020)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT6HESA_CH6.06BUMUSOWAREORRE_6.06.050RECOGEFetched: 11/1/2026