A. Covered businesses shall separate food scraps from all other solid waste for collection.

B. Covered businesses shall collect food scraps that are controlled by the covered businesses, their agents, and their employees. This requirement does not apply to food scraps controlled by customers or the public. At a covered business’s discretion, a covered business may also collect food scraps from customers or the public, but a covered business that does so shall ensure that the food scraps are free of nonfood items. Schools that are covered businesses may also include student-generated food scraps from school cafeteria meals but shall ensure that the food scraps are free of nonfood items.

C. Covered businesses shall have correctly labeled and easily identifiable receptacles for internal maintenance or work areas where food scraps may be collected, stored, or both.

D. Covered businesses shall post accurate signs where food scraps are collected, stored, or both, that identify the materials that the covered business must source separate.

E. Owners or managers of multi-tenant buildings that lease to covered businesses shall allow or otherwise enable their tenants or occupants to separate food scraps and have food scrap collection services available in compliance with this article. [BC 4.08.630, added by Ordinance No. 4769, 7/16/19]