GreenWaste of Palo Alto

GreenWaste is a locally based and privately owned company dedicated to the development of innovative and cost-effective solutions to address the everyday environmental challenges related to solid waste. We are pleased to be the new service provider for residents and businesses in the City of Palo Alto to collect recyclables and garbage from all customers and collect yard trimmings from residents of single-family homes and compostables from residents of multi-unit complexes and businesses.

We are excited to bring our unique suite of expertise and facilities to collect and process materials discarded by residents and businesses in Palo Alto and will utilize these facilities to process all recyclable materials and compostables collected in the City. Together with our sister company, Zanker Road Resource Management, Ltd., we own and operate three complimentary processing facilities: a state-of-the-art Material Recovery Facility - the first of its kind facility where recyclable materials and solid waste are processed side-by-side; Zanker Road Landfill - a national leader in construction and demolition diversion, and Z-Best Composting in Gilroy - where yard trimmings and food waste are transformed into nutrient rich soil amendments.

Zero Waste in Palo Alto

The City of Palo Alto is committed to becoming a Zero Waste community by 2021. GreenWaste of Palo Alto is honored to provide collection and processing services in Palo Alto to help meet that commitment. We are dedicated to you, our customers, and we want to help you make a difference in your community. In partnership with residents, businesses and the City of Palo Alto, we are confident that we can work together to achieve the City's Zero waste goals.

As part of the GreenWaste commitment to help the City of Palo Alto reach the goal of zero waste, three Environmental Coordinators have been hired. These coordinators will work directly with businesses, residents and schools to decrease the amount of waste that ends up in landfills by diverting recyclable and compostable materials.  All customers will be provided with Service Guides and educational materials that will explain the new and expanded services customers will receive.

New & Expanded Services

GreenWaste is pleased to offer residents and businesses new and expanded services.

Residents of single-family homes now have an expanded list of recyclable materials and can place more types of materials into the blue recyclables cart for curbside collection.  Annual discount coupons will be distributed for the self-hauling of materials to the Zanker Material Processing Facility in San Jose. The Residential Service Guide outlines all services that are available to residents of single-family homes and the Recyclable Materials Guide includes a comprehensive list of the materials that are acceptable in your collection containers.

Commercial businesses and residents of multi-unit complexes now have new and expanded service options, including an expanded list of recyclable materials and the collection and processing of compostable material such as food scraps and other organic materials. The Annual On-Call Clean-Up Program will accept up to 4 bulky items for reuse of recycling, including mattresses, furniture, large and small appliances, toilets, sinks toys, electronics and more. The Business/Multi-Unit Service Guide outlines all services that are available and Business/Multi-Unit Recyclable Materials Guide includes a comprehensive list of the materials that are acceptable in your collection containers.