San Jose
Visit sanjoseca.gov/311, dial 3-1-1, or call (408) 535-3500 for the following:
New service – Missed collection – Change service level
Container repair or exchange – Yard Trimmings cart
GreenWaste is proud to serve the City of San Jose. GreenWaste provides San Jose customers weekly yard trimmings and monthly street sweeping services to all residences located in the City of San Jose. Organic materials is then transferred to GreenWaste’s Composting Facility in Gilroy, where it is transformed into nutrient rich compost. Learn about our state-of-the-art facilities.
Find services at your house with City of San Jose’s Utility Services Lookup.
Omar Lopez, General Manager
GreenWaste offers two ways to collect yard trimmings:
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- Place your yard trimmings loose in the street (no extra charge).
- Place your yard trimmings in your optional yard trimmings cart for collection. Visit sanjoseca.gov/311, dial 3-1-1, or call (408) 535-3500 to order a yard trimmings cart and start your yard trimmings subscription. Yard trimmings carts are mandatory in some areas of the city for yard trimmings collection.
All yard trimmings collected in the City of San Jose are brought to the GreenWaste Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Jose.
Billing & Rates
Services for residential homes with cart service for garbage are billed through the Santa Clara County Secured Property Tax Bill.
Visit the City of San Jose’s rate webpage.
Resources
Visit the City of San Jose Yard Trimmings Webpage
Billing & Rates
Services for residential homes with cart service for garbage are billed through the Santa Clara County Secured Property Tax Bill.
Visit the City of San Jose’s rate webpage.
Resources
Visit the City of San Jose Street Sweeping Webpage
Did you know that GreenWaste processes most of the material produced in San Jose at our MRF? While GreenWaste collects only yard trimmings material from your home, your recyclables and garbage are likely sorted for recovery in our facility.
For information about garbage and recycling services visit the City of San Jose website.
Need sorting guidance? Check out SanJoseRecycles.org
Local Community Contacts
GreenWaste Recovery |
Local Office
610 E. Gish Rd.
San Jose, CA 95112